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A good summary report from The Moon of Alabama:
Syria - Winners and Losers or Both
Syria has fallen.
It is now highly likely that the country will fall apart. Outside and inside actors will try to capture and/or control as many parts of the cadaver as each of them can.
Years of chaos and strife will follow from that.
Israel is grabbing another large amount of Syrian land. It has taken control of the Syrian city of Quneitra, along with the towns of Al-Qahtaniyah and Al-Hamidiyah in the Quneitra region. It has also advanced into the Syrian Mount Hermon and is now positioned just 30 kilometers from (and above) the Syrian capital.
It is also further demilitarizing Syria by bombing every Syria military storage site in its reach. Air defense positions and heave equipment are its primary targets. For years to come Syria, or whatever may evolve from it, will be completely defenseless against outside attacks.
Israel is for now the big winner in Syria. But with restless Jihadists now right on its border it remains to be seen for how long that will hold.
The U.S. is bombing the central desert of Syria. It claims to strike ISIS but the real target is any local (Arab) resistance which could prevent a connection between the U.S. controlled east of Syria with the Israel controlled south-west. There may well be plans to further build this connection into an Eretz Israel, a Zionist controlled state "from the river to the sea".
Turkey has had and has a big role in the attack on Syria. It is financing and controlling the 'Syrian National Army' (previously the Free Syrian Army), which it is mainly using to fight Kurdish separatists in Syria.
There are some 3 to 5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey which the wannabe-Sultan Erdogan wants, for domestic political reasons, to return to Syria. The evolving chaos will not permit that.
Turkey had nurtured and pushed the al-Qaeda derived Hayat Tahrir al-Sham to take Aleppo. It did not expect it to go any further. The fall of Syria is now becoming a problem for Turkey as the U.S. is taking control of it. Washington will try to use HTS for its own interests which are, said mildly, not necessary compatible with whatever Turkey may want to do.
A primary target for Turkey are the Kurdish insurgents within Turkey and their support from the Kurds in Syria. Organized as the Syrian Democratic Forces the Kurds are sponsored and controlled by the United States. The SDF are already fighting Erdogan's SNA and any further Turkish intrusion into Syria will be confronted by them.
The SDF, supported by the U.S. occupation of east-Syria, is in control of the major oil, gas and wheat fields in the east of the country. Anyone who wants to rule in Damascus will need access to those resources to be able to finance the state.
Despite having a $10 million award on its head HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Golani is currently played up by western media as the unifying and tolerant new leader of Syria. But his HTS is itself a coalition of hardline Jihadists from various countries. There is little left to loot in Syria and as soon as those resources run out the fighting within HTS will begin. Will al-Golani be able to control the sectarian urges of the comrades when these start to plunder the Shia and Christian shrines of Damascus?
During the last years Russia was less invested in the Assad government than it seemed. It knew that Assad had become a mostly useless partner. The Russia Mediterranean base in Khmeimim in Latakia province is its springboard into Africa. There will be U.S. pressure on any new leadership in Syria to kick the Russians out. However any new leadership in Syria, if it is smart, will want to keep the Russians in. It is never bad to have an alternative choice should one eventually need one. Russia may well stay in Latakia for years to come.
With the fall of Syria Iran has lost the major link in its axis of resistance against Israel. Its forward defenses, provided by Hizbullah in Lebanon, are now in ruins.
As the former General Wesley Clark reported about a talk he once had in the Pentagon:"This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.”Six of the seven countries mentioned in that famous memo have by now been thrown into chaos. Iran is -so far- the sole survivor of those plans. It will urgently have to further raise its local defenses. It is high time now for it to finally acquire real nuclear weapons.
The incoming Trump administration sees China as its major enemy. By throwing Syria (and Ukraine) into chaos the outgoing Biden administration has guaranteed that Trump will have to stay involved in the Middle East (and eastern Europe).
The massive U.S. 'Pivot to Asia' will again have to wait. This gives China more time to build its sphere of influence. It may well be the only power that has been a winner in this.
I don't think it'll take long before this spirals completely out of control. What the hell are these people thinking? These Jihadists now all gathered basically in Damascus are the worst of the worst. These are probably the most dangerous and bloodthirsty group of fighters on the planet IMO.Quote:
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It's not out of the question for Israel to make Damascus more of a pile of rubble than Gaza trying to get rid of these fighters.
This whole Syria thing looks like a complete set up. Israel got the herd of the deadliest Jihadists real close to them and bundled in one area to destroy, Turkey/US/UK ect got the corridor open for the pipeline, Russia is sort of backed down in Syria, Iran is basically pinned down and weakened and waiting for the bombs to fall on their head.
Trump is going to have a hell of a time trying to get a handle on this, among other things.
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It doesn't add up does it?
The pipeline is one thing, yet, the fractious consequences to Turkey do not help this case. It would be hard to see how Kurdistan is not the first thing to emerge from this.
Israel has perhaps scuttled all the Syrian warships. We can be pretty sure that the majority of Syrian military anything is useless. This does not weaken "the resistance" much, because Syria had barely resisted since 1967.
Is it possible to let HTS speak for itself and take that at face value? They wanted to remove the leadership/ruling parties of Assad, and, I think they said, Lebanon and Iran? They have these stated enemies and somehow got the major jump on one. They have this motive and no real allies besides Ukraine.
This doesn't end.
If no state will commit to a corresponding degree of force, "complex incidents" will keep chiseling into everyone.
Here are some reactions from Kurdistan.
In this case, we are talking about a Nation, rather than a country. They are partitioned in multiple countries. Iraqi Kurdistan is the only real functioning unit of it, and it has multiple websites, if you want to compare and contrast and expect subliminal agenda, or, if you simply want to find different stories. They are actually different, noticeably I would say.
Rudaw floats two American statements about "non-fragmentation" and gives us this surprising testimony:
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Yazidi woman rescued in Syria’s Idlib: Official
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Yazidi woman kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) in Shingal in 2014 has been rescued from Syria's northwestern Idlib province and will soon be returned to the Kurdistan Region, Hussein Qaidi, head of the Office for Rescuing Abducted Yazidis,said on Monday.
“A few days ago, we received information that this girl was living in a specific place in a specific country. We did what was necessary to rescue her. Thank God, she is now in safe hands. Hopefully, necessary measures will be taken to return to the Kurdistan Region and reunite with her family soon,” Qaidi told Rudaw.
Rudaw has learned that the 29-year-old woman, whose identity the office is withholding for security reasons, was found in a house in the rebel-held Idlib province on Saturday.
The office is affiliated with the Kurdistan Region Presidency and was established in 2014 when ISIS swept through the Yazidi heartland of Shingal, committing genocide.
When ISIS swept through the Yazidi heartland of Shingal in August 2014, committing genocide, the group abducted 6,417 women and children who were forced into sexual slavery and labor.
He added that more than 2,000 Yazidis abducted by ISIS a decade ago remain missing.
Many have been rescued from al-Hol, the notorious camp that houses tens of thousands of ISIS families and supporters. Others have been found in areas of Syria controlled by rebels or Turkish-backed armed groups, and some have been located in third countries.
Kurdish security forces in northeast Syria (Rojava) last month announced they rescued a Yazidi man from the clutches of ISIS.
Unlike Hezbollah, which is a modern reaction, Kurdish Peshmerga is simply a national fighting force. It has a massive volunteer female contingent. These are seen as very top quality fighters. So there is a better chance that Syrian Kurdistan is going to protect itself more than most other places. Here is a statement from Ark:
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In the name of God and the will of free peoples
Today, history marks a decisive moment in the journey of Syria and its peoples with the fall of the Assad regime, which symbolized oppression and tyranny for decades. This regime plunged the country into a dark tunnel of violations and deprivation, turning dreams into pain and the future into a nightmare. Its collapse is not just the end of an era, but the beginning of a new phase that lays the foundation for redefining a just and inclusive state.
On this historic occasion, we congratulate the great Syrian people on their monumental victory, achieved through immense sacrifices and unwavering determination to resist tyranny.
As the Union of Kurdish Women, we welcome this transformative event by emphasizing that freedom is not the end but the beginning. True freedom requires building solid foundations for a modern, civil state based on justice, equality and respect for human dignity. The Syria we envision is a nation where human rights are upheld, ethnic and cultural diversity is respected, and the aspirations of the Kurdish people are realized within a democratic and pluralistic framework that ensures justice and equality.
The aspirations of the Kurdish people include the right to self-rule or federalism that secures their cultural, political and economic rights within the framework of a unified Syrian state.
The fall of the regime carries with it an important responsibility for national and civil forces to prevent the re-emergence of tyranny in any form. Building Syria's future requires the active participation of women, not only as symbols of resilience, but as essential partners in decision-making and in rebuilding a society ravaged by years of oppression and destruction. We therefore call for the fair representation of women in all structures of power and their active role in shaping national policies.
Today we reaffirm that the sacrifices of Syrians will not be in vain. The suffering of Syrian women, especially Kurdish women, must serve as a foundation for a more just future. History can't be complete without guaranteeing everyone's right to participate and recognizing the right of peoples to self-determination, free from exclusion or marginalization. Efforts must also focus on building bridges of reconciliation among Syria's diverse communities, ensuring equality and opportunity for all.
We call on all political and civil parties to work together to turn this autumn into a historic opportunity to build a new Syria that is inclusive and puts an end to the tragic chapters of past generations. To this end, we stress the need for participatory policies that guarantee the rights of all Syrians and pave the way for a new era of national dialogue and reconciliation.
Long live the great Syrian people and long live a free and democratic Syria.
Glory to the martyrs and to freedom and dignity.
Kurdistan Women Union - Syria
8th December 2024
Kurdistan 24 displays a page replete with military actions. They also went to the world's Most Dangerous Prison:
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – On Monday, Kurdistan 24 correspondent Anwar Abdulatif entered the Sidnaia prison in Damascus which is believed to be full of danger.
It was reported that more than 50 people would be imprisoned in each small cell, in a very bad and filthy environment, at the same time, ordinary people came in looking for their family and relates.
A woman was looking for her relatives told Kurdistan 24 “my husband was arrested 11 years ago without having any crime, he was oppressed, since yesterday I am looking for him, I've seen many imprisoned fleeing and ran away, it is said there are underground cells, but we don't see anything"
A person said, “I am looking for my brother, I was imprisoned here for seven years, we didn't find anyone else, it is said there are secret, hidden cells."
It was reported that the family members and relatives of the inmates are calling on the United Nations to send a special force to find the prisoners, while thousands of Syrians are looking for their relatives inside the prison.
A passer-by said “it is 3 days I am looking for my brother,”, another said “my brother is in this prison. we are asking the UN to find the prisoners, the prison is consisted of 3 parts"
Another one said “I saw some of the prisoners saying they had seen my relatives in this prison, I am waiting for finding 11 prisoners who are my relatives”
Baathist Syria was a beautiful country if you were not finding yourself on the wrong side of the law.
From a former co-worker:
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ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – In an interview with Sky News Arabia on Monday, Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, who served as Syria's Prime Minister under the Assad regime, provided noteworthy insights into the final days of the former government and the existing transition period.
Internal communications and decision-making
Jalali defined a highly centralized administrative structure that branded Assad's leadership style.
"The nature of the former regime disallowed direct communication with Bashar al-Assad," he explained.
According to Jalali, in his final conversation with Assad concerning the worsening situation, the president's reply was remarkably indifferent, simply stating "We will follow up later."
Foreign policy isolation
The former Prime Minister emphasized Assad's control on foreign policy decisions, remarking that the president had exclusive control over international relations without referring to his cabinet.
This method, Jalali implied, further contributed to the regime's isolation and eventual downfall.
Current situation and transition
Speaking about the current situation in Damascus, Jalali stressed that protecting security is the current administration's main aim.
He confirmed that most ministers are still in Damascus, carrying on their duties from their offices, and voiced willingness to help smooth the transfer of all governmental files to guarantee a rapid transition period.
Diplomatic openness
In a noticeable distancing from previous policies, Jalali showed readiness to negotiate with various interested parties, including military operation commanders and Abu Mohammad al-Jolani.
This epitomizes a clear change from the Assad regime's approach to opposition forces.
Future uncertainties
Concerning the future of the Syrian military, Jalali recognized uncertainty, stating that its destiny would depend on whoever assumed power in the transition.
This statement echoes the broader uncertainties facing Syria's institutions in the post-Assad period.
The one good thing he did, was to ease up on the Kurds, however, that was also mainly a circumstance of force or he was compelled to by the other problems.
If there was a question about anyone deserving a "homeland".
They're not Arabs, if anything, they're Iranian, and they live all the way into modern Turkey. It's complicated, and they could veer one way or the other towards Israel or the Resistance, or who knows, but they may have some insights if not impacts on the unfolding events.
The Truth About Syria ( And The ISIS Rebrand )
So with Syria under the control of this ISIS rebrand that is supposedly "moderate jihad" I wonder if that would be similiar to "mild myocarditis", a little uncomfortable with the potential to be of major concern.
There is a commercial from 3 to 5 minutes in the presentation.
The latest from Simplicius here which makes very salient points and quite neatly pulls together some of the various strands. (Further comment: I thoroughly recommend that time is made to listen to Alastair Crooke who was excellent yesterday, by the way. His vast experience in Middle Eastern matters truly is a goldmine of insight.) :thumbsup:
I do have to say that much of what Simplicius alludes to here, with sound reason, reminds me somewhat of the indecisiveness which plagued tsar Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov) and brought about his eventual abdication albeit somewhat forced, in 1917: Assad appears to be a similarly tragic figure just simply not cut out for this kind of leadership role.
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- Simplicius"I consider Assad a kind of tragic figure because it appears now in retrospect that while he was a good man and kind leader, he may not have been an effective leader. The reality is that he was never meant to become ruler. He was a simple doctor-in-training while his older, firmer brother Bassel al-Assad, elder son of Hafez, was meant to inherit the throne until he tragically died in a car accident in 1994."
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Syria's Fall: In-Depth Analysis
Syria has fallen, and history will be strewn with an endless banquet of takes and interpretations as to what happened, how, and why. Here I offer one humble middle approach to piece it together, supported by facts and some deductive reasoning, rather than emotional gut reactions.
What do we know so far?
Firstly, there are now indications ‘rebels’ informed Turkey of their intentions to launch an offensive on Aleppo six months ago, according to Reuters:
The armed Syrian opposition, which took power in Damascus the day before, informed the Turkish side six months ago of its intention to launch a large-scale offensive against the official Syrian authorities, Reuters reported.I mostly agree with Scott Ritter’s take here that the operation was never meant to topple all of Syria and that this became a kind of emergent improvisation after all the hyenas of the region saw how weak Syrian armed forces were in responding to the initial foray. There is ample ancillary evidence to suggest the assault was initially meant to be limited—but of course grew in scope as Israel, US, Turkey, and others began to see opportunity and activated their various sleeper cells, as well as began to secretly court Syrian generals and other influential army figures to essentially surrender or betray Assad in one way or another.
“Syrian opposition groups... informed Turkey about plans for a major offensive about six months ago and believed that they had received its tacit approval,” the news agency reported.
At the same time, the United States said that Washington was not aware of Ankara’s “tacit approval” of the armed Syrian opposition’s plans to attack the Aleppo province in the north of the Arab Republic.
Here’s one analyst’s take on how the militants did not expect such success. It mentions that the Russian army reportedly offered to upgrade and train the SAA much more directly several years ago, but was for some reason refused.
We now have a better understanding of why
precisely, events unfolded, and how Syria had become so weak, directly from first hand sources. Though he’s the least trustworthy character, Erdogan explained that he had offered Assad a deal—in his words—to bring back some Syrian refugees as well as for Assad to influence Kurds on the Turkish border to pull back. One suspects there’s much more to the ‘deal’ than Erdogan reveals, but other figures have somewhat corroborated the above.
Here, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi openly reveals that Assad had become too inflexible in being open to the Astana process ‘dialogues’ with the opposition
(See video on Substack)First he mentions that Assad himself was shocked at his own army’s collapse. The FM implies Assad had poor working knowledge of the internal situation of his own military, which we’ll get to in a moment.
Then he lays it out:
“It must be said that the path did not progress as well as expected, and Mr. Assad’s government in this regard was somewhat inflexible and slow in making progress.”But now the Syrian ambassador to Russia himself, Bashar al-Jafaari, went even further in condemning the decadence under Assad:
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WaPo likewise cites a Syrian diplomat in claims that Assad refused a last minute deal to cut ties with Iran, which I mentioned last time
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There are other perspectives, of course. For instance, here an Iranian hardliner claims that the ‘progressive’ new president Masoud Pezeshkian simply did not allow Iranian forces to fight in Syria
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And here former deputy of the Iranian Quds forces says Turks and other Arab countries deceived Tehran, which was reportedly ‘worried about movement in Idlib two months ago’.
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In reality, people in their confusion have blamed everyone. Many for instance blame Russia, and perhaps Iran, for not allowing Syria to “go all the way” in 2018-2020, to finish off Idlib, which would have prevented all the foregoing events. The same goes for locking Syria into the Astana and Sochi agreements.
The problem is, such people have short memories and do not realize the situation was not so simple. Though Syria churned through the jihadists’ strongholds in the 2018-2020 campaign, the fact of the matter is Idlib was deemed strictly off limits by both Turkey and the US:
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Think about it from Russia’s perspective, western Syria was mostly recaptured save for a tiny strip in the north—was WWIII really worth trying to recapture one last town whose residents hated Assad to begin with? It wasn’t Russia’s fault that after that time—as we now know—Syria began a slow painful decline, owing to the US’ economic terror and strangulation of its economy.
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Bashar al-Assad was not initially destined to become the president of Syria. His older brother, Basil al-Assad, was being groomed for this role by their father, Hafez al-Assad. Basil was seen as the preferred successor and had been prepared for leadership from a young age. However, his life took a tragic turn when he died in a car accident in 1994, which drastically altered the succession plan.It can be inferred that Bashar’s lack of training for the role, and his incompatible disposition likely led to his not being a good military commander-in-chief. By all accounts, Assad appeared aloof when it came to the running of his army, leaving everything to his generals which—according to some—resulted in the slow degradation and corruption of many high level military officials. We can never know quite for certain how much blame rests with him, but these are educated deductions based on both sides’ accounts.
Following Basil's death, Bashar, who was studying ophthalmology in London at the time, was recalled to Syria. He had to abandon his medical career and quickly adapt to a political and military role. Hafez al-Assad then began to prepare Bashar for leadership by enrolling him in military training and positioning him within the government. Despite his lack of political experience, Bashar eventually succeeded his father as president after Hafez's death in 2000.
The soft-spoken, mild-mannered, intelligent ruler may not have had the required gravitas to properly thrive in a barbarous region overrun with vicious enemies on all sides. This, along with the many native traitors now condemning him, has led some to express the sentiment that: “Syria did not deserve Assad.” In some ways it feels like no country deserves his kind of thoughtful, temperate leader with such an exemplary and graceful first wife and family.
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At first glance, such developments appear to hint that Israel has a love affair with the rebels, and they together have achieved a great victory over their enemies. However, there are many problems with this analysis.
Firstly, Turkey is most likely to emerge as the chief victor and dominant influence over the powers in the region. Ostensibly, the group it controls most is the SNA rebels—aka FSA or TFSA, which are not on perfect terms with HTS. However, ultimately the Syrian project has been a Turkish one, and Turkey’s main drive of Ottoman Empire revanchism will eventually clash with Zionism’s Greater Israel project.
Recall that the Ottoman Empire has classically controlled all of Palestine for hundreds of years, which includes Israel itself. You can levy accusations against Erdogan double-dealing and supplying Israeli oil and such, but these are all realpolitik practicalities and do not change the ultimate telos of Turkey’s destiny: to pursue restoration of its lost Ottoman lands, which includes not only all of Syria but Palestine as well.
That means by defeating an ‘independent’—but ultimately innocuous—Syria, Israel has just condemned itself to a future fate far worse than facing even distant Iran.
Signs have already begun to appear—here are two videos of HTS rebels drunk on yesterday’s conquest; listen to their words carefully as they threaten to take back Al-Quds, also known as Jerusalem.
Here's the "analyst's take" (Navsteva) mentioned by Simplicius in the preceding post: it's very informative:
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Hamdy Arnous: I’m currently at the Russian Khmeimim airbase, where I was able to talk to Russian servicemen about their attitude to what is happening in Syria.
Initially, the militants didn’t know what they could achieve. The attack began early in the morning of November 27. Its goal was to regain control over sections of the M5 highway in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib and Hama, lost during the government offensive in 2018. The HTS mercenaries were in the lead. Those we call the opposition, or SNA, were in no hurry to join the battle.
When it became clear that the defense of the SAA was unstable, the militants continued the offensive to encircle Aleppo from the south- and north-west, trying to capture the crossroads. And then it turned out that government troops simply fled from Aleppo. And the militants went further.
I would like to emphasize that from the very beginning of the militants' offensive, entire brigades of the SAA abandoned their positions and fled without a fight.
Individual units, such as the Tigers Forces, resisted. But combat-ready units were distributed along the front line mixed with less combat-ready units, primarily those morally less combat-ready. Accordingly, the resistance was focal and some were forced to retreat due to the withdrawal of their neighbors, while the militants concentrated attack drones (including Ukrainian-made ones) and artillery on others.
The problem of the government army was a very serious shortage of rocket artillery, assault army aviation, as well as self-propelled artillery units and electronic warfare equipment. The advancing militants are equipped with armored vehicles, including tanks, they are supported by howitzers, grenade launchers, mobile mortar batteries and self-propelled guns supplied to the HTS through the SNA by the Turkish side.
The RuAF and the SAF could thin out the advancing lines of the militants, but without the proper level of artillery support, this could not turn the tide of the offensive. Or they needed many more aircraft
For me, it was more interesting to know what preceded the collapse of the defense:
In 2018, Russia proposed to the Syrian government to reform the armed forces. We offered to supply new equipment on credit. It could be repaid at the expense of our companies if they were given preferential terms in Syria.
Now we are conducting a Special Military Operation. But if Syria had taken our weapons and equipment back then, they would have stayed with their army and helped repel the militants. Provided that we taught them how to use it.
But then the Syrian leadership refused. Maybe they considered it unprofitable, I don’t know.
Our advisers could only train Syrian soldiers to shoot and operate drones. But you can’t change such an army.
Meanwhile, the Turks and other NATO members were turning the militants into something resembling a real army.
At the same time, all the combat commanders who fought with us were removed from their command posts in the Syrian army. The well-known units that we helped were disbanded. Over the past year, new commanders were appointed in all divisions and brigades near Aleppo, Idlib and Hama. They eventually fled along with their soldiers.
As for Iran, the US and israel didn’t allow them to transfer troops and equipment. The same can be said about Hezbollah.
My comrades and I don’t know what the politicians will decide. I think it would be right to come to an agreement with the new government and leave our bases. After all, we signed the Astana agreements with the opposition. This means that we can negotiate. It’s unlikely that our leadership will want to be just occupiers, like the Americans. Assad signed an agreement with us on bases.
Whether they will leave him now - we will see. As for our friends, some of them, as far as I know, are already in Russia. The thing is that many of those who worked with us won’t come to us.
But people who don’t want to live in Syria now - many of them are thinking of leaving for Russia.
I hope our government will help them.
"Israeli forces advanced and penetrated the Damascus countryside and are now on the outskirts of Damascus without any resistance." - Galei Tzahal.
Israeli forces advanced and captured several towns and settlements in Syria, including Beit Tema, Heeneh, Erneh, and Beqassem.
Israeli forces are only 19km from Damascus.
Saw from other post that they are already 15km from Damascus.
I thought Israel was taking a break because their troops were knackered. Hmmm . . .
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Did Russia Just Set a HUGE Trap in Syria? | Alex Krainer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JVMfc...el=CapitalCosm 48:39
Not sure I agree 100% with Alex Krainer but it did seem co-ordinated. Am quoting one of the posts under the video which I thought valid:
"@lornamackay4069
15 hours ago
It was NOT the same Syria, nor the same Bashar Assad. When Syria was first attacked by US proxies, it was a prosperous country, with an agricultural base, with oil fields to supply its people and military as well as export, and an industrial base in Northern Syria. By the time that ISIS and the rest of the US proxies were defeated (but not truly defeated, rather herded into enclaves next to Türkiye and Jordan), Syria was an occupied country. Its agricultural land was occupied by US forces, as were its oil reserves. Its industrial base was destroyed or shipped to Türkiye, and the industrial areas occupied by the ISIS groups. On top of that, US sanctions were so severe that Syria could not rebuild after the war, and its people were impoverished.
Assad may have taken the very brave and moral step of deciding to spare the Syrian people the horrors and death and destruction of another war. Surrendering and stepping down may have saved the lives of thousands of his people. I hope the ISIS related groups who are now in power are able to help Syrians rebuild, rather than subject them to even worse lives!"
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The Syrian army didn’t run, they were ordered to stand down.
They claim that they didn’t “want to fight” is a lie. They gave 170,000 men to this cause not to mention the injured.
Here a soldier says “We were ordered to retreat from Homs we were sold out”.
Anyone disparaging them, who never held a gun in their lives, shame on you.
https://x.com/Partisangirl/status/1866539027572388122
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🚨🇮🇱🇸🇾 Over the past 48 hours, Israel has destroyed Syria’s:
🔸Navy
🔸Air force
🔸Air defense network
🔸Missile arsenal
🔸Military research and development facilities
🪖IDF has also invaded southern Syria, with tanks advancing up to 20 km from Damascus.
https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1866481372413776035
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Let’s review:
🇮🇱 Israeli troops are less than 20 km from Damascus, IDF has destroyed Syria’s air force, air defenses, & navy
🇺🇸 US troops still control Syria’s oil fields, US sanctions still suffocate Syria’s economy.
🇸🇾 Syria has NO LEVERAGE to resist US-Israeli pressure
https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1866513209005342969