As we speak, Aleppo might have fallen Russians are fleeing, as well as the remnants of Assad’s army, and the governor fled reportedly Assad has yet to return from Moscow. If he does not return, the rebels have a good chance of a run towards Damascus

https://x.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1862499484774604837?s=19

by Necessary-Canary3367

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  2. One side is posting videos like “nothing is even happening, idk what you guys are even talking about!”

    The other side is posting videos of fleeing Russians and celebrations in the street.

    What the fuck are we supposed to do with all that? Guess we’re waiting for the light of day to shine some truth onto the situation.

    It’s only 8:50 PM in Syria at the time I’m writing this.

  3. I’m watching this situation with great interest (although so many of the factions in the anti-assad coalition are reprehensible, that it could easily turn into a cluster if Assad is deposed).

    The direct applicability to a forum on the Ukranian war might be questioned, but I’d argue that given Russia’s prolonged involvement in the conflict, this (as well as the failures in Africa) might be a good indicator as to the overall health of their forces–ie, with reports of a lot of Russians killed around Aleppo, we’d expect to see a robust response for evacuation or reinforcement. If that doesn’t happen, it would imply that Russian forces are stretched even thinner than believed, which may have a direct predictive value for success or failure in Ukraine, and would also bode poorly for their efforts to increase their influence in Iran.

  5. Who is fighting on which side? Assad, Iran, Russia vs. Turkey and IS?

  6. Who do you cheer for in a battle of terrible and worse?

    If it makes Russia’s ability to cause global mischief weaker, it’s a good thing.

    Look – they’ve got us cheering for islamofascist jihadis. What a world.

  7. Moldavia, Georgia, Armenia, Africa, now Syria and tomorrow Belarus I hope

  8. I understand the Russia hate in this group, but the reality is that these rebels are not the sensible moderates, or even the noble Kurds fighting for a homeland. They are literal Al Qaeda linked terrorists.

    Outside of Assad, all the better options for Syria are either dead, absorbed by worse groups, or in the case of the Kurds, politically sidelined by Turkey.

    This isn’t about Russia. This is about Turkey using a proxy to ensure that the Kurds in Syria never get a homeland, and it’s being supported by Israel as a way to break the Shia crescent, and by the USA as a way to kick Russia in the dick.

    Kick Russia and Iran in the dick all you like, but we are better than supporting literal fucking terrorists. Terrorists are always bad, regardless if you feel that you can make them useful idiots temporarily because your goals align.

  9. Is this good or bad for Syria and regional stability? Who are the rebels?

  10. Don’t wanna rain in the parade but just because they got a surprising success after years in Aleppo (at least surprising for people who stopped following the Syrian Civil War, since more or less nothing happened there for years), don’t you think you’re a bit optimistic here?

    Damascus is about 360 km away from Aleppo, on foot, if you don’t consider combat and resting stops taking place, it would take 83 hours, so about 3 1/2 days to reach it.

    Even if they would now do a thunder run, it would require a total desolution of the Syrian Armed Forces and the Russians in Syria just watching instead of utilizing their air supremacy there.

    The rebels reaching Damascus within a few hours (because Assad probably will be back in Damascus tomorrow) are nowhere near good, they’re in fact incredibly slim.

    Granted, they had a victory today in a battle, but they’re yet far away from achieving overall victory, don’t celebrate the day before evening is a saying, that applies very much here too.

  11. Very interesting, it would be a blow to Russia if it port access in Tartus is lost eventually.

  12. Russian backed fascist regime vs Islamic Jihadis,bring out the popcorn and place your bet everyone!

  13. May the Russian government live in interesting times. 😬

  14. Is there any source/reference on the current state of the Syrian army? Did Assad did any reforms or rebuilding during the cold years of the war?

  18. Hope this isn’t taken the wrong way but . . .

    The 2022 invasion of Ukraine was the best opportunity (now squandered) for the US to defeat Russia and their terror/imperialist/oligarchy essentially once and for all, which as evident in Syria, includes many of their downstream projects and support.

    We (the US and Europe) could have completely ground down their military, destroy their economy, fragmented the empire into independent states, allow suppressed people’s around the world under the tyranny of Putin-backed regimes to make advances, and it all essentially costs us nothing. A few more shells, some missiles we’d have spend millions on dismantling, and so on. Without a single American boot on the ground.

    This would have cemented Western Liberal Democracy for generations.

    I hope EU/UK can hold the fort until the US comes back to its senses in hopefully 2-4 years. (Where hopefully still we have free elections.)

  19. Be nice to cause the shittes some headache and put a suni counter in place again between Israel and Iran. Shitte dominated Iraq will certainly feel threatened by this. I’m sure Saudi have their fingers in this as well.

  21. It’s kind of hilarious that Shia Iran and Hezbollah have taken their eye off the ball here defending Sunni Palestine against Israel. Now their hegemony of the region is threatened by Sunni groups who don’t give a damn about Palestine.

    Wonder how long the Houthis will keep up their attention on Israel rather than their actual Sunni enemies that surround them?

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