"“We believe that the Syrian crises will not come to an end, but through using dialogue and communications,” Tharwat said in statements to Syrian Al-Watan newspaper. “First, Egypt has not been involved in any conflict with the Syrian parties, which are the main factors in the ceasefire agreements, and it has not backed any armed Syrian faction. Second, Egypt has good relations with Russia (co-sponsor of the ceasefire). The Syrian political situation has been deteriorating since the protests emerged with the Arab Spring revolutions in 2011, when the opposition created the Free Syrian Army to face Assad’s forces. Some 1.6 million Syrians have been domestically displaced, while the number of refugees has reached 4.8 million people, the data added.

Source: Egypt Today January 22, 2018 13:18 UTC