Syrian Civil War and The future of Syria after liberation
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EugeneP
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Is this adulation and hero worship common in that area? Meanwhile, the cartoonist who drew this:
resigned because Washington Post refused to run it. Bezos has too many government contracts to rile up the emperor.
FHN
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there is nothing left to bomb in Gaza, the recent 8 billion weapon sale to Israel by the US means that the intensity is going to be employed on Yemen as well as Lebanon (as ceasefire is going to break anytime soon).Idly the world will continue to witness hell from Israel
Foinikas
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What's this duck?
qutbuddin aibak
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Hahaha. Mann our Iranian friends on PKdefence really hate Julani. Relax guys
qutbuddin aibak
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There is apparently if you ask the Israelis Hamas is fully intact as a fighting force and also they won´t reopen the Lebanon front they are not that suicidal in fact they don´t want any other front opened. Hamas has taken extreme toll on them in casualities, weaponry and manpower. Hamas is a resilient element and reaching the Legendary Eastern Ghouta rebels status in stubborness and resilience. A honey badger it never dies but keep on fighting until the last man.
I love and appreciate the fuk outta of stubborn elements in wars they defy human logic and upset the oddset. This is the real heroic tales of wars where a besieged group defies all odds and rises as an incredible force to reckon with
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FHN
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That depends on who you ask.For the Israelis, a successful outcome would be total annihilation of Gaza and it’s people. The IDF has already destroyed 80% of Gaza’s buildings, all civilian infrastructure, hospitals, mosques and even old historical structures. They have killed 50,000, worth 50,000 more in the rubble. The plan is to put these people in walled off Zionist controlled enclaves or smart prisons! At the same time Israel's economy is paying a high price for its widening war.
qutbuddin aibak
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None of that is realistic. What they really wanted was to scare off or push the 2.3 million of Gazans into Egypt which failed and that is a redline for Egypt. The Egyptians have made sure that there will be meat-grinder in there by closing their borders which is the best Egypt can do good decision.
Israel has dropped over 100.000 heavy bombs on Gaza destroying mostly all buildings but not Hamas, PIJ or the resistance. They faced stiff resistance on the ground hence bombing houses and homes have no stragetic value in the fight here for both Israel and Hamas know this. As Gaza will get rebuild better then before within just 3 years, the Gazans know this as well and as do the Israelis. Israel will wisely choses to live to fight another day plus Gaza has seen destruction before but rebuild quickly. Hamas, PIJ and the fighting elements in there can keep on fighting for several more years and Israel doesn´t have that kind of manpower to go into such a war of attration.
The Ranks of Hamas has increased the only solution failed hence there is no upside to Israel continuing the war rather then them getting the hostages and resetting to live to fight another day. They can only win in Gaza if they use Nukes Hiroshima style and they know this.
Hamas is steadfast, stubborn, motivated, willing to give up anything to continuing fighting and dedicated to their last man you gotta really take it from Hamas to the last man in order to beat them conventionally I knew it was gonna be super hard for them eventually on the first day of the war. I knew the longer the war goes the stronger Hamas will get
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Foinikas
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Yeah,they are willing to sacrifice every last man,woman and child for their bullshit victory.
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Calls for justice and accountability in Syria grow after Assad's fall
Sebastian Usher
BBC's Middle East analyst
Reporting from Damascus, Syria
BBC
Umm Mazen still doesn't know the fate of two of her sons who were arrested during the pro-democracy protests that started the Syrian civil war
The new Syrian authorities promise justice for crimes under the Assad regime. But it's a tall order, with many having suffered losses of every kind in the civil war. Sebastian Usher met people in Damascus for whom justice is key to how they see Syria's future.
On the edge of Douma, one of the Damascus suburbs most devastated by the war, in a shrouded living room next to a stove, Umm Mazen recounts the 12 years she desperately sought news of two of her sons, who were arrested in the first years of the uprising and civil war, and swallowed up in the Assad-era security system.
For her oldest son, Mazen, she finally received a death certificate, but for Abu Hadi, no trace of him has ever been divulged.
Her third son, Ahmed, spent three years in the security system, including eight months in the red block for political prisoners in that byword for brutality, Saydnaya prison.
His front teeth stoved in by a torturer's hammer, he remembers one moment when he believes he heard his brother Mazen's voice answering a roll call in the same jail, but nothing more.
What justice does Umm Mazen seek for the destruction of her family?
"There should be divine justice, coming from God," she says.
"I saw some local men bringing a shabiha (an armed regime supporter) to be killed.
"I told them: 'Don't kill him. Rather, torture him exactly the same way he tortured our young men'."
"My two children died - or probably have died, but there are thousands of other young men who were subjected to torture.
"I pray to God that Bashar [al-Assad] stays in a dungeon underground and that Russia, which used to protect him, can't help him.
"I pray to God to put him somewhere underground and that he is left in oblivion - just as he left our young men in his jails."
Lawyer Hussein Issa believes many of the judges who cooperated with the regime should be expelled from the courts
Lawyer Hussein Issa sought justice for dozens of people accused of political crimes under the Assads.
He faced constant pressure from the authorities over his advocacy, but persisted and managed to save some of his clients from being crushed under the wheels of the security system.
But for those assigned to the special terrorism courts, there was usually nothing that could be done.
The terrorism law loomed ever more darkly over Syria as the civil war continued
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The new authorities have told Syrians not to take matters into their own hands, as videos have circulated of brutal summary justice being meted out to some former officials.
There have been raids and arrests - and some of those who escaped across the border to Lebanon or Iraq have been returned.
But there remains a big question over whether the justice system - which was for so long an instrument of repression – is capable of being reconfigured to take on this immense moral and logistical challenge.
High up on the mountain above Damascus, Syrians, young and old, are for now still breathing free - intoxicated by the cold clear winter air - in a place they were banned from entering by the security forces for more than a decade.
At cafes and kiosks that have sprung up in the weeks since the overthrow of Assad, they stare down at the city spread out before them – with both its dark memories and the promise of a different future, in which justice and accountability might just be allowed to play a part.
There have been raids and arrests - and some of those who escaped across the border to Lebanon or Iraq have been returned.
But there remains a big question over whether the justice system - which was for so long an instrument of repression – is capable of being reconfigured to take on this immense moral and logistical challenge.
High up on the mountain above Damascus, Syrians, young and old, are for now still breathing free - intoxicated by the cold clear winter air - in a place they were banned from entering by the security forces for more than a decade.
At cafes and kiosks that have sprung up in the weeks since the overthrow of Assad, they stare down at the city spread out before them – with both its dark memories and the promise of a different future, in which justice and accountability might just be allowed to play a part.
Foinikas
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Israel must prepare for potential war with Turkey, Nagel Committee warns
The committee, established by the government, warns that Turkey’s ambitions to restore its Ottoman-era influence could lead to heightened tensions with Israel, possibly escalating into conflict.
Nagel Committee warns Israel must prepare for potential war with Turkey | The Jerusalem Post
The committee, established by the government, warns that Turkey’s ambitions to restore its Ottoman-era influence could lead to heightened tensions with Israel, possibly escalating into conflict.
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Israel must prepare for a direct confrontation with Turkey, according to the Nagel Committee's latest report on the defense budget and security strategy.
The committee, established by the government, warns that Turkey’s ambitions to restore its Ottoman-era influence could lead to heightened tensions with Israel, possibly escalating into conflict.
The report highlights the risk of Syrian factions aligning with Turkey, creating a new and potent threat to Israel’s security.
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