CAIRO Nike Vapormax Flyknit Pas Cher Soldes , Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- For far too long, peace has been so elusive in the Middle East, where turbulence and bloodshed abound. The passing year was no exception, if not worse.
Rarely before has the region faced so many crises on so many fronts all at the same time, and rarely before has its troubles been so entangled with the rest of the world.
As efforts by world powers to deal with some of the region's most inextricable ills, like the rampant spread of terror threats and surging exodus of refugees Nike Vapormax Flyknit Pas Cher Chine , drag on into the new year, chances for real peace seem as slim as ever.
SCRAMBLE FOR POLITICAL SOLUTIONS
One encouraging sign, however, is the almost parallel tracks seeking political solutions to the wars in Syria, Yemen and Libya, which have killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions more.
For the Libya track Nike Vapormax Flyknit Junior Pas Cher , the rival sides have signed in Morocco a final peace deal, thus stipulating the goal of a steady political transition and forming a national unity government.
But many skeptical observers believe that the negotiations lack strong consensus among the warring factions and are imposed from the outside. They also doubt the sustainability of such a new unity government, saying it is built in a rush and has excluded many tribes that supported late leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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After a two-day meeting in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, the rebels agreed that they are ready for UN-sponsored negotiations early next year with representatives from Damascus, although they still insist on the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.
Things also seem to have started getting real on the ground. Under a cease-fire agreement with the government, rebels have begun to withdraw from the city of Homs, their last stronghold in central Syria, and cede its control to the authorities.
However Nike Vapormax Flyknit Homme Pas Cher , Mr. Assad, in a recent interview, said he would not negotiate with armed groups, accusing Saudi Arabia and the United States of wanting "terrorists" to join the ranks of negotiators. He believes that anyone in his country who holds a machine gun is a "terrorist."
In Yemen, a week-long and extendable truce under UN auspices has begun on Tuesday, yet fighting continued between the Shiite Houthi group and President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi's loyalists Nike Vapormax Flyknit Pas Cher , which are back by a Saudi-led coalition.
Observers believe that Saudi Arabia is now being trying to extricate itself from an embarrassing and costly quagmire brought on by an air campaign and later ground operations against Houthi fighters in Yemen, as steadily dropping oil prices further drain its coffers.
At a meeting earlier this month, also in Riyadh, of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), there was already talk of rebuilding the ravaged southern neighbor.
The cease-fire and the recent UN-sponsored talks in Switzerland have come as no warring factions