Bulletins and News Discussion from December 2nd to December 8th, 2024 - May A Hundred Hazel Flowers Bloom - COTW: Russia

Free Syria? More like Syria being freely annexed by "Israel"...

They didn't wait even for one second, it's almost as if they had it all figured out beforehand. That's the way they operate, the most disgusting country in the world..

For everyone that is confused why me and other Syrians might be happy about this:

A stagnant, oppressive and expired regime has finally been kicked out after strangling us since 1971. Yeah yeah the geopolitical implication and all that, but we're human in the end and there's an emotional weight in seeing the omniscient Baath regime with all the fucking Hafez and Bashar statues and pictures get stomped on and thrown in the trash. Let us have this at least, these fuckers have killed or tortured a young man from every single Syrian family.

Hebrew media reports that a group of Israeli soldiers accidentally entered a minefield on the Lebanon border, leading to an explosion that injured eight of them in 'Ras al-Naqoura.'

Wtf?

Israel carried out several airstrikes against buildings in Damascus, including the passport & migration office

'Starting tonight, the main battle front will move to Syria. We will start fighting on the Syrian front and will not allow anyone to reach our borders' – IDF Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi

Since Israel couldn't defeat Iran, Yemen, Hezbollah or Palestine, now they want a "quick and easy" victory in Syria to boost their garbage morale. And probably so the IDF doesn't coup Bibi and replace him with a general.

Rebel Southern Operations Room: 'We do not have the capacity to withstand Israeli advances. This matter does not have our priority currently. We need to work on solidifying a united Syria, free of Assad'

ASSAD IS ALREADY GONE!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!

Fuck it, self crit time. Haven’t been this off base since 2/22. I stand by my stance that we need better info discipline in times in chaos, but I was obviously incorrect and had been shitty about it over the last week. Anyways for anyone celebrating this, this is who they’re fans of

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241002-exclusive-france-24-speaks-to-syrian-revolution-supporters-as-they-celebrate-nasrallah-death

Israel is currently invading Syria, Bibi said the 1974 agreement is over and now they can invade Syria freely. Doubt these terrorist can organize any strong resistance to stop Israel, the Syrian Interim Government will probably only last a couple of months.

It will be the greatest day of my life if we see these scenes in Cairo and Amman one day

Made it out of Syria for the time being. Chaos rules, looting, thuggery and thieving. Gets the US Israel stamp of approval because this is what they believe in. Going through the border was a mash of gunfire, infighting and looting from every single shop and market. Terrorists on motorcycles, gunslingers and criminals. An incredibly sad experience. The house was surrounded by "rebels" drunk in "victory" from 5am, constant celebratory gunfire and around 10 they tried to beat the external door down to loot the contents of the house. Early morning Israel was destroying #Syria Air Defence with bunker buster bombs. The whole house shook. The CIA road map is always the same. The Resistance is broken and I doubt it can be repaired but the extremist mercenaries in the pay of Israel will tell you they "support Palestine". Go on then, you are on the border now.

Do you think Biden's regime administration is pushing, without even thinking, for more arms for Ukraine, war in Syria, pardon for Hunter, coup in South Korea, etc... Because the Democrats really believe that Donald “Orangeman” Trump is actually friends with Vladimir Putin, Kim and Xi, and that he will simply hand over the entire US to them and destroy NATO? So now they're pulling this shit in an attempt to force Trump to continue Biden's foreign policy or at least sabotage any attempt by Trump to make a deal?

Seems like Israel is bombing all of Syria's Military Bases + Damascus. I guess they don't want the terrorists to use the Syrian Airforce equipament to defend Syria?

CNN reporting that Assad and family have arrived safely in Moscow and have been granted asylum

Ok I wake up and Syria has fallen to the dumb ass terroists? Is this Lybia 2.0? What the fuck man?

Bashar Hafizovich Assad is Apperently in Moskau.

Feel kinda relieved , maybe he can finally open his eye Clinic..

This year has been nutty.

1. Trump won U.S. elections in large part due to high cost of living

2. Modi lost his Parliamentary majority despite electoral fuckery due to high cost of living and mass unemployment

3. Hasina Government in Bangladesh got overthrown in large part due to high cost of living and mass unemployment.

4. And now, Syria, though of course in this case external interference was much more overt.

I think neoliberalism is not working. Nothing is going to change for any of these countries because within the neoliberal framework, there is no answer. The replacements will be just as bad if not worse.

The Saudis are probably feeling real stupid about letting Syria back into the Arab League in 2023. MBS should have just held out a little longer and Syria would have indeed collapsed.

Insert here that meme with the two guys digging for diamonds.

So is there going to be some sort of accountability from the users and mods here who spent this whole week calling everyone who was saying this situation was bad a "doomer" and accusing people, including people from the region, of spreading CIA/terrorist misinfo and deleting posts, or are you all going to pretend you didn't do that?

This mega didn't learn its lesson from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Yemen's Ansarullah have announced that, in cooperation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, they attacked a 'vital target' in the south of Israel using drones.

Like with any collapse, i imagine a critical mass of people decided a corrupt, disintegrating status quo just wasn’t worth trying to save anymore, even despite the alternative. Doesn’t necessarily mean Syria will be a new Afghanistan. Although Afghanistan is an interesting example, because the Taliban did not arise out of the Mujahideen, rather they swept into power once the Mujahideen disintegrated into infighting and warlordism. Probably one of the reasons for this disintegration was that the foreign powers supporting the anti-Soviet fighters ceased to give any fucks about Afghanistan once the Soviets were kicked out. But I dont know enough about Syria to guess what its future will look like, or if theyll be any appetite for continued fighting.

Russian Channel One, quoting sources in the Kremlin: 'Former President Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived safely in Moscow'

'Iran warned Assad two months ago that HTS was preparing to make a move, but he dismissed the threat. So the Turkish Foreign Minister gave us assurances that nothing will take place, which turned out to be a lie. After HTS entered Western Aleppo, Iran expected Assad to ask for military assistance, and we were fully prepared to oblige with troops and whatever else was needed – but no such request came. After Aleppo fell, it became clear that Assad had no real intentions of staying in power, so we started to engage in diplomatic talks with the opposition, and arranged the safe exit of our troops from Syria. If the SAA does not fight, neither will we risk our soldiers' lives. Russia and the UAE had managed to convince him to step down, so there was nothing we could do.' – Iranian Officials

Idk if this is true, could be Iranian cope or Assad really was this dumb

Assad day for Syria.

Starting up the next news mega early given the bombshell that's happened.

Israel sure ain't wasting any time, dammit

All of this gnostic talk kind of proves the pitfalls of supporting any religion based resistance movement. It's not very deep, people are just losing faith. (Ironically alawites are influenced by gnosticism too which is probably partly why they are in such danger right now, remember what happened to the melek taus worshippers)

Now is the time for honesty. The honest issue here is that the axis of resistance requires a strong Iran and a strong Russia. This is probably why Israel let October 7th happen, it was the worst possible timing for an intifada. At the end of the day, Hamas is a Muslim brotherhood offshoot that supported Syrian rebels, the fact that hezbollah even helped them at all was an act of mercy that explains the initial hesitation.

As for the future of Syria, the knives are already coming out. The new Bin Laden is talking about legal principles for the protection of minorities, but I am pretty sure he just means jizzya taxes and other tolerances of people of the book that is already found in sharia. (Not sure if that applies to alawites since sunnis view them as super heretics) He also talked about communal confederalism (Occalan's comunalism winning in Syria was not on my bingo card) which is probably why I am hearing rumors that Erdogan is about to sanction him. (Will confirm later)

As this goes on greater Israel expands past the Golan heights. The question here is how they deal with a Druze breakaway state and if they think attacking Latakia is worth missing off Russia and clearing the board for Erdogan, the true winner of the Biden administration. (He helped orchestrate the defeat of both Armenia and Syria, neo ottomanism is going to replace axis of resistance talk for the next two decades.

I expected a lot more blood to be spilled and I am glad that it wasn't. The political alignments are concerning, of course, but Syrians deserve peace and stability.

It looks like Assad had no real ability to keep the government together this time. Not that I supported the rebels, but I'm glad that the whole country wasn't set on fire just for him to lose anyway.

In the long run I hope that we see a new pan-Arab socialist movement form, and I hope that it will be Marxist this time.

Bro wtf there's a report the Israelis already reached and occupied Al Harah, that is well outside even the demilitarized zone, how did they reach it in less than 24 hours?

Syrian opposition releases 67 members of Al Qassam Brigades in addition to 630 other Palestinians —some of them had been declared killed years ago— from the notorious prison of Sednaya!

“Moderate” Syrian rebels (Al Qaeda) as Zionist tanks roll in to establish the Großisraelisches Reich: “We did it Patrick, we saved Syria!”

Thank god I touched grass and didn't have to read the news today, just did a quick glance of the headlines and it's all terrible, may the lib MSMs be damned.

So I would already like to do some self-reflection and I have to say, what the hell Alexander Mercouris? I didn't have much time to doom over the past week so I just listened to his soothing voice every night, and he was all "oh yeah maybe the situation doesn't look good but I have news of Iranian militiamen preparing to move in, and the Russian air force is much stronger than it was in 2015 and it is hitting the rebel hard, or so this Russian telegram channel is saying..." I was close to posting his happy face in this thread several times over the last few days to counter the dooming voices here, I mean just look at the guy:

Then yesterday there was a SHARP change of tone in his Syria opening reporting and he said stuff like "Russia will probably cut ties with Assad if they deem it approriate" and I was like, well that's new, sounds almost like a kiss of death to me!" and then I wake up to the ousting of the Young Lion. I'm pretty bummed at Mercouris right now, like WTF dude? You sold me a damn bridge man, I was THIS close to investing a few hundred bucks in Assad staying in power through 2024 on Polymarket. Damn. You really can't rely too much on these multipolarity guys. Wonder if there's any self-critique in his next program.

That's all, thanks for reading, hope it doesn't get deleted because it's not really news, but I had to write it down, you know how it is.

Statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry:

'We are following the dramatic events in Syria with extreme concern. As a result of negotiations between Bashar al-Assad and a number of participants in the armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, he decided to leave the presidential post and left the country, giving instructions to transfer power peacefully

Russia did not participate in these negotiations. At the same time, we appeal to all parties involved with a strong call to renounce the use of violence and resolve all governance issues by political means.

In this regard, the Russian Federation is in contact with all groups of the Syrian opposition. We call for respect for the opinions of all ethno-confessional forces of Syrian society, and support efforts to establish an inclusive political process based on the unanimously adopted UN Security Council Resolution 2254.

We expect that these approaches will be taken into account by the UN and all interested players, including in the context of the implementation of the initiative of the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Syria, Georg Pedersen, to urgently organize inter-Syrian inclusive negotiations in Geneva.

At the same time, all necessary measures are being taken to ensure the safety of our citizens in Syria. Russian military bases in Syria are on high alert. There is currently no serious threat to their security.'

Can anyone confirm this? I saw footage of what seemed like riots around the Russian Controlled-Syrian land. Also I saw some people talking about reestablishing a Alawite State, and some group called Alawite Muslim Defence League, no idea what was that about.

If Assad was truly on that plane, then maybe it's time Russian proxy leaders and client statesmen learn to NOT to board a Russian plan the moment you've royally pissed off your Kremlin handlers.

I'm starting to believe that there is a god out there, but that god is an evil god. That god is a god that not only allowed white supremacy, genocide, and colonialism to reign victorious for centuries, they actively supported them and blessed the perpetrators. They are the same god that decided the Al-Aqsa flood would not dislodge Israel after a year, but Israel-friendly terrorists take over an entire country in less than two weeks. A god that deserves to be overthrown, and their followers punished for their transgressions and crimes against humanity.

The real issue now is Wagner in west africa. Not sure how they can be resupplied without South Yemen being revived. (Russia used to be allies with yemen)

“After the Muslim Brotherhood succeeded in coming to power in Syria, we reiterate our message to them:

Gaza is still being violated, and today you have a historic opportunity to fulfill your jihadi duty, as does Turkey. We pledge that we in Yemen, Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon will stand by your side and overlook all our differences with you, just as we previously did with Hamas.”

— Mohammad Al-Bukhaiti, member of the Ansarallah Politburo, Governor of Dhamar

Thoughts???

Central bank in Damascus being looted

I hope Russia, China and Africa are ready for what's coming.

what's the over-under on the SDF, being hung out to dry by the US, going over to Iran? how funny it'd be is doing the heavy lifting in this analysis

The second front is back baby. haaretz link

I guess a year from now we are going to be seeing reports of Jihadi crimes in Syria with people asking what went wrong in Syria

A United States Navy P8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft is currently observing the Russia airbase in Latakia, as Russian transport aircraft continue to leave.

Iranian jets, both from Mahan Air and the IRGC, continue to also make evacuation flights. C5SKY, the private jet that was suspected to be used by the Syrian government for evacuation flights to the UAE over the past few days, was also spotted, and followed by US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, again.

Just got home from work and man what a thread to get back to. Like many of you, I am not Syrian nor do I have any ties there but man, what a ride it has been since this mess kicked off.

I mean it's always been critical support for Assad but still. I feel like it's clear that we're witnessing another Iraq or Libya. I'm afraid for what comes next now. It's a really tough time wrapping up this year, but hopefully the imperial core will face something soon. Or at least Ukraine getting KO'd at last. I don't know. Something...

Lastly, sure am gonna miss the Who must go memes, those were a favorite of mine. But in all seriousness, wishing nothing but the best to the Syrian people. Feels like dark times are ahead. :(

Assad is gone? Wow. I didn't know that... he led an amazing life. What else can you say?

I don’t have strong feelings on Assad (because no investigation, no right to speak), but I fear the coming years are going to be horrific for the Syrian people. Complete instability, fighting among factions, etc… it’s the people of Syria who will suffer most. I don’t think you’re going to see things stabilize there for quite some time.

I do wonder, though, if this instability means Hezbollah will continue to be able to resupply from Iran.

Is it fair to say that things went from bad to very bad in new and horrible ways today?

And just like that, the Baath government in Syria is no more. I'm very emotional right now, many mixed feelings, one part of me is very happy and relieved, another part knows that some American and Israeli ghouls are sharing my happiness, which makes me question that happiness. There's much to dissect in the events of these last 10 days, we'll do that slowly and carefully over the next weeks. But wow, I can't believe that this even happened. 14 years, what was even the point of all this pain and destruction? Congrats to Jolani, he has cemented his place in the history books as the conqueror of Syria, he did what Alloush, Baghdadi and countless others couldn't do. Assad goes into the trashcan of history, another failson goes.

And for the last time:

Who must go? 😔

Christ, what a miserable state of affairs. Assad has always been a piece of shit, but I cannnot imagine how awful things are going to get once again in Syria without his regime at least nominally committed to multiethnic harmony. And the Axis of Resistance? What a joke tbh, I'm almost glad Nasrallah isn't here to see this. Iran is just watching all its pieces wiped from the board, for what? Some vague hope that Trump of all people is going to dial back sanctions? Disgusting. I hope I'm wrong, but grim days seem to be ahead.

Bye, bye, Mr. Syrian Pie

Drove my Hilux to Damascus and I saw his plane fly

And good ol' boys were drinkin' arak and rye

Singin' this'll be the day that I die~

What the fuck is going with Drew Pavlou's twitter account? Is he having a meltdown?

Israeli tanks have officially crossed the border of the demilitarised zone between the occupied Syrian Golan and Quneitra. Fuck Israel for not even letting people have one hour of fucking calm and good mood.

the lock's been picked

Well that was fucking quick

How does the collapse of Syria impact Lebanon? Presumably Iran has their hands tied now, but Russia can play a larger role in Latakia and open a new avenue that way?

Surprised the Kurds haven’t taken this opportunity to strike at HTS while they’re in chaos and institute a proper US puppet.

Increasingly starting to think that Sinwar's death was a sort of metaphor for the Resistance as a whole.

I was gone for a few days. What's going on with Syria? I saw someone say Assad is gone? Nukes in Ukraine? What?

Fuck. I hope all comrades with family or friends in Syria have their loved ones stay safe. I was about to post another Syria essay but seeing this sudden outcome where the Syrian people that lived formerly under the Damascus government will now have to contend with a new regime that at "best" will likely resemble something like the 2021 Taliban and at worst will return to their 2015 ISIS roots leaves me numb. I'll just leave this quote from the Abrams book as a prediction from 2021 that now seems chillingly prescient and also something I hope will, by any means possible, not come to pass:

A subjugated and jihadist dominated Syria, much like Afghanistan which had seen its government toppled twenty years earlier using many of the same methods, would serve as an effective hub for jihadist operations abroad – whether into Iraq to keep check on Iranian influence, into southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, or against Iran itself. Projection of jihadist power further afield, including against western China, Russia and Central Asian states, was also a significant possibility, should terror groups such as IS and Al Qaeda be able to operate freely from Syrian territory. It was estimated that 9,000 fighters from Russia and Central Asia alone had joined jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq, while an estimated 5000 from China’s Uighur Turkic minority had also joined the frontlines in Syria alone. The potential value of turning Syria into a wellpositioned hub of operations against others which resisted Western hegemonic ambitions, much as Afghanistan had been, provided a fifth major incentive for the Western Bloc to undertake operations against the Syrian government.

From what I understand I'm going to try to spitball some possible scenarios for the future in Syria, I'm not gonna bother attributing probabilities to them cos fuck if I know.

This is all based on the assumption that the rebel and oppositions groups are not 100% beholden to US/Israel interests, the guy they had on Radio War Nerd stated that this offensive was most likely a rebel initiative, and that their backers in Turkey were not itching to depose Assad immediately.

-Islamist rebels and opposition groups manage to stabilize the country, islamists make some deal with the kurds so they don't have to fight

-Rebels attempt to break into kurd territory (civil war)

-Infighting among rebel groups escalates (civil war)

-Israel and turkey say fuck it and both annex whatever chunk of syrian land they want

-Rebels make some type of deal with Iran, for example allowing the land bridge to lebanon to continue in exchance for non-interference

-Rebels keep their sectarianism and al-qaeda past in check and don't commit many serious massacres or sectarian discrimination

-Rebels are literally al-qaeda in syria and commit many serious massacres and sectarian discrimination

-Assad is still alive and does government in exile, either gets abandoned by every ally as they recognize the rebel government or doesn't, no in-between.

-Rebels do 9/11 for russia or iran as reprisal for backing assad.

-Iraq scenario: Unstable and impoverished country that nevertheless manages to keep civil war at bay, becomes political battle ground for american and iranian proxies

-Afghanistan scenario: Rebel government is left mostly alone but is too politically unseemly to be fully integrated into the "rules based order"

-Libya scenario: Eventually another civil war

-New scenario: Syria becomes a total US/Israel proxy

If anyone want to add to this be my guest

I've seen some silver lining takes, one that a weak Assad barely holding things together was more in the interests of the west than what just happened, and another that Israel's invasion past the Golan heights will over-extend them even more. IDK what to think of that, but could it be possible?

South Korea ex-defence minister arrested over President Yoon's martial law

Per MSNBC by way of Reuters, backpack possibly belonging to shooter found in central park containing "Monopoly money"

A backpack resembling the one worn by the suspect has been recovered near a playground in Central Park, according to media reports. MSNBC said on Saturday that police examining the bag and its contents found a jacket and Monopoly money, but no firearm.

The AES: out. A new day is dawning in Africa.
Nigeria: https://xcancel.com/african_stream/status/1865384093350813875

As more African nations sail away from French neocolonialism and chart new, sovereign routes, Nigeria is bucking the trend - choosing to anchor itself ever more closely to Paris. The latest example: joint navy drills in and off Lagos.

Apparently there are new photos of the guy now:

https://x.com/PopCrave/status/1865624085348155786

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-central-park-lake/

We are entering in another darker period in middle-east, only now without any soviet presence or pretenses of equality

Hope i'm the idiot and jubiliant people on twitter are the wise ones

So what's the current situation in Latakia?

The entire Syrian goverment just collapsed. Wtf was that? Did Assad forces just all agree to surrender to these people without a fight? Did Assad stop paying these people? Is that why he did nothing during the Israeli-Hezbollah war? Did he seriously thought the Iranians and Russians would fight for him? Was General Soleimani the only person who truly cared about the Axis of Resistance?

Machine translated tweet by IDF military correspondent

Increased military preparedness in the Golan Heights area: Following the fall of the Assad regime - the IDF and the Northern Command launched an attack in the buffer zone in the Quneitra area, in order to strengthen the defense of the border.

In accordance with the assessment of the situation by the Northern Command and the Home Front Command, it was decided that in the four Druze communities in the Golan Heights there will be no school classes today. Learning will be allowed in kindergartens. In the rest of the Golan Heights, classes are taking place as usual.

The IDF is deploying checkpoints along the Golan Heights. Movement in the area will be restricted as necessary. All agricultural areas adjacent to the Syrian border have been declared a closed military area, and farmers' entry there will be restricted.

very "mid" movie Collection i have to say ...

That's my thought too. The only suggestion this plane was Assad or a HVT is the fact it was downed by Russian air defence or the fact that Israel claimed Assad was in Damascus until the last moment

life comes at you fast

The IL-76T plane, allegedly carrying Assad, has reportedly crashed near Al-Suwayri!

No idea if Assad was truly inside this plane, or if it really crashed. They could just have turn their locations off or whatever planes have.

The General Command of the Syrian Arab Army orders the surrender and disbanding of all remaining units

Who is next on the chopping board?

Assad is being overthrown rn. I guess it's over for Syria. Now we will see if Yemen can resist being the next target of the US, but I suppose they are in a better position than Assad's goverment was.

If anyone out there can talk me out of a dark place re: Palestine, I'll take any nuggets of hope folks have to give

Remember that one episode of Drake and Josh where Josh played a criminal in a reenactment in a show based on America's Most Wanted, and then everyone thought he was the criminal and tried to citizens' arrest him? If that guy with the nice chin isn't actually the guy who killed the CEO, I'm imagining his life is like that right now, except everyone loves him.

The new transitional Syrian government to broadcast a statement on all radio and TV channels imminently, announcing the end of Assad's rule. The shrine of Sayyeda Zainab is being besieged by rebels from three sides.

Syrian Civil-War Part 2 will begin now.

My prophecy maxed evangelical father has reminded me that Damascus falling/getting completely roasted (some of these folks think nuked) is a big end-times thing. So now I guess something new for him to vibrate over

We're in the end stage officially. Homs has fallen, which means that government territories are de facto split between the Alawite coast and Damascus. Nearly all suburbs of Damascus including Daraya and Douma have also fallen, so it's probably a battle for the city starting tomorrow. South Rebels have reached Damascus first, but they're not trained and just doing this for fun and friendship, the core HTS grouping are still in the process of combing Homs and they probably need another day to reach Damascus.

How is the US media portraying this whole situation in Syria? I was checking some local media, they are generally pro-US liberals, but the local media is saying that these rebels are Islamic extremists and terrorists, that at least Assad, even though he is a dictator, promotes a secular state and maintains stability in the region.

Satellite imagery has been made public showing that the Russian Air Force and Navy are evacuating their military bases in Syria, in Tartus and Latakia . It's completely over, we're in full Afghanistan territory now.

Wonder who or what is lucky enough to get lifted out on the Antonov AN-124 (the biggest plane in the second image).

They could also be reinforcing the airbase, but I find such a scenario highly unlikely.

'Generals of the SAA ordered their units to withdraw from Homs without the approval of Assad, after contacting Gulf states and Western mediators' – Damascus-based media outlet 'Sawt al-Aasimah'. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) sent a private message to the Islamic Republic of Iran this week, promising to protect Shiite religious sites and religious minorities, icluding Shiites and Christians, within Syria' – New York Times

Russian aviation begins bombing SAA / Iranian weapons storage & production facilities across Syria, to prevent material falling into the hands of HTS.

I guess Assad just crashed his plane? Wtf was that?

Today's MoA is worth reading and certified chud-brainworm free

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/12/craig-murray-the-end-of-pluralism-in-the-middle-east-.html#more

A truly seismic change in the Middle East appears to be happening very fast. At its heart is a devil’s bargain – Turkey and the Gulf States accept the annihilation of the Palestinian nation and creation of a Greater Israel, in return for the annihilation of the Shia minorities of Syria and Lebanon and the imposition of Salafism across the Eastern Arab world.

What this all potentially amounts to is the end of pluralism in the Levant and its replacement by supremacism. An ethno-supremacist Greater Israel and a religio-supremacist Salafist Greater Syria.

Reminder that this is what Korea looked like before China's intervention. It's not too late if Iran is already preparing to go in balls-to-the-wall, but I have a feeling they aren't.

CNN is reporting Assad is not in Damascus anymore, no idea if this is true since CNN have been hyping these terrorists for weeks now.

Some news and combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk oblast:

Russian forces will soon liberate the DPR’s Kurakhovo and several other settlements (with videos): https://southfront.press/the-ukrainian-army-is-about-to-lose-five-towns-at-once-december-7-2024/

Russian forces liberated the Kursk oblast border settlement of Plekhovo: https://news-pravda.com/world/2024/12/07/905614.html

More Russian drone strikes in Kursk oblast: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/📽️-A-🇬🇧-🇫🇷,--RF-DRONE-OPERATORS-PARATROOPERS!:3

Russian drone strikes a Kiev regime self-propelled howitzer: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/4647-Ukrainian-2S1-Gvozdika-self-propelled-howitzer.mp4?_=4

I guess it's Assadover for now, HTS will probably control most of the country while Assad attempts to create a state in Latakia (or he flees to the UAE). At this point who knows what is going to happen to Syria, I doubt peace will last long, these terrorists will 100% attempt to invade Iraq and Lebanon, and infighting is also a huge possibility.

Iran is apparently requesting opposition groups for safe passage out of Syria. If Iran is giving up on their land bridge to Hezbollah it's JOEVER. Homs has fallen, Heseke and Qamishlo were handed to SDF, and Damascus is basically hours or days from fighting for the presidential palace

issuing a correction on my past statement; Our enemies move at light speed, our allies clearly want to die doing nothing

Burkina Faso: Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel OUÉDRAOGO appointed Prime Minister

Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel OUÉDRAOGO was appointed Prime Minister this Saturday, December 7, 2024, according to a presidential decree read on the 8 p.m. news on public television (RTB).

The journalist, presenter and former head of RTB, was Minister of State, Minister of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism, spokesperson under the Kyelem government dissolved yesterday, December 6, 2024.

https://burkina24.com/2024/12/07/burkina-faso-rimtalba-jean-emmanuel-ouedraogo-nomme-premier-ministre/

Still no idea what is happening in Burkina Faso. I liked the old PM. I want to know why he's been switched..

It's mindblowing how many libs are Wuhan-pilled after the show trial The Republican-led Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

They believe everything if it says CHINA BAD, even if western scientists themselves don't believe the lab leak theory.
If you point this out, you are a Chinese bot, case closed.

notre-dame was such a gathering of ghouls, wow

So on what skeleton of an existence if any does Syrian state media even have right now? The Sana website no longer functions

Final evacuation flight out of Damascus as the rebels take control of the city. Syrian Air IL-76 leaves Damascus for Latakia. This is the last plane to leave Damascus. I guess this is our "Fall of Saigon" moment, a FlightRadar24 screenshot will have to do for now.

Update: either the transponders bugged, electronic warfare, or HTS have shot down the plane. Rapid loss of altitude and speed over Homs.

Syrian Air IL-76

This explains why C5SKY and the Iranian A-340 are at Latakia. They are waiting for the last officials fleeing Damascus to arrive.

Given the situation seems dire it seems credible. This seems like it's too late though, unless the US would start using their assets in the region to help.

Assad, welcome to the resistance

Javar Larijani, top advisor to the Supreme Leader, Imam Khamenei: 'Resistance forces have entered the field, and are organized. The Syrian Arab Army can clearly no longer defend Syria, this matter should have been in our hands from the beginning.'

Yeah unless you've got 10k troops to drop into Damascus I think Assad's toast. If he has a brain at all he's gone to UAE.

Assadheads, it's nearly over. Rebels have entered the suburbs of Damascus lmao

So the feds aren't telling him the truth right

❗️US President-elect Donald Trump posted on his Truthsocial account:

"Opposition fighters in Syria, in an unprecedented move, have totally taken over numerous cities, in a highly coordinated offensive, and are now on the outskirts of Damascus, obviously preparing to make a very big move toward taking out Assad. Russia, because they are so tied up in Ukraine, and with the loss there of over 600,000 soldiers, seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria, a country they have protected for years. This is where former President Obama refused to honor his commitment of protecting the RED LINE IN THE SAND, and all hell broke out, with Russia stepping in. But now they are, like possibly Assad himself, being forced out, and it may actually be the best thing that can happen to them. There was never much of a benefit in Syria for Russia, other than to make Obama look really stupid. In any event, Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!"

❗️Statement issued by the General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces:

"Our people have been facing for several days, and especially since this morning, a systematic media and terrorist war aimed at destabilizing the security of the homeland and citizens and spreading chaos and panic in a way that serves the enemy's agenda.

Media platforms affiliated with terrorists have not stopped publishing misleading videos and false news about the events taking place across Syria's geography.

Our valiant army continues to carry out its qualitative operations against terrorist gatherings at high rates in the directions of the Hama and Homs countrysides and the northern Daraa countryside, inflicting hundreds of deaths and injuries on the terrorists, dozens of vehicles and vehicles, and many headquarters, warehouses, weapons and ammunition."

You know who is probably hating this? In Hillary's mind, this should be happening at the end of her second term. Toppling Assad would be the culmination of her admin and her time as Secretary. But Joe is asleep at the wheel at Trump will probably take credit.

TikTok is even worse, fuck you mean free Syria with a Palestinian flag in bio (I know what they mean, im aware of Hamas supporting the rebels, I’m expressing myself)

Mahan Air sending in an Airbus A340 evacuation flight to Syria now. The plane that Syria has been using for suspected evacuation flights from Damascus to the UAE, callsign C5SKY, has turned off it's transponder as of half an hour ago over Homs area, presumably on its way to Latakia.

Mahan air A340

Update: This Mahan Air A-340 also appears to be on it's way to Latakia. It has turned away from Damascus. So that's two passenger aircraft, a private jet and this A-340, at Latakia. The A-340 also flew directly over Al Tanf, so I guess that safe passage has been negotiated for this flight, between Iran, the USA, Turkey and the HTS.

Final update: transponder turned off on approach to Latakia, just like C5SKY.

If you're wondering why it's flying so slow compared to other passenger aircraft on the map, that's just an Airbus A340-300 (and 200) thing. It essentially has four underpowered tiny hairdryers for engines. This makes the cruise speed very low, and the takeoff distance very long, compared to modern aircraft in it's class.

chat, let's hear some guesses on how The Adjuster disposed of the murder weapon in a way that made it very unlikely to be recovered. what would you do with it, if you had time to plan ahead for its disposal?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbAjKefPYKY

Excellent analysis by a Syrian living in Germany with sources in Syria, he also shares frustration with the Pezeshkian government and its naivety, along with the Arabic world. This is from shortly before the fall of Aleppo but is still all applicable, and he stated it was a strong possibility. Hezbollah agreed to the ceasefire due to existential issues, it knows another round of fighting is upcoming soon and need to take a breather to regroup. They are fixing issues with their internal security, communications, leadership and securing their position in Lebanon. They are in a dangerous and precarious position. They are not abandoning Palestine, they have depleted their resources and capabilities to dangerous levels and are unwilling to completely commit organizational suicide. They are competent fighters but cannot afford the escalation to wholesale slaughter of civilians by the tens of thousands that Israelis were willing to do, they must rethink their strategy and secure their alliances.

I'm interested who is the rebel's handler, and how they plan to do stuff. Is it cia or truly just turkey?

Hey all, long time lurker, first time commenter. I used to spam up my geopolitics addiction-brained "effort posts" back on r/genzedong but finally decided to leave R*ddit after seeing how large parts of the site turned on LGBT as a scapegoat after the US election.

Just wanted to post some thoughts on the Syrian tragedy. It’s personal to me in that back when I was a little snot shitlib teenager, I used to volunteer for Amnesty International to fundraise and spread awareness for the “heroic Syrian rebels” fighting for democracy against the “Assad regime” (aka extort white-guilt tithes from schoolmate parents and propagandize for the US State Department). Of course, then Al-Qaeda/ISIS came along with more rebrands than Blackwater, United Fruit and the "formerly known as Twitter" company combined and showed everyone who cared to pay attention whom exactly the “Syrian opposition” really were. Ever since becoming a leftist and a Marxist-Leninist, I’ve tried to keep up with this conflict as best I can and so since I’ve been lurking for a while now and saw some people lost on the complexities of this 13 year long humanitarian catastrophe, so I'll try to fill in some information about the conflict insofar as I understand it. My sources are primarily A.B. Abrams' two books “World War in Syria” and “Atrocity Propaganda Fabrication and its Consequences” (Both on Z-Library and Libgen, both fantastic works that I highly recommend, we seem to be getting an outpouring of actually anti-imperialist published books nowadays when we used to have to scroll through random-ass substacks and twitter threads just to get any information)

Part 1: Target Syria: Origins of the Syrian Civil War

As can be expected, nothing about the “Arab Spring” which led to the outbreak of the conflict in March 2011 was organic. Being notorious self-plagiarists, this was the same playbook the West always uses: taking advantage of strained socio-economic material conditions within a designated adversary's society and funneling that discontent into the direction of regime change.

The origins of Western motives for Syrian regime change:

• Anti-Imperialist Geopolitics: For such a “small” country, Syria has been the bastion of West Asian anti-imperialism during the Cold War. Since the dissolution of the United Arab Republic after Nasser’s successor Sadat swung Egypt’s foreign policy away from the Soviet Union and towards the comprador role it diligently upholds today under Sisi, Syria "quickly emerged as the primary opponent of the imposition of Western hegemony in the Middle East.” After the collapse of the USSR, Syria began its alignment with the Axis of Resistance (Iran, Hezbollah) and with the DPRK for its Hwasung missiles to counter Israel. Later, this alignment expanded to Russia and China, hosting Russia’s sole Mediterranean naval base and signing onto China’s BRI.

• Syrian Secularism as Islamist target: The naked alignment of Al-Qaeda and ISIS with the US in Syria at the present moment, closely examined, is actually a long continuation of Western ties with the Islamist groups in the 20th century Cold War that "received considerable support from NATO member states, enabling them to more effectively target a number of Soviet-aligned and neutral governments.” In 1979, the Muslim Brotherhood targetted Syria with a Islamist uprising that occupied the city of Hama, killing over 1000 Syrian personnel before the restoration of the city. This is the origin of the West’s Islamist underlings’ particular hatred for the Damascus government and the lightbulb moment for the West in how they could be used against Syria. Following 1979, "Israeli and Western experts would notably highlight the presence of radical Islamist elements as an asset to undermine Damascus which “would not be difficult to operate again” and offered “increased U.S. opportunities for destabilization activities if this form of pressure proves necessary.””

• Pipeline Diplomacy: Its closer relationship with Iran in the post-USSR period led to Assad deciding to reject a Qatari oil pipeline project to Europe in 2009 that would have led from Qatar’s North Field through Saudi Arabia-Jordan-Syria-Turkey in favor of a Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline that would ship out via the Mediterranean through the Syrian port and oil refinery of Baniyas in Tartous Governorate without the need for Turkey. Tellingly, the major regional sponsors of Syria’s regime change in the 2010s became precisely those same countries in the Qatari project that Assad sunk. As America's imminent Healthcare Wormbrained Genius RFK Jr. once wrote for Politico:

  Secret cables and reports by the U.S., Saudi and Israeli intelligence agencies indicate that the moment Assad rejected the Qatari pipeline, military and intelligence planners quickly arrived at the consensus that fomenting a Sunni uprising in Syria to overthrow the uncooperative Bashar Assad was a feasible path to achieving the shared objective of completing the Qatar/Turkey gas link […] the CIA began funding opposition groups in Syria. It is important to note that this was well before the Arab Spring-engendered uprising against Assad

• Syrian sovereignty: Ultimately, Syria’s stance as a sovereign West Asian country unbeholden to the West just like Hussein's Iraq and Gaddafi's Libya was the primary Western rationale. Once again, it goes to show that Western hegemonic chauvinism is the root of it all. I’ll just let Abrams conclude this section:

  While there were multiple converging casus belli which led the Syrian state to be targeted for destabilisation and eventual overthrow by the Western Bloc and its partners, one common factor underlying every rationale for targeting Syria was the country’s position as an independent state under a single ruling party which was outside the Western sphere of influence. All states of this nature, from the Soviet Union and Ba’athist Iraq to Cuba, Afghanistan (pre-1992) and North Korea among many others, have been targeted for various economic, military and information warfare efforts. The final goal of these efforts has been to bring about their downfall, placing Western soldiers permanently on their soil and placing their territories and populations firmly within the Western sphere of influence. All reasons for targeting Syria are in some way consequences of this one single fact.

How long till the Jihadi's go back to jihadi stuff. Also will their coalition last?

It's Assadover?

According to high ranking Israeli officials, Assad is still in Damascus – Walla / Axios

Why?

Syrian Armed Forces have ordered the total evacuation of the SAA General Staff Headquarters and Air Force Command Center in the Capital of Damascus, as Rebel Forces enter the City from the South! Mass panic on the streets of Damascus. People are bulk buying. Most shops have closed. Clashes between the southern Free Syrian Army and IDF troops reported in the Golan.

A Syrian government plane took off from Damascus and is about to land in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates

It appears that yoon isn't going to be impeached today

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2024-12-07/south-korea-president-speech

One ruling party lawmaker entered and voted, and the opposition peers cheered him.

Kim Sang-wook, a ruling party lawmaker who voted, says he didn’t support the impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol, chilling a crowd that had applauded him until a moment ago. Yet he says Yoon doesn’t deserve to be president, as he tearfully recalled armed forces descending down on the parliament, live footage shows.

[He] adds that his party should pivot and support impeachment against Yoon in the next bid unless the president takes an action that would reassure the public by then. The reason he took part in the vote even though he opposed the impeachment is that it was part of his mandate as a legislator, he said.

lmao

South Korea’s acting defense minister has summoned a meeting of top military commanders, News1 reports. It didn’t give details.

The military meeting is to remind commanders that they should stay ready at all times to protect the people against security risks, Nocut News reports, citing the defense ministry. It appears to be a move by the military to salvage its standing and reputation after being involved in the martial-law debacle.

Bro the way the NYPD keeps glazing this assassin is only something I've seen with like Lebron's myrmidons, they are in love with this man

Real "Batman needs his Joker" ass dynamic going on with these cops

Imagine if now the roles reverse, and Russia and Iran support Assad's Loyalist guerrillas against whatever Pro-US Far-Right Islamic Goverment takes over Syria. Probably won't happen since I doubt Assad is that popular, unless he somehow does a Peron and retuns to power.

How are Homs still holding?

Currently in Doha, Qatar, the foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, and Iran are discussing the situation in Syria. Syrian rebels are launching offensives in cities across the country in an effort to overthrow the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

It’s funny reading about the TikTok ban and seeing Redditors talk about how China will hack them through back doors.

Once again liberals believe China is more aggressive than it actually is.

Is it ?

Iranian Foreign Minister: A political dialogue must take place between the Syrian government and the 'legitimate opposition groups' (implying not HTS) Ali Larijani, former Parliament Speaker and current special representative of Supreme Leader Khamenei, is currently in Damascus meeting personally with Assad

I just noticed the mega picture is of the Oreshnik strike and wtf that was only two weeks ago

my family is watching realitatea plus, they obviously placed anti-communism propaganda (the typical "when communism, i waited in lines a lot" and "no banana and orange and candy until christmas" stuff)

i am about to explogd in inside-the-mental-brane anger

Burkina Faso: Captain Ibrahim Traoré terminates the functions of the Prime Minister and members of the government

https://burkina24.com/2024/12/06/burkina-faso-le-capitaine-ibrahim-traore-met-fin-aux-fonctions-du-premier-ministre-et-des-membres-du-gouvernement/

The President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, terminated the functions of the Prime Minister and members of the government on December 6, 2024, according to a presidential decree read on the 8 p.m. news on public television (RTB).

Anyone know more info? I'm not even sure if this is real yet tbh.

The TikTok ban law has been upheld. Is it joever for TikTok in ?

All this doomerism is just silly. Telegram posts made by HTS (who were trained in ukraine) and western media outlets are not to be trusted. Would you trust the BBC and Ukrop telegram posts about the war in ukraine? Why would you trust them on what is happening in Syria?

This is not Risk or a paradox map painting game. Holding territory at all costs is stupid tactics. We have seen this exact sort of media operation in ukraine. HTS were trained by the same people that taught Ukraine to do deep arrow offensives that cost huge amounts taking territory they cant hold in the long run. Every town HTS take is just thinning out their forces more. They don't have the logistical base to hold on. If the west cant supply ukraine they cant supply HTS. HTS don't have the local support to stay. They don' have the recruitment pool to make up for losses when the attrition starts setting in. SAA have a good reason not to try fighting inside the towns. That is where civilians are. That is where guerillas want to fight, where they have the advantage.

This conflict is days old and HTS has 0 industrial capacity. They are fighting with borrowed weapons and loaned dollars. Maybe they will take some more territory but they will only get weaker over time.

Some Syria news for today.

In order to concentrate Syrian defensive forces in the western part of the country (currently under al-Queda “HTS” attack), Damascus reached an agreement with the Kurdish-dominated “SDF” groups and withdrew from Deir ez-Zor, Mayadin, and Albu Kamal (in eastern Syria): https://southfront.press/kurdish-forces-enter-deir-ezzor-under-deal-with-syrian-army-videos/

Apparently, the agreement with the “SDF” also helps relocate Syrian troops to defend Palmyra (in eastern Syria): https://tass.com/world/1883689

The Syrian military and Russian Aerospace Forces continue striking the terrorists in Hama and Homs provinces (note, I’ve read elsewhere that allied forces eliminated another 300 Western-backed terrorists and 35 armored vehicles (including seven tanks) over the past 24 hours): https://tass.com/world/1883269

The Syrian military repelled a terrorist attack on Latakia province: https://tass.com/world/1883259

The Western-backed terrorist onslaught has now displaced over 280,000 civilians in northwestern Syria: https://sputnikglobe.com/20241206/over-280000-people-flee-their-homes-due-to-crisis-in-syria---un-1121104228.html

An Iraqi spokesman stated that Iraq does not seek military intervention in Syria. However, he warned that the division of Syria is a red line for Iraq (at this point, we should not fully rule out the possibility of Iraq and Iran sending regular troops (not just volunteer units), if it becomes absolutely necessary): https://ina.iq/eng/36861-al-awadi-iraq-does-not-seek-military-intervention-in-syria.html

Not sure why all the dooming. Looks like Homs is holding for now.

Romania has annuled the results of the first round of their elections. Citing Russian interference.

In reality they didn't like the result so they're fighting it. Bourgeoise democracies are only allowed democracy if it's the outcome the bourgeoisie want.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4x2epppego

lol

The dooming on Hexbear whenever major geopolitical events happen is crazy

Forgive me if I don't condemn Russia/China/Iran/etc for not dropping everything to go save Assad of all people

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/04/mexico-canada-trump-tariffs-feud

“We are not going to fall for a provocation of which country is better,” she said, adding that her country was increasingly being used as a political foil.

“Mexico should not be used as part of [Canadian] electoral campaigns,” she said.

Sheinbaum then dug deeper, adding that Canada “could only wish they had the cultural riches Mexico has”, pointing out her country has civilizations dating back thousands of years.

"Fuck off puck sucker" Mexico style.

Okay, I've made a shitty map of the current situation at around 23:00 Syrian time on the 6th of December. This is based on Telegram news mostly and probably very inaccurate in the south, but the situation is very fluid there. Arrows represent current movements and upcoming movements.

A comrade in here called it: the CEO Killer’s gun had nothing to do with a random gun shop in Connecticut!

Pigs are just outdoing themselves on this one

Syrian rebel commander urges Israel to support uprising, strike Iran-backed forces

They're getting pretty open about it now

Some news and combat footage from the Donbass.

Russian forces liberated the DPR settlements of Sukhiye Yaly and Pustynka: https://sputnikglobe.com/20241206/russian-forces-liberate-two-settlements-in-donetsk-and-launch-precision-strikes-1121107217.html

Russian forces continue making gains in the northern, partially Kiev-occupied DPR city of Chasov Yar: https://southfront.press/russian-forces-advance-in-chasov-yar/

A big collection of recent combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk oblast in this summary article: https://southfront.press/overview-of-military-situation-in-ukraine-on-december-5-2024/

A Russian FPV drone struck a train carrying ammunition for the Kiev regime’s military, near the Kiev-occupied, DPR city of Krasnoarmeysk: https://news-pravda.com/russia/2024/12/06/903845.html