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one of the victims is a young girl. I won't post the pictures.
Syrian Civil War and The future of Syria after liberation
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Kyussis
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Sunnis doing Sunni things!
Persian Gulf
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we should not resort to such language and make such generalisations
Yommie
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Syria-Russia ties entering ‘new stage’ as foreign ministers meet in Moscow
Talks held between top diplomats a day after al-Shaibani discussed military cooperation with Russian President Putin.By Kevin Doyle and News Agencies
Published On 24 Dec 2025
Syria-Russia relations are entering a new era based on mutual respect after Syria’s foreign and defence ministers met Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister in Moscow, state media in both countries reported.
“Today, the Russia-Syria relations enter a new stage,” Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Wednesday during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s TASS news agency reported.
“We continue the reconstruction in Syria with strong national will, and we aspire for balanced relations with all countries,” al-Shaibani added, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
Damascus has managed to achieve successes in various fields over the past year, al-Shaibani reportedly said in the meeting. “First and foremost, this year marked the end of a 14-year war. The biggest success we’ve achieved is lifting sanctions from Syria. We are now busy reconstructing the country.”
Al-Shaibani added that efforts are under way to attract investments to Syria to improve the economic situation, SANA said.
Lavrov, meanwhile, emphasised the importance of maintaining Syria’s territorial unity and enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two countries, the news agency added.
On Tuesday, President Putin met with al-Shaibani and Syrian Minister of Defence Murhaf Abu Qasra, SANA reported, in talks focused on political, economic and military issues of “mutual interest”, with “particular emphasis” on defence.
According to SANA, Putin and the Syrian ministers discussed a range of defence-related matters, including developing military cooperation to strengthen the Syrian army’s capabilities, modernising its equipment, transferring expertise and cooperating in research and development.
“During the meeting, both sides reviewed ways to advance military and technical partnership in a manner that strengthens the defensive capabilities of the Syrian Arab Army and keeps pace with modern developments in military industries,” SANA reported.
The two sides also discussed political and economic issues, including the “importance of continued political and diplomatic coordination between Damascus and Moscow in international forums”, according to the news agency.
On the economic front, the talks addressed expanding Syrian-Russian cooperation, including in reconstruction projects, infrastructure development and investment in Syria.
Putin also reaffirmed Russian “steadfast support” for Syria and its territorial integrity, while renewing “Moscow’s condemnation of repeated Israeli violations of Syrian territory, describing them as a direct threat to regional security and stability”.
The ministers’ visit to Moscow is the latest by Syria’s new authorities since the removal from power last December of the country’s longtime ruler and Moscow’s former ally in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad.
Russia was a key supporter of al-Assad during Syria’s nearly 14-year civil war, providing vital military aid that kept his regime in power, including Russian support that rained air raids on rebel-held areas.
Despite al-Assad and his family fleeing to Russia after the toppling of his regime, Moscow is eager to build good relations with the new government in Damascus.
In particular, Moscow is hoping to secure agreements to continue operating the Khmeimim airbase and the Tartous naval base on Syria’s Mediterranean coast, where Russian forces continue to be present.
In October, Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, visited Russia, where he said his government would honour all the past deals struck between Damascus and Moscow, a pledge that suggested that the two Russian military bases were secure in the post-Assad period.
Putin said at the time of al-Sharaa’s visit that Moscow was ready to do all it could to act on what he called the “many interesting and useful beginnings” discussed by the two sides on renewing relations.
During a visit to Moscow in July, al-Shaibani said his country wanted Russia “by our side”.
“The current period is full of various challenges and threats, but it is also an opportunity to build a united and strong Syria. And, of course, we are interested in having Russia by our side on this path,” al-Shaibani told Lavrov at the time.
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Kyussis
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Has any other denomination of Islam ever attacked mosques?
PakAl
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Your confusing wahabism with sunnism. Wahabis killed majority sunnis around the world, majority attacks take place against sunni Muslims, masjids, ulema and Mazaars. But the world powers don't want to align with traditional sunni islam, same as with traditional shia islam, they want alliances with moderate elements/islamist or secular types, those who use islam to stay in power and will want to be part of the new world order.
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shapurzolaktaf
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I dont agree with any generalization, however we buried these topics as much as possible (although internet and media gave us the chance to speak about them).
I mean specially we Iranians, due to government policy (Ummah/Pan-Islamism) and due to our culture of tolerance, we always had to talk about unity and brotherhood. We always had to invest to improve the collective Islamic Identity in the past 1400 year.
End result was we beautified Islam and got attacked of being Israeli agents and giving our sisters for an hour to strangers and became victim of suicide attacks and considered as non-muslims by those who say they are true muslims. Not talking about sanctions, military attacks and their backing of it. There is a heavy zionist-west backed media warfare against us trying to frame Iran as savage (because of these mosque, suicide attacks which are commited by non-Iranians)
Iran needs to radically change its ideology and Identity and follow a strict nationalist course (within a Pan-Asian Frame). We should make connections with Caucasus, central-Asia/Eurasia and Far east, based on Iranian, Asian interests.
Islam should not be mentioned at all when we establish ties with countries such as Kazakhstan, Bangladesh, Indonesia etc. Whenever we do that, it means we are retrying the failed Ummah/Pan-Islamism Ideology, While Asia and Iran is bigger/broader/deeper and older than Islam only. When we base our ties with Asian countries on Islamic Identity it automaticly means we neglect, deny Iranian cultural/historical Depth.
Now this all doesnt mean we have to be blind agaisnt filthy zionist crimes, but the fundament of the resistance/independence should be Iranian Identity (which actually is the truth currently, but framed as Islamic for the sake of Ummah).
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Persian Gulf
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I totally agree
but if we can work with Turkey to stabilise Syria and introduce some radars, that would be beneficial. Israel relies on these states being defenceless so we need to be pragmatic and try to act against that
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UK drones openly fly over Syria on a daily basis without any protest from the HTS regime
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The Syrian Democratic Forces have released footage showing FPV drone strikes against various types of equipment used by the Turkish Armed Forces and Turkey-backed armed groups.
Bharatah
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Exactly, i've talked about this several times here.
eIsQengiz
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Persian influence in Iraq was decisively separated from Iran by the Arabs after the Battle of Qadisiyyah in 636 CE. The Achaemenids captured Babylon in 539 BCE, bringing Mesopotamia under Persian control. From 539 BCE to 636 CE is approximately 1,175 years. So where does the claim of “2,600 years of influence in Iraq” come from?What a load of nonsense. Iran has 2600 years influence in Iraq and before that had thousands years of interwined history, now you want to separate that?
The Iraqi people were distinct from Iranians, who lived beyond the Zagros Mountains.
God willing, the Iraqi people will organize to gain freedom. That will not through fake machinations, but through a revolution, like the Syrian people inshallah and this will put an end to Iran’s hegemony.
That claim is a stretch. The TTP, as their name suggests, is a Pakistani group, not Afghan. The Afghan-Pakistan skirmish shortly after the alleged Pakistani strike targeted the TTP leader in Afghanistan, resulting in limited clashes that have since stopped. Currently, no Afghans are fighting Pakistan.
The Iranian claim relies on a selective and incomplete historical account. Afghanistan had already emerged as a recognized state under the Durrani Empire (founded in 1747), and Herat was historically Afghan land. Iranian control during 1856–57 was brief and limited, confined mainly to Herat city and its immediate surroundings, amounting to only about 1–2% of Afghan territory, and never extending over most of western Afghanistan. Moreover, the British were not transferring Iranian land to Afghanistan; their objective was to create a buffer state against Russian expansion and regional influence from Iran.
I’m not defending US or British actions, but I’m highlighting the contradictions in the reasoning used to justify the US attack on Afghanistan. Attacking foreign embassy staff clearly violates diplomatic immunity and international conventions.
The “Act of Tearing” when Khosrow tore the letter of the Prophet PBUH fits historical records. He was enraged that the Prophet’s name appeared before his own, exclaiming, “A wretched slave among my subjects dares write his name before mine!” Even if one doubts Islamic reports, Persian/Zoroastrian sources similarly describe the Arabs as desert-dwelling, ignorant people who ate snakes and lizards.
Khwarezm and Bactria were part of the Sassanid Empire under Bahram II (276–293), with Khwarezm as a regional capital. Both pre-Islamic and post-Islamic sources, including Biruni and Ibn Khordadbeh, describe Khwarezm as part of the Iranian/Persian world, and Biruni even calls its people “a branch of the Persian tree.” The region was populated by Eastern Iranian-speaking people, so calling its rulers Iranian is justified
battalion25
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There was a meeting tonight with Mazloum Abdi attending it in Damascus to try to safe the March 10th Agreement. SDF is on a borrowed time. If agreement not implemented before 1-1-2026 it becomes void leading to cleaning out the SDF militarily.
Both the Syrian armed forces and the Turkish armed forces are coming in heavy and have consistently been deploying.
SDF has overplayed their hands and have the last card to play in their hands stand down or get wipped out but all the same
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PakAl
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What influence does Iran have left in Iran, after Assad removal it looks like Iran is completely out of Syria. The Turks have influence in North Syria via Turkmen, SNA, Saudia have through HTS, and Usa/Israel through SDF/FSA and others. This is why Turkey doesnt care about South Syria or even Damascus, that is Saudia HTS job but they do not want to fight Israel. They actually want to be allies. For the Arabs the number of goal is to keep Turkey and Iran out, peope forget what Egyptian and Uae government officials said many years ago, that we will never ever allow Turks back in arab land.
battalion25
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Some of your posts are mental fog.
Saudi Arabia has no dog in the game when it comes to HTS. The Syrian gov´t main ally number 1 is Turkey.
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