then why are there a US bases in Syria? maybe close some of these basesWhat fight? It's over.
After 14 years of Civil War, propped up by Iran and Russia with terrible massacres against the Syrian people, the Arab Spring has finally come to Syria.
Just hope they can find the peace they've been looking for.
also no money to pay themPerhaps that was the reason why the Syrian Army melted recently, I think the army was loyal to Assad which was why he managed to cling on to power unlike other Arab leaders who were deposed during the Arab Spring. By favoring Alawite militias, it annoyed the army and they abandoned him.
As much as I despise DonOld Trump...he's right on this:
Trump Says U.S. Shouldn't Intervene in Syria Conflict
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States should avoid engaging militarily in Syria.time.com
It's NOT our fight...we should stay out of it.
At this point, you could probably find him saying nebulous things in support of any side of name an issue.lol same Trump who said we should pull out of Syria and he never did during his presidency
He says a lot of things.
At this point, you could probably find him saying nebulous things in support of any side of name an issue.
Easy Lebensraum.. they can now do whatever they want with incoming Trump.and right on queue
also saw reports that the russian s-300 shot down assad's plane..
The rebels who have swept through Syria are led by Islamist alliance Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, along with an umbrella group of Turkish-backed Syrian militias called the Syrian National Army.
Both have been entrenched in the north-west. They launched the shock offensive on 27 November with gunmen capturing Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, and the central city of Hama, the fourth largest.
The founder of HTS, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, was once a participant in the Iraqi insurgency against the US as a member of the group that eventually became Islamic State.
In its former incarnation as Jabhat al-Nusra or the Al-Nusra front, HTS later declared allegiance to al-Qaida. It eventually publicly broke those ties in 2016 and rebranded as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, or Organization for the Liberation of the Levant.
HTS is now the most powerful rebel faction in Syria.
It is designated as a terrorist group by the US and there are serious human rights concerns in the area it controls, including executions for those accused of affiliation with rival groups and over allegations of blasphemy and adultery.
To hope for peace, and expecting it are usually two different things.I have no clue what is going on now. But I'm dubious that the conflict is 'over'.
Of course the conflict is not overI have no clue what is going on now. But I'm dubious that the conflict is 'over'. Sounds as if there are plenty of inter-factional disputes that could yet arise.
A Turkish-backed group seem unlikely to be on good terms with the Kurds. And they are Islamists, who broke with ISIS then were allied with Al Qaida, then broke with _them_? Clear as mud.
Who are the Syrian rebels who have captured Damascus – explained in 30 seconds
The rebels are led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, along with an umbrella group of Turkish-backed Syrian militias called the Syrian National Armywww.theguardian.com
Oh.. you view carpet bombing and slaughtering people a bad thing? Never would have guessed it from your continual pandering to Israels actions in that regard.To hope for peace, and expecting it are usually two different things.
But without Assad's backing of Russia and Iran, used to carpet bomb and slaughter people, chances are much improved.
Nah…too many factions fighting for control. This shitstorm is far from over.What fight? It's over.
After 14 years of Civil War, propped up by Iran and Russia with terrible massacres against the Syrian people, the Arab Spring has finally come to Syria.
Just hope they can find the peace they've been looking for.
Israel, Russia, and Turkey all agree on only one thing... if they can't control Syria, all three want it turned into rubble and its civilians slaughtered wholesale.Nah…too many factions fighting for control. This shitstorm is far from over.
I imagine that is welcome news for Turkey
yes, but out of ~5 Million Syrians that are in Türkiye, I don't expect no more 1 Million to go back. It has been almost 12 years and they have jobs, shops, businesses, kids born here, started schools. Turkish government offered free health-care, education and job opportunities to all refugees so there is little motivation for them to go back to a war-torn country. We have already adapted living with them together, learned Arabic as my fifth language etc.I imagine that is welcome news for Turkey