Conclusion

Each and every member of the international community has a responsibility to help stop the violence and ensure the well-being of the Syrian people. Thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the uprising – part of the broader Arab Spring movement across North Africa and the Middle East – began last March. Roughly one year later, the prolonged violence now poses a profound test for the international community and the United Nations in three areas: human rights, humanitarian access and finding a political solution.

However, both Syrian Government and opposition must take steps to protect civilians. The Government could prevent civilians from getting caught in the fighting by giving them enough warning to leave areas before military operations are carried out there. The Government could also ensure that the hospitals and the medical clinics are not militarized and not subject to attacks, and that everybody who needs medical care can get access to it in addition to other types of humanitarian assistance. The opposition side must do more to protect civilians and ensure that they are not placing themselves in areas where there are lots of civilians, making the area more likely to be attacked by the Government

It should be noted that the crisis in Syria did not start with calls for regime change; it started with the request for reforms. Now this "part of the Arab Spring” is characterized by the mass demonstrations against President Asad’s government and the conflict is extending to new area. The trend is that the regime is getting weaker and the rebels are getting stronger. That is the real key in any situation like this is high-level defections. In other words, the regime’s top people start to abandon this regime while the rebels have a lot more momentum and get a certain amount of external assistance from Saudi Arabia, from Qatar, from Turkey, from whomever. They are getting help. The real question is: do they need more help in order to actually topple the regime? However, to support opposition doesn’t mean to set good relations at the Middle East. Syrian opposition is very divided, it consists of different groups with different interests which have the same goal. And that unites them, but once that is gone, then the division will all come out. After achieving this goal the new confrontation would begin. Besides, it is a necessary to remember that opposition groups are supported by some extremist organizations.