Inhloko-dolobha yezwe iDamaseku kungenzeka ukuthi iyidolobha elidala elihlala linabantu abaningi emhlabeni. Okungenani ifuna leso sihloko.
Ngokuphusha ezokuvakasha, uhulumeni waseSyria ubungaza okwedlule kwezwe ngenkathi uzama ukwenza ngcono isimo samanje, hhayi nje kwezomnotho kodwa kwezepolitiki.
"Umuntu ubheka ezokuvakasha kuleli qhinga njengengxoxo yomuntu phakathi kwabantu nempucuko, efaka isandla ekuqhakambiseni isithombe esiphucuzekile saseSyria," kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uDkt. Saadallah Agha Alqalah.
I-Administration of Barack Obama ihambe indlela enhle yokufinyelela eSyria, futhi i-United States inezinhlelo zokuthumela iNxusa eDamaseku maduze, okuyinto ebonakala njengesinyathelo esibalulekile. Lesi sikhundla besingenamuntu selokhu kwahoxiswa inxusa lokugcina ngo-2005 ngemuva kokubulawa kowayenguNdunankulu waseLebanon uRafik Hariri - ukubulala namanje okungakaxazululwa - kodwa lapho i-UN Special Tribunal iqale yasola isandla saseDamaseku.
ISyria ibilokhu iphika lezo zinsolo futhi uphenyo lusaqhubeka. ISyria isalokhu isohlwini lwase-US lwamazwe axhasa ubuphekula, ngenxa yokwesekwa kwayo iHamas neHezbollah, iSyria eyithatha njengamaqembu aphikisayo asemthethweni. Futhi i-US inezijeziso zezomnotho ngokumelene neSyria.
AbaseSyria banethemba ngohlelo luka-Obama, kodwa bathi bafuna ukubona izenzo ezibambekayo uma kukhulunywa ngokusondelana phakathi kwala mazwe womabili. Ngokumelene naleyo sizinda sokungathembani okuthile kwezepolitiki, bengifisa ukwazi ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi abantu baseMelika baphakathi kwezivakashi ezithutheleka ukuthola izimfihlakalo zaseSyria kulezi zinsuku.
UMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseSyria usanda kumema izintatheli ezivela emhlabeni wonke ukuthi zizobuka amagugu aseSyria, futhi njengoba kudala sinesithakazelo eSyria, salijabulela leli thuba.
I-Syria iyikhaya ledolobha lasendulo le-basalt elimnyama laseBosra, cishe elinenkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini yaseRoma egcinwe kahle kakhulu ekhona. Idolobha lase-Ebla laliyindawo ebalulekile ye-Bronze Age, futhi namuhla iyindawo enkulu yokumba, indawo eyachuma endaweni ethile cishe eminyakeni eyizi-2,400 ngaphambi kokuzalwa kukaKristu. Kukhona futhi inhloko-dolobha yaseDamaseku, i-Chapel of St. Ananias, owaphulukisa u-St. Paul ebumpumputheni bakhe futhi waqala ukuguqukela ebuKristwini, kunezinqaba ezimangalisayo ze-Crusader, nokunye okuningi. Izwe linothe ngomlando nangezinganekwane.
Ezokuvakasha zinyukile - amaphesenti angama-24 abengeziwe baseYurophu abavakashele kulo nyaka. Yize iningi labavakashi abaya eSyria kungamanye ama-Arab, alandelwa ngabaseYurophu, kuvela ukuthi izivakashi zaseMelika ziphakathi kwalabo abasendleleni eya eDamaseku kulezi zinsuku.
Inqubo yokuthola i-visa yabavakashi eya eSyria iqondile. Ugcwalisa isicelo, uthumele ipasipoti yakho eNxusa, ukhokhe cishe u-$130, futhi uthole i-visa kancane njengosuku lokusebenza. Iphasipoti ayikwazi ukuba nesitembu sakwa-Israel kuyo. Azikho izindiza eziqondile ezisuka e-US ziya eSyria, ngakho abahambi kumele badlule e-Europe noma kwamanye amazwe aseMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Emanxiweni asePalmyra, ngesinye isikhathi eyayiyikoloni laseRoma kwaze kwaba yilapho iNdlovukazi yayo enhle enekhanda eliqinile uZenobia ilahla ijoka lamaRoma, ngahlangana nomqondisi odumile uFrancis Ford Coppola. Nokho, i-Palmyra, namanxiwa ayo e-sandstone ebomvana anwebeka ngokungapheli ogwadule, ingenza isethi yefilimu emangalisayo. U-Coppola wayeye emikhosini embalwa yamafilimu esifundeni futhi wangitshela ukuthi wayehlale efuna ukuvakashela eSiriya, ngakho wathatha ithuba lokuza, wathi, njengesivakashi.
Kodwa hhayi noma yisiphi isivakashi. Ukhaphethi obomvu wenzelwe inganekwane yefilimu, owaba nesidlo sakusihlwa nabashadikazi bokuqala baseSyria, u-Bashar no-Asma al-Assad. Wabonakala enethemba ngezwe.
“Sizizwe samukelwe ngemfudumalo. Abantu ohlangana nabo banomusa futhi bamukelekile. Idolobha (iDamaseku) liyathakazelisa ngenxa yezizathu eziningi, eziphathelene nomlando. Ukudla kumnandi. UMongameli, umkakhe kanye nomndeni wakhe bahlakaniphile, bayathandeka futhi bayakwazi ukukhuluma emazingeni amaningi kangaka. Ngale ndlela uyangiqinisekisa ukuthi unombono omuhle ngezwe.”
UMongameli u-Bashar Assad wathatha isikhundla sobumongameli ngemuva kokushona kukayise ngo-2000. U-Assad, owenza ezinye zokuqeqeshwa kwakhe njengodokotela wamehlo eLondon, waqala wenza izinguquko ezithile zezombusazwe, kodwa wabe esehlehla kancane. Muva nje ugxile ezinguqukweni zezomnotho.
Empeleni umnotho waseSyria uyavuleka - muva nje usanda kuvula i-stock exchange futhi unePhini likaNdunankulu elikhuthele, u-Abdallah Dardari, ophethe ezomnotho. Ufunda ngokungapheli amamodeli wezomnotho emhlabeni wonke ukuthola indlela engcono kakhulu yokuyisa iSyria phambili.
Isilinganiso semali engenayo yomuntu ngamunye ilinganiselwa ku-$2,700. Futhi ngokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha nokuzama ukuheha izivakashi ezindaweni ezweni lonke, uhulumeni uthemba ukuthi uzothuthukisa umnotho kuzo zonke izifunda.
“Sibheke ukuchuma kwabantu bakithi, ukuchuma hhayi eDamaseku kuphela kodwa ezweni lonke. Futhi kuyindlela ebalulekile yokukhombisa amandla angempela ezweni elivakashelwa kwabanye abantu futhi kusiza ukukhuthaza inkhulumomphendvulwano namanye amasiko,” kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eSyria.
Ezokuvakasha sekuyisikhathi eside zibalulekile. Ngo-2008 yenze umehluko ebhalansi yezinkokhelo zezwe.
Ngidabula izwe ngahlangana nabanye abantu baseMelika, abavela eMinnesota, bevela eCalifornia.
Edolobheni lase-Aleppo, idolobha lesibili ngobukhulu eSyria, ngahlangana nethimba lomama nendodakazi endaweni yokucima ukoma ye-Fabled Baron Hotel, lapho indaba ihamba khona ungase udubule amadada exhaphozini ovulandi. Okudume kakhulu, i-Baron yilapho u-Agatha Christie abhala khona ingxenye yenoveli yakhe ethi "Ukubulala ku-Orient Express." U-Baron wayeseduze impela nesitobhi emzileni wesitimela esidumile. Abaphathi behhotela bajabule kakhulu ukukukhombisa izingcezu nezingcezu zomlando ehhotela, okuhlanganisa negumbi uChristie ahlala kulo, inqobo nje uma lingahlali muntu.
Umama nendodakazi engahlangana nabo e-Baron babevela eCalifornia futhi bathi bathatha uhambo olukhulu kanye ngonyaka. Ngokuvamile kwakuya eNdiya, abayithandayo. Kodwa indodakazi yangitshela ukuthi yayifunda umagazini owabiza iSyria njengenye yezindawo ezingu-10 ezibaluleke kakhulu okumelwe sizivakashele ngonyaka ozayo. Waqale wacabanga ukuthi “Cha,” kodwa wabe eseqala ukufunda, wabiza unina wathi “Siyahamba.”
Inhlanganisela yenqwaba yomlando kanye nentuthuko yezepolitiki yamanje idala isivunguvungu esiphelele selukuluku nokuheha isigaba esithile sabahambi baseMelika. Bajoyina umphakathi okhulayo wamazwe omhlaba wezivakashi ezihlola iSyria kulezi zinsuku.
