Then there would be no need for such a weak ceasefire. It's a tacit admission of weakness. Too many israeli diaper warriors are dying and being relegated to wheelchairs, and Northern israel is getting too unlivable, and they'd rather just act through proxies instead of getting themselves hurt anymore. That's all this is.
Okay there, Justin Trudeau. If you kill your enemies, they win. Sounds like we'll be seeing a lot of Hezbollah wins in Syria soon.
They didn't kill their enemies. They gave up because it was too hard XD
HTS vs Hezbollah is literally "Sunni jihadists vs Shia jihadists".
My guess is if the rebs keep their momentum, this could see the government in any effective form retreat to those places where Alawites actually live like Latakia and Tartus, the Capital and to a lesser degree in Homs and Hama, so a portion of the east nearing the coast. The big rebel sponsor is Turkey isn't exactly in a situation of sparkling economic perfection with vast inflation and load shedding in places, its attitude to Russia duds like the S-400 was quixotic, but Erdogan really can do as he wishes within constraints of certain norms. Iraq certainly cannot or won't help Assad. It has a large anti-Iranian Shia element, of which al Sadr is a notable leader. There are obviously pro Iran elements, but they're hardly enough. Iran has its economic and political problems and its big ticket client Hizbollah was utterly humiliated by Israel. Other Lebanese communities are no longer in awe or fear of them. I doubt the Taliban / al Qaeda would countenance and foreign fighters for Assad given they are pressed hard in places. If the Syrian rebels hold together, Assad is going to sweat quite a bit.
Erdogan was and is happy to shake Putin's hand while providing what support to Ukraine is useful for him and Turkey's weapon's industry.
To make it more amusing, the Turkish-backed HTS are fighting the US-backed SDF. Wonder how many Ukrainian flags are on both sides.
Because he is an arab.
- Aleppo Citadel seized
