Syrian Civil War and The future of Syria after liberation

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Russia says Assad departed after talks with 'other participants in the conflict'​

BBC

The Russian foreign ministry has said that deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad left his post and the country following negotiations with "other participants in the armed conflict" and gave instructions for a peaceful power transfer.

It insists that Russia was not involved in those negotiations and that its military bases in Syria are on high alert but not under threat.

Russia states it is in touch with "all groups in the Syrian opposition".

Russia had been a key ally of Assad, previously offering him with military assistance to remain in power.

 

[S.Y.A]

Joulani in an interview thanks Israel for attacking Iran/Hezbollah and says he wants friendship with Israel.

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Syrian rebel commander urges Israel to support uprising, strike Iran-backed forces

In interview with ToI, a Free Syrian Army officer expresses hope for friendly relations with Jewish state, warns of Iranian militias propping up Assad: 'They will come for Israel, too'

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But still our wahabi/salafi bros will choose to be naive.

where does the article mention joulani?

 

[Arabia]

I don't know if you know or not, majority of shias are Syeds and are from the lineage of Prophet Mohammad saww.

You really believe that nonsense? So you are basically saying that millions of Shia Hazara Mongol Afghans, Pakistani Shias (of unknown origins and ethnic groups), Iranians (of all ethnic groups) are basically Arab in origin? You do know what being a Sayyid means? It means that your paternal lineage is Arab.

Nobody is going to believe such nonsense, 1) because it is completely false, 2) only a small minority of Shias are Sayyid and most of them are Arab, 3) what you wrote does not change the historical facts that I wrote.

An fervent anti-Shia Najdi Saudi Arabian Salafi from Buraydah (let us call him Wahhabi to make you Shias happy), has still 1000 billion times more ties to the people (his kin) that you worship, than every single non-Arab Shia.

 

[ghazi52]

Chaotic and joyful scenes in the Umayyad Square
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Lina Sinjab
reporting from Damascus

As we've been reporting, people are celebrating in Umayyad Square, in Damascus.

There are chaotic scenes and mixed feelings of joy.

We see many rebels here coming from different parts, mainly from southern Syria, but we also see cars with plates from Idlib and Aleppo.

Speaking to people, they are really excited.

I spoke to one woman who was in tears and said most of her family were dead, killed inside prison. She says this is a great moment.

Everyone is approaching us, happy, celebrating.

The Syrian revolution flag is being held.

Umayyad Square – the central square – is where state television is run. We’re hearing many reports about looting at the presidential palace and lots of celebratory gunfire in the air.

 

[ghazi52]

People celebrating in Umayyad Square, Damascus​

Barbara Plett Usher
reporting from Damascus

The central Umayyad Square is where people are celebrating - there’s a constant hail of bullets as the rebels fire into the air.

Civilians are driving around, giving me the peace sign, saying how much better life will be now, some laughing, some crying.

We've also spoken to two young men outside the Iranian embassy. They said they were very happy, that life under Bashar al-Assad had been very difficult and they didn’t feel safe. But now things would get better.

 

[S.Y.A]

I don't know if you know or not, majority of shias are Syeds and are from the lineage of Prophet Mohammad saww.

most have fake claims and fake family trees. a simple DNA test can easily reveal the truth.

 

[The SC]

Syrian television officially announced the fall of the Assad regime, the release of prisoners, and the preservation of public property and state institutions.

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[ghazi52]

Last of the Arab Spring ‘dictators’​

Frank Gardner
BBC Security correspondent

Muammar Gaddafi in Libya... Ben Ali in Tunisia... Ali Abdullah Saleh in Yemen... Hosni Mubarak in Egypt... and now Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.

All the Middle Eastern rulers whom the Arab Spring protesters called "dictators" back in 2011 are now gone, along with Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, a victim not of the Arab Spring but of the ill-fated US-led invasion.

Of all the targets of the protesters, only Bahrain’s King Hamad has survived, partly because he heads a Gulf Arab monarchy, not a "revolutionary republic" like the others, but also because he gave a little ground and accepted some of the reforms put forward by international jurists.

"I could have gone the way of Syria," he told me at the time in 2011, "but instead I listened to their demands." Well, only partly. Bahrain is still far from a perfect democracy, but it is a happier place than Bashar’s Syria has been.

The group calling itself Islamic State (IS) may have grabbed the headlines during its five-year-long reign of terror, but by far the biggest death toll on Syrians was inflicted by the regime itself.

Behind Bashar’s well-cut suits, the fawning posters, the clapping, hand-picked members of Syria’s "parliament" lay a trail of blood, soaked into the walls of his underground gulag of prisons.

 

[ghazi52]

How the night unfolded​

There's been a lot going on in Syria over the weekend. Rebel factions have made rapid advances, capturing Damascus and ousting President Assad.

 

[KingQamaR]

I don't know if you know or not, majority of shias are Syeds and are from the lineage of Prophet Mohammad saww.

Oh man! Keep Pakistani cultural none-sense in Pakistan. Most Pakistanis are clueless when it comes to practicing there Deen.

 

[ghazi52]

Can rebels help bring about stability?​

Jeremy Bowen
International Editor, reporting from Turkey

It's a seismic moment in the region. Assad was preceded by his father, and his family have treated Syria as their private business - now they've gone.

Because Syria is in such a strategic location in the heart of the region, what happens in Syria affects all its neighbours and, by extension, the wider world.

The question now is whether these rebels can be judicious - can they try to promote stability?

They've said there should be no revenge against minority groups, but let's see what happens because what I've just described is the good scenario.

The bad scenario is something akin to what happened in Libya after the fall of Gaddafi in 2011 and Saddam Hussein in Iraq after 2003, which was years of torment, bloodshed, and civil war.

They've already had that in Syria; maybe they've had enough and want to move to a better place.

After years of dictatorship, when that ends, you don't know what is going to happen in terms of people perhaps wanting to get revenge, or groups wanting to take power - this is a really unstable period coming up.

 

[ghazi52]

Syria’s embassies abroad to remain operational, foreign ministry says​

From CNN’s Mostafa Salem

Syria’s foreign ministry and its embassies abroad will remain operational to serve Syrians, the foreign ministry said in its first statement since the rebel takeover of Damascus.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in the Syrian Arab Republic and its diplomatic missions abroad will remain committed to serving all fellow citizens and managing their affairs,” it said on Sunday.

“Today, a new page is being written in the history of Syria inaugurating a national covenant and charter to unite Syrians and does not divide them,” the statement said.

 

[hasn2009]

where does the article mention joulani?

It was hts commander, i fixed my post

 

[ghazi52]

12 min ago

Rebels and civilians ransack Assad’s residence in Damascus​

From CNN’s Gianluca Mezzofiore, Yong Xiong and Mostafa Salem


Syrian rebels and civilians have been seen touring and ransacking residences of the country’s now former President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.

Children were seen running into the entrance of Assad’s Al Rawda presidential palace as men walked out with furniture, according to a video published by Reuters. An armed man was seen carrying a rifle in the palace.

Another video posted on social media showed the hallways of what appeared to be another residence in the capital, with the sound of men and women celebrating. “This is the people’s money,” one man was heard saying. CNN was not able to geolocate the video.

A video geolocated by CNN showed a woman touring the kitchen of a home in the Al Maliki neighborhood of Damascus that was described as a “presidential palace.”

The well-equipped kitchen included an industrial freezer and a pizza oven. The kitchen was still stocked with fruit, vegetables and fish. A notebook showed a menu “for the madame” and “the boss” including notes on their culinary preferences, as well as recipes.

“Food for the madame: She does not like spinach – we will not cook it again. Tomorrow we will cook salmon or Latakia fish,” one entry in the notepad said, according to the video filmed by the woman in the kitchen.

 

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23 min ago

Assad has left Syria, Russia says​

From CNN's Darya Tarasova and Catherine Nicholls


President Bashar al-Assad has left Syria, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement Sunday.

Assad “decided to leave the presidential post and left the country, giving instructions to transfer power peacefully,” the statement said, adding that “Russia did not participate in these negotiations.”

“The Russian Federation is in contact with all groups of the Syrian opposition,” it said.