Hui pū ʻo ʻAmelika i ka lehulehu i ke ala o Damaseko

ʻO ke kūlanakauhale nui o ka ʻāina ʻo Damaseko, ʻo ia paha ke kūlanakauhale kahiko i hoʻomau mau ʻia ma ka honua. Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa e koi ana i kēlā inoa.

Ma ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi, hoʻolauleʻa ke aupuni Suria i ka hala o ka ʻāina i ka wā e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻomaikaʻi i kona manawa, ʻaʻole wale i ka ʻoihana akā i ka politika.

"Ke nānā nei kekahi i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma kēia hoʻolālā ma ke ʻano he kamaʻilio kanaka ma waena o nā kānaka a me nā civilizations, e hāʻawi ana i ka hōʻike ʻana i ke kiʻi civili o Suria," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke Kuhina Kūʻai, ʻo Dr. Saadallah Agha Alqalah.

ʻO ka Administration of Barack Obama ua hele i kahi ala maikaʻi loa e hiki ai i Suria, a ua manaʻo ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e hoʻouna koke i kahi ʻelele i Damaseko, kahi i ʻike ʻia he neʻe nui. Ua hakahaka ka pou mai ka wā i hoʻihoʻi ʻia ai ka ʻelele hope loa i ka makahiki 2005 ma hope o ka pepehi ʻia ʻana o ke Kuhina Nui Lebanona ʻo Rafik Hariri - he pepehi kanaka i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia - akā ma kahi o ka UN Special Tribunal i manaʻo mua i ka lima o Damaseko.

Ua hōʻole mau ʻo Suria i kēlā mau ʻōlelo a ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻokolokolo. Noho ʻo Suria ma ka papa inoa o nā ʻāina e kākoʻo ana i ka hana hoʻoweliweli, ma muli o kāna kākoʻo ʻana iā Hamas a me Hezbollah, kahi i manaʻo ai ʻo Suria i nā hui kūʻē kūpono. A he mau hoʻopaʻi hoʻokele waiwai ko ʻAmelika iā Suria.

Ua maikaʻi ka poʻe Suria e pili ana i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana o Obama, akā ʻōlelo lākou makemake lākou e ʻike i nā hana paʻa i ka wā e pili ana i ka rapprochement ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua. Ma muli o kēlā ʻano o ka hilinaʻi politika, makemake wau e ʻike inā aia paha nā ʻAmelika i waena o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ʻimi nei i nā mea pohihihi o Suria i kēia mau lā.

Ua kono aku nei ke Kuhina Hoʻokele o Suria i ka poʻe nūpepa mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e nānā i nā waiwai o Suria, a no ka lōʻihi o ko mākou hoihoi ʻana iā Suria, ua lele mākou i ka manawa kūpono.

ʻO Suria ka home o ke kūlanakauhale basalt ʻeleʻele kahiko o Bosra, me ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni Roma maikaʻi loa i mālama ʻia. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ebla kahi noho nui o ka Bronze Age, a i kēia lā he kahua ʻeli nui, kahi i ulu nui ma kahi o 2,400 mau makahiki ma mua o ka hānau ʻana o Kristo. Aia no hoi ke kapikala o Damaseko, ka Chapel o St. Ananias, nana i hoola ia St. Ua waiwai ka ʻāina i ka mōʻaukala a me ka moʻolelo.

Piʻi ka mākaʻikaʻi - 24 pākēneka hou aku o ka poʻe ʻEulopa i kipa i kēia makahiki. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i Suria he poʻe ʻArabia ʻē aʻe, a ukali ʻia e nā ʻEulopa, ʻike ʻia ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika i waena o ka poʻe ma ke alanui i Damaseko i kēia mau lā.

He maʻalahi ke kaʻina hana no ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi visa mākaʻikaʻi i Suria. Hoʻopiha ʻoe i kahi palapala noi, hoʻouna i kāu passport i ka Embassy, ​​uku ma kahi o $130, a loaʻa ka visa ma kahi liʻiliʻi e like me ka lā hana. ʻAʻole hiki i ka passport ke loaʻa kahi hōʻailona Israeli i loko. ʻAʻohe huakaʻi pololei mai ʻAmelika a hiki i Suria, no laila pono nā huakaʻi hele ma ʻEulopa a i ʻole nā ​​ʻāina ʻē aʻe ma ka Middle East.

Ma nā wahi i hoʻoneʻe ʻia o Palmyra, ʻo ia i kekahi manawa he kolone o Roma a hiki i ka wā i hoʻolei aku ai kona mōʻī wahine ʻo Zenobia i ka ʻauamo Roma, ua hālāwai au me ka luna kaulana ʻo Francis Ford Coppola. Ma ke ala, ʻo Palmyra, me kona mau wahi ʻāʻī ʻulaʻula e holo mau ana ma ka wao nahele, e hana i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni kupaianaha. Ua hele ʻo Coppola i kekahi mau ʻoliʻoli kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma ka ʻāina a haʻi mai iaʻu ua makemake mau ʻo ia e kipa aku iā Suria, no laila ua lawe ʻo ia i ka manawa e hele mai, wahi āna, e like me ka mākaʻikaʻi.

ʻAʻole naʻe kekahi mākaʻikaʻi. Ua ʻōwili ʻia ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula no ka moʻolelo kiʻiʻoniʻoni, nāna i pāʻina pilikino me nā kāne mua o Suria, ʻo Bashar lāua ʻo Asma al-Assad. Ua maikaʻi ʻo ia e pili ana i ka ʻāina.

“Ua ʻoluʻolu mākou i ka hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia. He lokomaikaʻi a hoʻokipa nā poʻe āu e hālāwai ai. He mea hoihoi ke kulanakauhale (Damascus) no na kumu he nui, e pili ana i ka moolelo. He nani ka meaʻai. ʻO ka Pelekikena, kāna wahine a me kāna ʻohana, he ʻoluʻolu, ʻoluʻolu a hiki ke kamaʻilio ma nā pae he nui. Ma kēia ʻano ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ia iaʻu he ʻike ʻo ia no ka ʻāina i maikaʻi. "

Ua lawe ʻo Pelekikena Bashar Assad i ka pelekikena ma hope o ka make ʻana o kona makuakāne ma 2000. ʻO Assad, ka mea i hana i kekahi o kāna aʻo ʻana ma ke ʻano he ophthalmologist ma Lākana, ua hoʻomaka mua i kekahi mau hoʻoponopono politika, akā ua hoʻihoʻi iki. I kēia mau lā, ua nānā ʻo ia i nā hoʻoponopono waiwai.

Ke wehe ʻia nei ka hoʻokele waiwai o Suria - ua wehe koke ʻo ia i kahi kūʻai kumukūʻai a loaʻa iā ia kahi Hope Kuhina Nui, ʻo Abdallah Dardari, e mālama i ka hoʻokele waiwai. Ke aʻo mau nei ʻo ia i nā hiʻohiʻona waiwai a puni ka honua e ʻike i ke ala maikaʻi loa e neʻe ai iā Suria i mua.

ʻO ka awelika o ka loaʻa kālā ma kahi o $2,700. A ma ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e huki i nā malihini i nā pūnaewele a puni ka ʻāina, manaʻo ke aupuni e hāʻawi i ka hoʻonui waiwai i nā wahi āpau.

"Ke ʻimi nei mākou i ka pōmaikaʻi no ko mākou poʻe, ka pōmaikaʻi ʻaʻole wale ma Damaseko akā ma ka ʻāina āpau. He ala koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ia e hōʻoia ai i ka ikaika maoli ma ka ʻāina huakaʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a kōkua ia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi kūkākūkā me nā moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe, "wahi a ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Suria.

He mea nui ka mākaʻikaʻi no kekahi manawa i kēia manawa. I ka makahiki 2008 ua hoʻololi ia i ke koena o nā uku no ka ʻāina.

Ke neʻe nei au ma ka ʻāina ua hālāwai au me nā ʻAmelika ʻē aʻe, mai Minnesota, mai Kaleponi.

Ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻAleppo, ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻelua o Suria, ua hālāwai au me kahi hui makuahine-kaikamahine i loko o ka pā o ka Fabled Baron Hotel, kahi i hele ai ka moʻolelo e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke pana i nā pāpaʻi i loko o ka puʻu mai nā balconies. ʻO ka mea kaulana loa, ʻo ka Baron kahi i kākau ai ʻo Agatha Christie i kahi ʻāpana o kāna puke "Murder on the Orient Express." Ua kokoke loa ʻo Baron i kahi kū ma ke ala o ke kaʻaahi kaulana. Hauʻoli loa ka hoʻokele hōkele e hōʻike iā ʻoe i nā ʻāpana a me nā ʻāpana o ka mōʻaukala i loko o ka hōkele, me ka lumi i noho ai ʻo Christie, inā ʻaʻole i noho ʻia.

ʻO ka makuahine a me ke kaikamahine aʻu i hālāwai ai ma ka Baron no Kaleponi a ʻōlelo lākou i hele nui i hoʻokahi manawa i ka makahiki. ʻO ka manawa pinepine i India, kahi a lākou i aloha ai. Akā ua haʻi mai ke kaikamahine iaʻu e heluhelu ana ʻo ia i kahi makasina i kapa ʻia ʻo Suria kekahi o nā wahi koʻikoʻi 10 e kipa aku ai i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ua manaʻo mua ʻo ia "ʻAʻole," a laila hoʻomaka ʻo ia e heluhelu, kāhea i kona makuahine a ʻōlelo "E hele ana mākou."

ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā puʻu o ka mōʻaukala a me nā hoʻomohala politika i kēia manawa e hana i kahi ʻino maikaʻi o ka ʻimi a me ka hoʻowalewale no kekahi ʻano o nā huakaʻi ʻAmelika. Hoʻopili lākou i ka ulu ʻana o ke kaiāulu honua o nā mākaʻikaʻi e nānā ana iā Suria i kēia mau lā.