Damascus - Unswinyo lwaseMelika eDamaseku lukhinyabeze ukuthuthukiswa kwenkampani yezindiza iSyrian Arab Airlines, kanti kudingeke ukuthi ihoxise nama-oda ezindiza ezintsha ze-Airbus, kusho uNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha uYaarob Badr ngoLwesibili.
ISyria ayikwazi ukufaka ama-oda ezindiza ezintsha “ngenxa yonswinyo lwaseMelika” olwabekwa yiWashington ngo-2004, uBadr ucashunwe esho kanjalo ephephandabeni elisemthethweni i-Al-Baath.
"Imikhumbi yaseSyria isinciphile kusukela ama-Boeing 727 kanye nama-747 aphelelwa ukusebenza futhi (ezinye) izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe zamiswa," kusho u-Badr. Akazange anikeze imininingwane ngenani lezindiza eziphethwe inkampani kazwelonke.
I-SSA, ebizwa nangokuthi iSyrian Air, kuyaziwa ukuthi inezindiza ze-Airbus eziyisithupha kanye neziyisishiyagalombili ezakhiwe yi-Boeing Co. (BA). Isizindalwazi senkampani yezindiza sikhombisa izithombe ze-Airbus A320s kanye ne-Boeing 727s kanye ne-747s.
U-Badr uthe inkampani yezindiza kudingeke ukuthi ichithe i-oda le-Airbus eminyakeni yamuva ngoba “umenzi waseYurophu akakwazanga ukuletha imibhalo efunwa yi-US kusenesikhathi.
“Inkampani ibhekene nesimo esinzima ngoba isibalo sezindiza sehlile futhi kuzoba nzima kakhulu ukuqala imizila emisha,” kusho uBadr. "I-SSA izophoqeleka ukuthi imise ezinye izindiza."
U-Badr uthe nokho i-SSA ixoxisana neqembu elingadalulwanga ukuze kuqashwe izindiza, waphinde wathi inkampani yokuqala yenkampani yangasese yaseSyria, 'iSouria Louloua,' izoqala izindiza zasekhaya ehlobo.
I-US yaqala yashaya unswinyo lwezomnotho eSyria ngoMeyi 2004, okuhlanganisa nokuvinjelwa kokuthunyelwa kwezimpahla ezithile eDamaseku kanye nokumiswa kwempahla yaseSyria. Iwanwebe ngo-Ephreli 2006 futhi yawandisa ngoFebhuwari ukuze iqondise izikhulu ezibandakanyeka “enkohlakalweni yomphakathi,” phakathi kwamacala iDamaseku yayiphazamisa i-Iraq neLebanon.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uMengameli uGeorge W. Bush uthe uzokwelula unswinyo ngonyaka owodwa ngemuva kokuthi iWashington isole iDamaseku ngokwakha umshini wokuphehla amandla enuzi ngosizo lweNorth Korea. ISyria iliphikile icala.
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