Ikomkhulu lelizwe iDamasko inokuba sesona sixeko sidala sihlala sihlala emhlabeni. Ubuncinci ibeka ibango kweso sihloko.
Ngokutyhala ukhenketho, urhulumente waseSyria ubhiyozela ixesha elidlulileyo lelizwe ngelixa ezama ukuphucula okwangoku, hayi nje kwezoqoqosho kodwa kwezopolitiko.
"Umntu ubheka ukhenketho kwesi sicwangciso njengengxoxo yomntu phakathi kwabantu kunye nempucuko, efaka isandla ekuboniseni umfanekiso ophucukileyo waseSiriya," kusho uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, uDkt. Saadallah Agha Alqalah.
Ulawulo lukaBarack Obama luhambe ngendlela enkulu yokufikelela eSyria, kwaye iUnited States inezicwangciso zokuthumela uMmeli eDamasko kungekudala, ebonwa njengenyathelo elibalulekileyo. Esi sithuba singenamntu ukususela ekubeni i-ambassador yokugqibela yarhoxiswa ngo-2005 emva kokubulawa kwalowo wayesakuba yiNkulumbuso yaseLebhanon uRafik Hariri - ukubulawa okuhlala kungasombululwanga - kodwa apho iSigqeba esiKhethekileyo se-UN ekuqaleni sasikrokrela isandla saseDamasko.
ISyria ibisoloko iphika ezo zityholo kwaye uphando luyaqhubeka. I-Syria ihleli kuluhlu lwase-US lwamazwe axhasa ubunqolobi, ngenxa yenkxaso yayo yeHamas kunye neHezbollah, iSyria ithatha amaqela achasene ngokusemthethweni. Kwaye i-US inezohlwayo zezoqoqosho ngokuchasene neSiriya.
AmaSyria anethemba malunga nendlela ka-Obama, kodwa athi afuna ukubona iintshukumo ezibambekayo xa kufikwa kubudlelwane phakathi kwala mazwe mabini. Ngokuchasene nemeko yokungathembani kwezopolitiko, bendinomdla wokufumanisa ukuba abantu baseMelika banokuba phakathi kwabakhenkethi abathontelana ukufumana iimfihlakalo zaseSyria kwezi ntsuku.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSyria mva nje wamema iintatheli ezivela kwihlabathi liphela ukuba zijonge ubuncwane baseSyria, kwaye kudala sinomdla eSyria, salitsibela eli thuba.
ISyria likhaya kwidolophu yakudala yaseBasalt yaseBosra, eneyona theatre igcinwe kakuhle yaseRoma ekhoyo. Isixeko sase-Ebla sasiyindawo ebalulekileyo yokuhlala kwiBronze Age, kwaye namhlanje siyindawo enkulu yokwemba, indawo eyayichumile kwindawo ethile malunga neminyaka engama-2,400 ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu. Kukwakho ikomkhulu laseDamasko, iChapel of St. Ananiyas, owaphilisa iSt. uPawulos kubumfama bakhe waza waqalisa ukuguquka kwakhe ebuKristwini, kukho iinqaba ezimangalisayo zeCrusader, nokunye okuninzi. Eli lizwe lityebile kwimbali nakwintsomi.
Ukhenketho luphezulu - iipesenti ezingama-24 ngaphezulu kwabaseYurophu batyelelwe kulo nyaka. Nangona uninzi lwabakhenkethi abaya eSyria ingamanye ama-Arabhu, elandelwa ngabemi baseYurophu, kuvela ukuba abakhenkethi baseMelika baphakathi kwabo basendleleni eya eDamasko kwezi ntsuku.
Inkqubo yokufumana i-visa yabakhenkethi ukuya eSyria ilula. Ugcwalisa isicelo, uthumele ipasipoti yakho kwi-Embassy, uhlawule malunga ne-130 yeedola, kwaye ufumane i-visa kancinane njengosuku lokusebenza. Ipaspoti ayinakuba nesitampu sakwaSirayeli kuyo. Akukho zinqwelomoya zisuka e-US zisiya eSyria, ke abahambi kufuneka bahambe ngeYurophu okanye kwamanye amazwe akuMbindi Mpuma.
Kumabhodlo ePalmyra, ngesinye isihlandlo eyayilithanga laseRoma de uKumkanikazi wayo omhle onentloko uZenobia wayilahla idyokhwe yaseRoma, ndadibana nomalathisi odumileyo uFrancis Ford Coppola. Ngapha koko, iPalmyra, enamatye ayo entlabathi apinkish anabela ngokungapheziyo kwintlango, ingenza iseti yomboniso bhanyabhanya omangalisayo. U-Coppola wayeye kwimikhosi yefilimu embalwa kummandla kwaye wandixelela ukuba wayesoloko efuna ukutyelela eSiriya, ngoko wathatha ithuba lokuza, wathi, nje ngokuba ngumkhenkethi.
Kodwa hayi nawuphi na umkhenkethi. Ikhaphethi ebomvu yakhutshelwa intsomi yefilimu, eyayinesidlo sangasese kunye nesibini sokuqala saseSiriya, uBashar kunye no-Asma al-Assad. Wabonakala enethemba ngelizwe.
“Sizive samkelwe ngezandla ezishushu. Abantu odibana nabo banobubele kwaye bamkelekile. Isixeko (iDamasko) sinomdla ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi, ezinxulumene nembali. Ukutya kumnandi. UMongameli, inkosikazi yakhe kunye nosapho bakhe bacacile, bayathandeka kwaye bayakwazi ukuthetha kumanqanaba amaninzi. Ngale ndlela uyandiqinisekisa ukuba unombono okhuthazayo welizwe.”
Umongameli uBashar Assad wathatha isikhundla sobumongameli emva kokuba uyise eswelekile ngo-2000. U-Assad, owenza ezinye zoqeqesho lwakhe njengogqirha wamehlo eLondon, waqala ukuqalisa uhlaziyo lwezopolitiko, kodwa emva koko warhoxa kancinci. Kutshanje uye wagxila kuhlaziyo lwezoqoqosho.
Uqoqosho lwaseSyria luvulwa - lusanda kuvula i-stock exchange kwaye inoSekela-Nkulumbuso onamandla, u-Abdallah Dardari, ophethe uqoqosho. Ufunda ngokungapheliyo iimodeli zoqoqosho kwihlabathi liphela ukufumana eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuqhubela iSyria phambili.
Umyinge wengeniso yomntu ngamnye umalunga ne-$2,700. Kwaye ngokukhuthaza ukhenketho kunye nokuzama ukutsalela abatyeleli kwiindawo kwilizwe liphela, urhulumente unethemba lokukhulisa uqoqosho kuyo yonke imimandla.
“Sibakhangelele impumelelo abantu bakowethu, impumelelo hayi eDamasko kuphela kodwa kulo lonke ilizwe. Ikwayindlela ebalulekileyo yokubonisa amandla okwenyani kwilizwe lokhenkethi kwabanye abantu kwaye inceda ukukhuthaza ingxoxo kunye nezinye iinkcubeko, ”utshilo uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eSyria.
Ukhenketho belubalulekile ixeshana ngoku. Ngo-2008 yenze umahluko kwibhalansi yeentlawulo zelizwe.
Ukutyhubela ilizwe ndadibana nabanye abantu baseMelika, abasuka eMinnesota, baseCalifornia.
Kwisixeko sase-Aleppo, isixeko sesibini ngobukhulu eSyria, ndadibana neqela lomama-intombi kwibhari yeFabled Baron Hotel, apho ibali lihamba khona unokudubula amadada kumgxobhozo ukusuka kwiibhalkhoni. Okudume ngakumbi, iBaron kulapho uAgatha Christie wabhala inxalenye yenoveli yakhe ethi "Ukubulala kwi-Orient Express." UBaron wayekufutshane kakhulu kwindawo yokumisa kwindlela kaloliwe odumileyo. Ulawulo lwehotele luyavuya ukukubonisa amasuntswana kunye namaqhekeza embali ehotele, kubandakanywa negumbi uChristie wayehlala kulo, ngaphandle kokuba kungahlaliwa.
Umama nentombi endadibana nayo eBaron babesuka eCalifornia kwaye bathi bathatha uhambo olukhulu kanye ngonyaka. Ngokufuthi yayisiya eIndiya, abayithandayo. Kodwa intombi yandixelela ukuba yayifunda iphephancwadi elathi iSyria yenye yeendawo ezili-10 ezibalulekileyo ekunotyelelwa kuzo kulo nyaka uzayo. Uqale wacinga “Hayi,” kodwa waqalisa ukufunda, wabiza umama wakhe wathi “Siyahamba.”
Indibaniselwano yeemfumba zembali kunye nophuhliso lwezopolitiko lwangoku ludala isaqhwithi esigqibeleleyo sokufuna ukwazi kunye nomtsalane wodidi oluthile lwabahambi baseMelika. Bajoyina uluntu olukhulayo lwamazwe ngamazwe lwabakhenkethi abajonga iSyria kwezi ntsuku.
