Syrian Civil War and The future of Syria after liberation

[_Arabia_]

China is almost succeeding of decoupling from the US led western alliance.

China's export to the US accounts for 10% of the overall export, so the decoupling


They cannot slap China with 100% sanction without destroying their own economy.

The US is always desperately thinking of destroying China at every given opportunities.

The US is fortifying an entire western alliance of US + EU + Japan + South Korea + Taiwan to destroy China's semiconductor industry, but still failed.

Now China can 100% fabricate it's own 7 nm chips, even the US has to rely on its entire alliance to sustain the whole ecosystem.

So in the coming years, both US political parties will focus to fight China, and they will leave the ME alone.

It is the different sectarian parties in the ME want keep fighting for a bigger piece of pie.

Unfortunately the US will not leave the region as long as Israel (their main beloved ally in the world) exists and as long as the Jews in the US have such a big influence on US politics, economics, media etc.

 

[Musings]

You had different flags days ago, you changed Germany flag for a KSA flag.

You dont talk like a Saudi Arabian.

You talk like a decadent Westerner.

Rather than focus on his flags - which I have verified - can we discuss the content of his posts rather than personal comments? I don’t agree with some of his content but he has the same right to express his opinions just like me and you

 

[Tsubasa]

"Pragmatic interests"?

Says every traitor throughout history.

Whataboutism is no excuse here and that analogy is not the same anyway, as an active genocide is being carried out in Gaza and no one is claiming that Russia is genociding Ukrainians.

I really would stop as the hole is just getting deeper. It is what happens when you are trying to defend the indefensible.


PS - Russia and Ukraine are legitimate countries whereas the Zionist entity is fake composed of Jewish settlers hailing in from all corners of the world.

You simply have no idea. I may not be a supporter of Erdogan, but no one can deny that Erdogan is the greatest representative of the Palestinians on the international stage, in every sense. While other countries like the UAE and Bahrain are strengthening their ties with Israel, Turkey remains consistent in its support for Palestine, whether through humanitarian aid or by taking a clear stance in international forums. Turkey acts not only pragmatically but also stays morally steadfast, while others often sell their principles for economic gains.

 

[_Arabia_]

You had different flags days ago, you changed Germany flag for a KSA flag.

You dont talk like a Saudi Arabian.

You talk like a decadent Westerner, who think money is all that matters.

First of all, what has your post to do with anything that I wrote? Let me answer for you. Zero, as in nothing. Secondly, I did not hide any identity as there is nothing to hide, I never made a secret of being an Arab, from KSA and even my username (Arabia) was clear. The flags was because I am based in several countries throughout the year and hence would need to change flags per the rules so before I could reply and change my flags I was banned for this reason (wrong flags). Later I created (the day after, a user with almost the same username - current name), never hide my identity again and contacted a moderator and explained my situation and I was told what to do and here I am again.

How does a "Saudi Arabian talk"? You think that 35 million + people have the same talking points and what exactly is strange about any of my view points? Is it strange to be pro-Arab political, military, economic relations, is it strange to call for Arab and Muslim unity (the lack of which is the main problem for most of our problems), is it strange to be critical of our leaderships, is it strange to criticize Israel, is it strange to criticize the role of the Iranian regime, is it strange to praise elements of what Turkey is doing rather than call them NATO puppets, non-Turkic etc.

As for your last nonsense comment, how did you deduct that I only care about money? What are you even talking about. And "decadent"? What have I ever bragged about in terms of personal life? Or talked about material things? The answer is nothing.

In short you are basically trolling and lying.

Let me reply. You don't talk like a Spaniard or Westerner at all. Are you even an ethnic Spanish? See, easy to play silly games online.

Reply to the points raised next time, not make silly personal attacks.

 

[UKBengali]

You simply have no idea. I may not be a supporter of Erdogan, but no one can deny that Erdogan is the greatest representative of the Palestinians on the international stage, in every sense. While other countries like the UAE and Bahrain are strengthening their ties with Israel, Turkey remains consistent in its support for Palestine, whether through humanitarian aid or by taking a clear stance in international forums. Turkey acts not only pragmatically but also stays morally steadfast, while others often sell their principles for economic gains.

So facilitating the oil that gets used in Zionist planes to drop 2000lb bombs on them makes him the "greatest representative of the Palestinians on the international stage"?

His fiery speeches on Gaza threatening the entity every 5 minutes are very entertaining though.

 

[Sinan]

A person came from Saudi Arabia, the land of takfir and terrorism, betrayal of Islam and servitude to the West, and mocks Iran.
It is a strange world.lol

Like Saudi Arabia, Turkey is just a servant for the West. There is no hope for these two useless countries.

Guess your countries that are not the slave of the West are Iran and it's proxies. Everybody else is slave to west.

 

[ghazi52]

After 50 years of Assad cruelty, Syrians search for dead loved ones - and closure​

Jeremy Bowen
International editor...Reporting fromDamascus

BBC
Syrians have come to the hospital in Damascus looking to find missing loved ones
On a painted wall outside Damascus's Mustahed Hospital are photographs of the faces of dead men.

A constantly changing crowd of people examine them, squinting against the low winter sun at men who look as if they died in great pain. Noses, mouths and eye sockets are twisted, damaged and squashed.

Their bodies are in the hospital, brought to the city centre from another on the outskirts of Damascus. The medics say the dead were all prisoners.

A stream of wives, brothers, sisters and fathers come to the hospital looking for information. They're hoping most of all to find a body to bury.

They get as close as possible to the photos looking hard for anything on the faces that they recognise. Some of them video each picture to take home for a second opinion.

It is a brutal job. A few of the men had been dead for weeks judging by the way faces have decomposed.

From the wall of photos, relatives go on to the mortuary.

A woman outside Mustahed Hospital shows us the man she is looking for
Mustahed Hospital received 35 bodies, so many that the mortuary is full and the overflow room packed with trolleys loaded with body bags.

Inside the mortuary, bodies were laid out on a bare concrete floor under a line of refrigerated trays.

Body bags had been opened as families peered inside and opened the refrigerators.

Some corpses were wrapped loosely in shrouds that had fallen away to expose faces, or tattoos or scars that could identify someone.

One of the dead men was wearing a diaper. Another had sticky tape across his chest, scrawled with a number. Even as they killed him, his jailors denied him the dignity of his own name.

All the bodies were emaciated. The doctors who examined them said they had signs of beating including severe bruising and multiple fractures.

Dr Raghad Attar, a forensic dentist, was checking dental records left by families to try to identify bodies. She spoke calmly about how she was assembling a bank of evidence that could be used for DNA tests, then broke down when I asked her how she was coping.

 

[Sinan]

I'm not Serbian. But you gave us the idea that you were shocked by Turkey's betrayal of Syria,the first days

Excuse me, i didn't know Turkey was the ally of Assad regime....when did that happen, i have missed it.

 

[ghazi52]

Trump says Syria is 'not our fight' - staying out may not be so easy​

The incoming US president has vowed not to involve America in foreign conflicts, but Assad's dramatic fall has upended the region's balance of power.

 

[Qaraca]

It goes through Turkey dude and why are you still having relations with that entity - not that it was acceptable to start relations in first place?

Please don't speak for Palestinians as I am sure they won't be best pleased that the fuel used to slaughter them mercilessly for over a year has been routed through Turkey from Azerbaijan.

Like I say recorded for posterity like what happens to all traitors throughout history.

Why only mention Azerbaijan? Obviously Iranian media has an interest in highlighting Azerbaijan in this, but Kazakhstan stood for 42% of Israel’s oil imports in 2023, twice Azerbaijan’s.

 

[ghazi52]

Why did Assad flee to Russia?​

BBC
Russia was a staunch ally of Assad during Syria's civil war and has two key military bases in the Middle Eastern country.

In 2015, Russia launched an air campaign in support of Assad that turned the tide of the war in the government's favour.

A UK-based monitoring group reported that more than more than 21,000 people, including 8,700 civilians, were killed in Russian military operations over the following nine years.

However, distracted by its war in Ukraine, Russia was either unwilling or unable to help Assad's government stop the rebel's lightning offensive after it began in late November.

Hours after rebel forces seized control of Damascus, it was reported by Russian state media that Assad and his family had arrived in Moscow and that they would be granted asylum on "humanitarian grounds".

But when Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked about Assad's whereabouts and asylum claim by reporters on Monday, he said: "I have nothing to tell you... right now. Of course, such a decision [on granting asylum] cannot be made without the head of state. It is his decision."

The Assads' ties to Russia, specifically Moscow, are well-documented.

A 2019 investigation by the Financial Times found that Assad's extended family had purchased at least 18 luxury apartments in the Russian capital, in a bid to keep tens of millions of dollars out of Syria during the civil war.

Meanwhile, Assad's eldest son, Hafez, is a PhD student in the city - with a local newspaper reporting just last week about the 22-year-old's doctoral dissertation.

Amid the chaos at the weekend, Russian state TV reported that officials in Moscow were in talks with "the Syrian armed opposition" to secure Russia's bases and diplomatic missions.

 

[_Arabia_]

Guess your countries that are not the slave of the West are Iran and it's proxies. Everybody else is slave to west.

Yet they are the ones constantly wanting better relations with the West, sanctions relief, their entire regime lived in exile in Europe (France), came to power from a French Air France plane, was until 1979 the biggest US/Western ally in the region after Israel, helped/cooperated closely with the US when Afghanistan was invaded in 2001, Iraq in 2003 (we have clips of Ahmadinejad bragging about this cooperation - some Turkish user posted them or some other user, don't recall), they were actively getting support from Israel and USA during their war against Iraq

Israeli support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq war - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

their leaders children and elites all live/study in the West (in luxury), most Iranians love everything Western (US in particular).

Yet everyone else, even though we follow our own independent policies, are imaginary "puppets", but they are so powerful and such a huge superpower as we have seen in Syria.

Not to mention the great unifying role that their regime has played since 1979. No sectarian games, no foreign meddling, no destabilizing fellow Muslim countries, no setting up proxies in said Muslim nations, no meddling only in unstable Muslim nations etc.

Basically they are a perfect Islamic country that has never done any wrongdoing while all the rest of us are AQ/ISIS/Western puppets/slaves etc.

Everyone else is wrong ironically, only they are right.

I forget that everyone else is sectarian and racist and evil and they are not at all.

But I don't blame them, you know what, this very forum is banned in Iran. You need to use a VPN to access it. Their knowledge is severely limited as they have no access to alternative media when not using a VPN.

 

[Musings]

You simply have no idea. I may not be a supporter of Erdogan, but no one can deny that Erdogan is the greatest representative of the Palestinians on the international stage, in every sense. While other countries like the UAE and Bahrain are strengthening their ties with Israel, Turkey remains consistent in its support for Palestine, whether through humanitarian aid or by taking a clear stance in international forums. Turkey acts not only pragmatically but also stays morally steadfast, while others often sell their principles for economic gains.

You have a right to your opinion. I have a right to disagree. No Muslamic nation has behaved IMO with a shining light over its name. In fact appalling response by all. Some of the leaders brandishing Palestinian flags making orgasmic speeches with empty or little action. Turkey being no different.

 

[ghazi52]

Assad is married to a dual British-Syrian national, Asma, who was born and raised in west London to Syrian parents.

She attended school and university in London before becoming an investment banker.

Asma moved to Syria full-time in 2000 and married Assad around the time he succeeded his father as president.

Dr Nesrin Alrefaai, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), told BBC News that Asma "holds a British passport, so could return to the UK" instead of remaining in Russia.

"However, the USA [has] imposed sanctions on her father, Dr Fawaz al-Akhras, who is also reported to be in Russia," she said - suggesting Asma may want to stay put in Moscow for now.

In a report by the Mail Online, neighbours were quoted as saying Asma's father, a cardiologist, and mother Sahar, a retired diplomat, wanted to be in Moscow to "console" their daughter and son-in-law.

Assad and his wife have three children: Hafez, the PhD student, Zein and Karim.

Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his wife Anisa pose with their children (L-R) Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd and Bushra for a photograph taken around 1990

 

[tower9]

Assad’s final hours in Syria: Deception, despair, lies and flight – Ya Libnan

yalibnan.com

...Assad didn’t even inform his younger brother, Maher, commander of the Army’s elite 4th Armoured Division, about his exit plan, according to three aides. Maher flew a helicopter to Iraq and then to Russia, one of the people said.

Assad’s maternal cousins, Ehab and Eyad Makhlouf, were similarly left behind as Damascus fell to the rebels, according to a Syrian aide and Lebanese security official. The pair tried to flee by car to Lebanon but were ambushed on the way by rebels who shot Ehab dead and wounded Eyad, they said. There was no official confirmation of the death and Reuters was unable to independently verify the incident...

He’s chilling in his Moscow penthouse now with a bathrobe and slurping down some borscht.