Thread: Syria News and Editorials

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

As far as I know, there was no Syrian refugee problem before the US involvement, and there was one after.

Well that kind of says it all really.

The real flood of refugees started when Assad (well Putin really) was bombing around Damascus and Aleppo and destroyed critical infrastructure like water supplies, electricity and hospitals.

Originally Posted by sabang

China urges foreign troops to stop plundering of natural resources in Syria

Brilliant . . . The Beijing mob has a sense of humour

It seems the Western attitude to Syria is the same as that towards HK. Perpetually sulking, because they couldn't get their way.

Originally Posted by sabang

It seems the Western attitude to Syria is the same as that towards HK. Perpetually sulking, because they couldn't get their way.

Gloating about murderers getting away with war crimes sums you up perfectly.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'm going to recommend that you actually read the link you posted:

I think you have selective reading.
you said: " The real flood of refugees started when Assad (well Putin really) "
Did you read the part where the russians came into this conflict 2015? where the US became involved in
2011.
Coincidently the year the Syrian refugee problem started.

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

I think you have selective reading.
you said: " The real flood of refugees started when Assad (well Putin really) "
Did you read the part where the russians came into this conflict 2015? where the US became involved in
2011.
Coincidently the year the Syrian refugee problem started.

Russia was always in Syria providing political and military aid. Putin wanted to keep his base at Tartus.

What he did in 2015 was add more troops and equipment.

He's been supporting Assad since day one.

If you didn't know what a disgusting piece of subhuman scum Assad is, you do now.

Assad bombs rebel-held Syrian town 'immediately' after earthquake

The Syrian government bombed an opposition-held area of the country in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, according to the UK government.
President Bashar al-Assad launched a "truly callous and heinous attack" on Marea, a town in northwestern Syria affected by the earthquake, said MP Alicia Kearns, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly criticised the Assad regime for the "completely unacceptable bombing".
Mr Cleverly said: "[Ms Kearns] is absolutely right to highlight the completely unacceptable bombing of areas in the immediate aftermath of this natural disaster.
"Sadly it speaks to a long-standing pattern of behaviour by the Assad regime, a regime that we condemn, have sanctioned and will continue to bring about sanctions - working with our international friends and partners - to try and prevent behaviour like this occurring again."
Much of Syria has been ravaged by years of civil war and contested control of territories near the border with Turkey.

Turkey-Syria earthquake - updates: More than 7,300 killed; Syrian town bombed 'straight after earthquake' | World News | Sky News

Isis stronghold?

Originally Posted by sabang

Isis stronghold?

You never fail to demonstrate your complete ignorance.

He's done particularly well with this one

Originally Posted by panama hat

He's done particularly well with this one

Don't worry, he hasn't hit the bottom yet I'm sure.

As I said when this conflict started, Assad is not so full of it when he hasn't got his Russian and Iranian enforcers behind him. Benny is watching carefully, even though it's a direct result of what he's done in Syria.

Syrian armed groups launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces and seized territory in northwestern Syria, opposition groups said Thursday. The government and its allies responded with airstrikes and shelling to ward off the insurgent advances, activists said.
The violence has displaced thousands of families, and forced aid groups to suspend some of their services. Volunteers with the Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, said at least 18 people, including three children and two women, were killed in two different villages in western Aleppo following airstrikes. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said the airstrikes were from Russian warplanes.
Syria’s armed forces said Thursday the offensive was led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, which controls much of northwest Syria and is a violation of a de-escalation agreement. It said the attacks are ongoing and have targeted a number of villages and military bases.
Turkey, which backs Syrian opposition factions, and Russia and Iran, which have backed government forces, reached an agreement in late 2019 that effectively froze the line of the conflict and prevented government advances in Idlib province, which has been the last stronghold for a mix of radical groups and Turkey-backed Syrian forces.

Syrian insurgents launch large-scale attack on government forces in the country'''s northwest | AP News

Retreat of Syrian Forces Threatens ‘Saigon Moment’ for Russia

A fast-advancing rebel offensive in Syria threatens to dislodge Russia from a strategic linchpin that Moscow has used for a decade to project power in the Middle East, in the Mediterranean and into the African continent.


It also challenges Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to portray Moscow as a flag bearer for an alternative global order to rival Western liberalism, and his defense of the Syrian regime as evidence of successful pushback against American dominance in the region.


A coalition of Syrian rebels launched a surprise offensive last week, reigniting a dormant civil war and seizing significant swaths of territory in Syria, which hosts important Russian air and naval bases. The rebels have already taken the cities of Aleppo and Hama and are now closing in on Homs.

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A glance at the map shows how Assad may lose access to the sea and the vital port of Latakia on the Med, facing Cyprus.
At present many forces in Syria inc Russian USA Turkey Kurds etc. Air seems to be open to IDF as needs.

Just a moment...

What will Syria look like post-Assad? He’s done a good job of destroying any credible alternatives… another failed state.

Originally Posted by bsnub

It will also cut off Iran's major arms transshipment route into Syria.

Be that as it may, but do you even realise that you're cheering on the offshoots of ISIS and Al Qaeda?

Ironic the movement for rising Al Sham , Levant/dawn etc may well be fall of Syria الشام

Damascus has fallen, and the Syrian army has surrendered, and Assad's plane may have been shot down.

Damascus: Syrian rebel factions said Sunday morning in a message broadcast on state television that they had toppled "tyrant" Bashar al-Assad and freed unjustly detained prisoners, while calling for the safeguarding of state property.
A group of people were shown at the state television news studio, with one reading a statement from the "Damascus Conquest operations room" announcing "the liberation of the city of Damascus and the fall of the tyrant Bashar al-Assad and the release of all the unjustly detained from the regime prisons", calling on fighters and citizens to safeguard the "property of the free Syrian state".

Rebels on Syrian state TV say toppled 'tyrant' Bashar al-Assad | The Peninsula Qatar


And Israel has moved tanks into Southern Syria.