It would be nice to see a political solution so that all the killings could stop.
Three out of four Syrians believe a political solution can end the war
Rare polling shows that 60% believe the influence of the jihadis of Islamic State has decreased in the last six months
People in a Damascus neighbourhood liberated when a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian army and rebels came into effect in February 2016. Photograph: Valery Sharifulin/Getty Images
Ian Black Middle East editor
@ian_black
Thursday 19 May 201612.24 EDTLast modified on Thursday 19 May 201618.02 EDT
In other fragments of good news from the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, 60% of Syrians feel the influence of Isis (Islamic State) in the country has decreased over the last six months. But there has also been a drop in the numbers who think Syrians can put their differences aside and live side by side, down to 61% from 69% in July 2015.
Independent polling by ORB International across all of Syria’s 14 governorates showed 59% of Sunni Muslims and 68% of Alawites and Shia Muslims felt they could be reconciled in the future. According to one estimate, some 470,000 people have been killed since the conflict erupted in March 2011. Millions have been made homeless.
ORB said the wish to see a negotiated end to the conflict had been reflected in focus groups it has conducted in Aleppo, Idlib and Hassakeh and with recent refugees from the Isis-held areas of Raqqa and Deir el Zor (conducted in southern Turkey).
Continue reading at:
Three out of four Syrians believe a political solution can end the war?
Three out of four Syrians believe a political solution can end the war
Rare polling shows that 60% believe the influence of the jihadis of Islamic State has decreased in the last six months
People in a Damascus neighbourhood liberated when a ceasefire agreement between the Syrian army and rebels came into effect in February 2016. Photograph: Valery Sharifulin/Getty Images
Ian Black Middle East editor
@ian_black
Thursday 19 May 201612.24 EDTLast modified on Thursday 19 May 201618.02 EDT
In other fragments of good news from the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, 60% of Syrians feel the influence of Isis (Islamic State) in the country has decreased over the last six months. But there has also been a drop in the numbers who think Syrians can put their differences aside and live side by side, down to 61% from 69% in July 2015.
Independent polling by ORB International across all of Syria’s 14 governorates showed 59% of Sunni Muslims and 68% of Alawites and Shia Muslims felt they could be reconciled in the future. According to one estimate, some 470,000 people have been killed since the conflict erupted in March 2011. Millions have been made homeless.
ORB said the wish to see a negotiated end to the conflict had been reflected in focus groups it has conducted in Aleppo, Idlib and Hassakeh and with recent refugees from the Isis-held areas of Raqqa and Deir el Zor (conducted in southern Turkey).
Continue reading at:
Three out of four Syrians believe a political solution can end the war?
