Special Interview: Cameron keen to 'do more' on Syria but British public war-weary

 While the Prime Minister has been keen to 'do more' on Syria - the British public, media and parliament are war-weary and don't see a clear policy that can improve the situation on the ground and fear that arming the rebels will put weapons in the hands of people who cannot be trusted to act in our best interests, James Denselow, former British Cabinet Advisor for Arab spring affairs, told Zaman Alwasl in special interview.

In his response to question If Assad has become a reality; could he stay in power amid this international complexity and be part of transitional phase?  The former advisor said '' I find it very hard to imagine a regime sanctioned process that would accept not having Assad involved.'' 

After the massive destruction in most of the Syrian cities, Denselow said that Rebuilding Syrian is certainly possible and realistic, adding ''what is harder is the repairing of the Syrian nation which is increasingly divided by the huge levels of violence that have occurred over the past two-years.''

Denselow said that the division about the Syrian conflict is not only inside British community by it also in the international community which is horrified by the violence in Syria which remains at the top of the global agenda. However there is a clear split in approach to who is to blame and what should be done - with the inability of the United Nations to come to any agreement evidence of a community divided. 

According to the reluctant British stance of arming the rebels the Advisor said ''I think that the Prime Minister wanted to have the 'option' of arming the rebels to improve his leverage in negotiations with the Russians and to place more pressure on the regime to make compromises towards the Geneva agreement around a transitional government. 

Denselow denied that Britain had trained some Syrian judges for post-Assad period. ''Not sure exactly about that - but the UK is working to monitor human rights abuses and ensure that there is accountability to the conflict,'' he ended.