2024 Syrian opposition offensives - The first Syrian rebel offensive against Government forces since March 2020

"keep me in power so I can sell more drugs" is in fact not conducive to a motivated army
But muh lion of damascus :(
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Kind of bizarre how the standing army just gave up and Assad disappeared into the night. I guess the checks didn't clear. Didn't seem like there was much of a resistance.
The soldiers were paid peanuts and frequently abandoned positions to attend second jobs. Commanders lied about inventory that they sold off to the black market. Just a big mess.
 
The soldiers were paid peanuts and frequently abandoned positions to attend second jobs. Commanders lied about inventory that they sold off to the black market. Just a big mess.
The similarities to the fall of Kabul in 2021 are unbelievable. As they say, you can lead the horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
 
The similarities to the fall of Kabul in 2021 are unbelievable. As they say, you can lead the horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
I don't know. The US was surprised by the quick collapse in Kabul. There are no hasty Russia withdrawals here with people clinging on to planes trying to escape. Some kind of deal seems to have been made here we just don't know what that looks like yet. Maybe Putin traded Syria for Ukraine?
 
>giving up your only overseas naval base (your forces in Africa are doomed without it) for a sea that is under constant attack from missiles and sea drones is a "good trade"
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Well, to be fair, we don't know what the fate of those two bases will be (Tartus and Khmeimim). They could very well lose them, but so far the HTS has been reluctant to make any definite moves on them.
 
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