Syria announces clandestine cells dismantled for preparing assasination of top government officials
Explosives and weapons seized, 11 people detained
This is about revenge.
Syria was the only ally of Iran and Russia in the region. They have literally no other ally.
The overwhelming majority of Syrians HATED the Assad family. I have yet to meet a single Syrian who likes him or respects them. When people protested against Assad, he started shooting. Mass protests quickly turned into an armed uprising. He killed thousands of people. It didn’t matter. You can’t stop an entire nation against you. Bachar El Assad was in real trouble, so he begged his natural allies for help. Iran and Russia.
Vladimir Putin bombed entires cities. Entire cities were destroyed. The Iranian fought hard for him. They started sending Shia militias to fight for Assad
https://syriaaccountability.org/syrian-victims-of-iranian-crimes-should-not-be-overlooked/
https://aljumhuriya.net/en/2020/01/06/soleimani-in-syria-a-legacy-of-death-and-devastation/
10 years of fighting. 500,000 people were killed. 10 million Syrian fled the country.
But the Syrian people didn’t give up. At the end of the day, they still won. Syrian people around the world celebrated when Assad fled the country. Iran and Vladimir Putin were publically humiliated.
Now, Bachar El Assad and his cronies live in exile in Moscow. They stole billions of dollars before leaving. Average wage in Syria is less than $40. They can use their immense wealth to corrupt officials, hire thugs and destabilize the country. Many of them dream of plotting their return:
Meanwhile the new Syrian President wants closer relationships with arab states like Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar.
Iranian propaganda described as a crazy terrorist but turns out he is a ruthless pragmatic. He put on a suit and was welcomed by Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump. He promised to protect minorities. He allowed a dance festival. He even invited Jews to pray in Damascus.
The Iranian are extremely angry. They fought 10 years for Syria and ended up losing their only ally.
For both Assad henchmen and Iranian rulers, the attitude is now "Fuck. If we can’t control it, we are going break it".
I hope Syria becomes a thriving country.
This is ridiculous. I’m no expert on Syria that shit is bananas complicated.
But a guy aspiring to get closer to gulf states along with Israel, France, the US and Turkey is not a good guy. He’s also literally al qaeda.
Assad ain’t good. But weapons and support flowed through Syria to hezbollah and the Palestinian resistance during his government. Objectively a good thing.
Thanks for pointing out the realpolitik of Assad’s Syria vs CIA/ISIS-controlled Syria re: the axis of resistance.
Believe it or not, an ex-terrorist puppet is not fit to run a government. I see no world in which Syrians have dignity, as part of their country is being occupied and the new rulers are ok with it. If Syria ever establishes a democracy, the first issue will be liberating occupied territory.
Nobody wants to replace the tyrannical Baathist regime with a western puppet, but this seems to be the case. I don’t expect this government to hold onto power long, as they are quickly making themselves enemies of the public.