Syrian Civil War and The future of Syria after liberation

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Turkish interests in the northeast​

Turkey has long had vested interests in Syria. Before Assad’s fall, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had repeatedly pledged an imminent ground operation into northern Syria, aiming to empty the area of fighters allied to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant group that Turkey and the US deem a terrorist organization, as well as to create a safe zone for refugee return.

After the rebel offensive started almost two weeks ago, fighting between the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and Kurdish militants in the northeast erupted.

The Turkish government has long regarded Syrian Kurdish groups as part of or linked to the PKK. However, Kurdish forces served as key US partners in the fight against ISIS and control swathes of land in northeast Syria.

When Assad was successfully ousted by the HTS-led groups, open combat between the Turkish-backed SNA and Kurdish forces escalated over the past weeks.

Fears of a Turkish incursion have also not abated. On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal cited unnamed US officials saying Turkey and its militia allies are building up forces near Kobani, a Kurdish majority city in Syria, with fears that a cross-border operation is imminent.

 

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Israeli bombardment​

On the same day rebels took over the Syrian capital Damascus, Israel started striking military assets that had belonged to Assad’s regime. In the days that followed, Israel escalated its bombardment, striking nearly 500 targets, destroying the navy and taking out, the Israeli military claims, 90% of Syria’s known surface-to-air missiles.

Israeli officials said that the strikes on Syrian military assets are to prevent them from falling “into the hands of extremists.”

This aerial view shows the aftermath of an overnight strike attributed to Israel on the Barzeh scientific research center affiliated with the Syrian defence ministry in northern Damascus on December 10.
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Syrian naval ships destroyed in an overnight Israeli attack on the port city of Latakia on December 10.
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The Israeli government has reveled in the downfall of Assad, a staunch ally of Iran who allowed his country to be used as a resupply route for Hezbollah in Lebanon. But it also fears what could come from radical Islamists governing Syria, which borders Israel in the occupied Golan Heights.

Its military also started advancing on the ground, capturing further territory in Syria. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) now occupies Syria’s highest peak, Mount Hermon, a strategic position that overlooks Lebanon, Syria and Israel. The summit of Mount Hermon lies in a buffer zone that, until the fall of Assad, had separated Israeli and Syrian forces for 50 years.

The IDF continued its advance beyond the summit, as far as Beqaasem, about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) from the Syrian capital, according to Voice of the Capital, a Syrian activist group. CNN could not independently confirm that claim.

The Syrian rebel leader Mohammad al-Jolani accused Israel of crossing “the lines of engagement” with its actions in Syria, while a group of the country’s neighbors called on Israel to withdraw its forces from all Syrian territories.

 

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US fears of ISIS resurgence​

The US has for years maintained a presence in Syria, partnering with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces for anti-ISIS operations in the country. There are some 900 US troops stationed there, mostly in the northeast.

US soldiers inspect the site of reported Turkish shelling days earlier on an oil extraction facility on the outskirts of Rumaylan, in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province on October 28.
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US bases have come under more attacks over the last year as Iran-backed armed groups supportive of Hamas in Gaza target American assets in Syria and Iraq, protesting US backing for Israel. The US has responded with airstrikes.

In the wake of Assad’s downfall, the US was clear that its mission against ISIS would continue. US Central Command (CENTCOM) has continued to strike locations in Syria that it says are known ISIS camps and operatives, fearing the group might take advantage of a potential power vacuum following Assad’s demise.

“CENTCOM, working with allies and partners in the region, will not allow ISIS to reconstitute and take advantage of the current situation in Syria,” said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, according to a statement from CENTCOM.

On Monday, CENTCOM said it killed “12 ISIS terrorists” in precision airstrikes, which are meant to prevent the group from seeking “opportunities to reconstitute in central Syria.”

“These recent strikes are in former Regime and Russian controlled areas ensuring pressure is maintained on ISIS,” CENTCOM said in its statement.

An added complication was resurgent fighting between the US-allied SDF and Turkish-backed militants. After Assad was topped, the SDF said it has come under attack by the Turkish-backed groups, some targeting ISIS detention facilities the SDF says it is trying to guard.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ankara last week, meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan to discuss the situation in Syria – and the risk that renewed conflict in the north could provide an opening for ISIS’ revival.

 

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UN calls for ‘free and fair’ elections in Syria​

AFP

DAMASCUS: The UN envoy to Syria called on Wednesday for “free and fair” elections after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, as he voiced hope for a political solution for Kurdish-held areas.

Assad fled Syria following a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), more than 13 years after his crackdown on democracy protests precipitated one of the deadliest wars of the century.

He left behind a country scarred by decades of torture, disappearances and summary executions, and the collapse of his rule on December 8 stunned the world and sparked celebrations around Syria and beyond.

Years of civil war have also left the country heavily dependent on aid, deeply fragmented, and desperate for justice and peace.

 

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This.. I have said and many people said it on social media. Some of the hidden depots hit by Israel was not even known by the rebels were they were located and the Russians did also the same thing when they vacated their base they called upon an Israeli airstrike to target the munitions

 

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I am sure the Palestinians of the West Bank will be exiled to Jordan in the next ten years. Just like the Gazans will be exiled to the Sinai in the next couple years.

None of that will happen in Gaza war will come to an end. Besides if Israel wanted to do that they would have done it ages ago and demolish the Al-Aqsa mosque they don´t want a major existential war either. Killing all palestinians and demolishing Al-Aqsa is the same no?

Nethanyahu miscalulated he wanted to have WW3 in a mini-war he exhausted his resources and all experts told him no borders or landscape will change for good before WW3 and that is in the only scenario Israel could achieve such things by actully using everything like Nuclear weapons even to achieve in a war where everything goes and the whole world goes at it hence everyone can use all means in these wars and borders will change and sic-pykes will collapse.

Hence Nethanyahu was trying to achieve something that was not the time for right now and the whole world watches but in a WW3 Scenario nobody is watching as everyone is fighting in his own corner for survival and all the gloves comes off.

As for China I think they have stood with the wrong people and still do. The Russians and Iranians have pushed the Syrians into the American hands as there are only 2 camps.

Then you can´t come here and say look we have been betrayed no you have betrayed them first.

As for China standing by Russia and Iran will be it´s end. China will fall before Gaza or West bank is expelled for next major war is coming the Axis which China is a passive member of will go first.. You can´t poltiically push people away from the axis and then pretend you are betrayed it doesn´t go both ways.

Majority of the region will join the American camp because Russia kinda pushed them into it

 

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John Kirby to NBC: We are focused on maintaining our presence in eastern Syria to pursue ISIS and avoid a vacuum

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Isis is in power in Damascus!

 

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He means "The Syrians who didn't support Assad".

 

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None of that will happen in Gaza war will come to an end. Besides if Israel wanted to do that they would have done it ages ago and demolish the Al-Aqsa mosque they don´t want a major existential war either. Killing all palestinians and demolishing Al-Aqsa is the same no?

Nethanyahu miscalulated he wanted to have WW3 in a mini-war he exhausted his resources and all experts told him no borders or landscape will change for good before WW3 and that is in the only scenario Israel could achieve such things by actully using everything like Nuclear weapons even to achieve in a war where everything goes and the whole world goes at it hence everyone can use all means in these wars and borders will change and sic-pykes will collapse.

Hence Nethanyahu was trying to achieve something that was not the time for right now and the whole world watches but in a WW3 Scenario nobody is watching as everyone is fighting in his own corner for survival and all the gloves comes off.

As for China I think they have stood with the wrong people and still do. The Russians and Iranians have pushed the Syrians into the American hands as there are only 2 camps.

Then you can´t come here and say look we have been betrayed no you have betrayed them first.

As for China standing by Russia and Iran will be it´s end. China will fall before Gaza or West bank is expelled for next major war is coming the Axis which China is a passive member of will go first.. You can´t poltiically push people away from the axis and then pretend you are betrayed it doesn´t go both ways.

Majority of the region will join the American camp because Russia kinda pushed them into it and miscalculated

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