Hamas launches war on Israel

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Kurdish militias see new beginning for Syria
Kurdish militias in Syria see new opportunities for their country now that President Bashar al-Assad has fled. ‘This change offers an opportunity to build a new Syria, where democracy and justice are central,’ said Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi. Then, he says, ‘the rights of all Syrians can be guaranteed’. ‘These are historic moments in Syria as we see the fall of the authoritarian regime in Damascus,’ Abdi said. The Kurdish SDF controls large areas in Syria, but is not part of the coalition of rebel groups that ousted Assad. The SDF also worked closely with the United States in the fight against terror group Islamic State, which had established its own ‘caliphate’ in Syria and Iraq at an earlier point in the Syrian civil war.

Syria opposition works on transitional government
The Syrian opposition is forming a transitional government with full executive powers. This will seek cooperation with the region and the rest of the world, the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) reported on X. The opposition movement currently operates from abroad. Syria should observe a transition period of a year and a half to create a ‘safe, neutral and peaceful’ situation for holding free elections. This is what SOC leader Hadi al Bahra advocates.

In the first six months of that transition period, a constitution should be drafted, he suggests. This should state what the country's government should look like: a parliamentary system, a presidential system or a hybrid form. After that, as far as he is concerned, elections could be held and the people could choose their leader. According to Bahra, the fall of the Assad regime was the result of a ‘domino effect’. Power in the Middle East shifted dramatically after Israel killed several Hezbollah leaders in the past two months. Before then, the Iran-backed movement was the lynch pin of Assad's forces. At the same time, Russia, another key ally, could no longer step in because it was too busy with the war in Ukraine. ‘It was clear that Assad did have to leave. I feel relief, but also sadness. He must be held accountable for all his crimes,’ Bahra said.

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The changes happens quickly Right now I read about Taliban is coming from North.

The country is heading for chaos

Markus

[Dargo]

bull, there are no Taliban in Syria certainly not in the north Türkiye and the Kurds have 100% control

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Dargo

bull, there are no Taliban in Syria certainly not in the north Türkiye and the Kurds have 100% control

Did I remember wrong!? Could be, so I did a search for it in English and found out I did remember wrong.

What it says in the article:

Throughout the day Saturday, as the rebel forces were on the move, the Syrian army withdrew from much of southern Syria, leaving more areas of the country, including two provincial capitals, under the control of the rebels, according to the military and an opposition war monitor.

https://abcnews.go.com/International...y?id=116562929

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You read it wrong it is a would be not that they are there, and Javed Ali, is wrong Syria is nothing like Afghanistan.

Or will it look more like the Taliban in Afghanistan

The current government, SDF will never allow that and do not think Türkiye either. Turkish foreign policymakers have a history of pie in the sky thinking, where rhetoric never meets the reality on the ground.

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Assad is in Moscow after fleeing Syria and will be given aslyum, Russian state media reports

Deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow, Russian state media agencies report, citing sources in the Kremlin.

Reports also say that Assad and his family have been granted asylum by Russia.

The BBC has not been able to independently verify the information.

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From eye doctor to dictator - the rise and fall of Assad's presidency

https://news.sky.com/story/from-eye-...dency-13269485

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The consequences are huge. The biggest loser, of course, is Iran, which was unable to intervene. They lose their most important ally. The ‘axis of resistance’, a crucial pawn for Tehran, disappears from the Middle East. Iran can now no longer supply weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon through Iraq and Syria. This is a massive reshaping of the Middle East, an earthquake. Saudi Arabia does not like to see this happen, as it does not like chaos and quickly demands stability. Turkey's main interest is to make its shared border with Syria safer from Kurdish attacks. They also have huge numbers of Syrian refugees. Many are now hoping to finally return. Therefore, what happens now may be to Turkey's advantage. It is one of the open questions for the Kurds themselves. But they themselves have now taken Deir es-Zor and thus actually participated in Assad's expulsion. They thus put themselves on the same side of HTS. Al-Jolani also already gave a message that there is a place for them at the table. Whether they will get an autonomous area of their own, I do doubt that.

Several aircraft and warships have already departed from Hmeimim airfield and Tartus port. This is a huge setback for Russia. Moscow, through its support for Assad, always wanted to show that they are there for friendly heads of state, also as a signal to former Soviet republics. In one week, everything now seems over. For Putin, this is both a strategic and psychological blow. Israel began operations in Syria in the first hours after the fall of the Assad regime. This was expected, as Tel Aviv will do everything possible to reinforce its border, create a buffer zone to control and take away any possibility of negotiations on Golan. Israeli air strikes target several locations in the Syrian capital, Damascus (Munitions Caches and Advanced-Weapons Systems at Mezzeh Air Base).

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Israel is about deleting/destroying information and intelk the Syrian agencies and services may have collected on Israel and that Israel does not want the new Syrian rulers to have their eyes on.

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^Tell them the FSB has/had huge archives in Syria Israel is now making sure not too much comes in the hands of the rebels hence the airstrikes, and they make sure they keep the Golan Heights by creating a buffer zone in Syria. Kurdish forces have reportedly begun blocking certain Russian military facilities in the Trans-Euphrates region, according to Rybar. He adds that Russian positions at the oil refinery in the Homs desert are also blocked. According to Russian channels, Russian forces will completely leave Syria. "The military base in Khmeimim and the port in Tartous will be withdrawn." At this point, the Russian presence in Syria is not just hanging by a thread, as Rybar claims—it is essentially eliminated. There will be no Russians in Syria, and subsequently none in Africa either. This is called checkmate.

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The fact that Erdoğan began the Manbij attack so close to the moment that Al Julani took Damascus may indicate that Erdoğan does not expect to have Al Julani's support for Turkey's ambitions in Syria. Turkey has a very short window of opportunity to change facts in the ground. If Manbij offensive fails, Turkey and SNA will not have good grounds for negotiations, especially starting an offensive after Assad failed and everyone else was celebrating. If Turkish thugs can't get Manbij, follow-up operations will become increasingly unlikely.

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Here is what I've heard the last hour.

1. ISIS is on the move in Eastern part of Syria
2. USA have bombed 75 targets related to ISIS
3. The Kurds are under attack from rebel groups in Northern part of Syria.

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^ISIS is on the move because they get bombarded by B52's, F-15's, A-10's so yeah they move they run like hell U.S. Central Command announced that the bombers and fighter jets targeted more than 75 targets in the Syrian Desert, going after known ISIS fighters and camps. It’s unclear how many ISIS members or leaders were killed in the attacks, but a senior U.S. administration official, speaking on background to reporters, called the strike “significant” given the size of the area targeted and the number of ISIS members gathered there. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-...-isis-strikes/ This is the reason the US supports the Kurds they are the only ones that fight ISIS other factions including turkey works with/are ISIS.

Originally Posted by CENTCOM commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla

All organizations in Syria should know that we will hold them accountable if they partner with or support ISIS in any way

Syrian rebels (NSA) say they have started an attack on Kurdish-led forces in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, according to a statement posted today but dated yesterday. This is not new, this group does this with the backing of Turkey for years with not much result. This group was neither in large part in this "Damascus by 7 days' Operation" they started day 1 attacking the Kurds their goal was never Damascus but the SDF.

What everyone wants to avoid is the whole of Syria descending into the hell that the Da’esh caliphate inflicted on eastern Syria and northern Iraq; or a more violent version of Lebanon, as a semi-failed state; and of course a war between the rebel groups and Israel. There are huge risks, given the Islamist politics of some of the victorious armed groups — risks for all ethnic and religious minorities in a situation where power suddenly collapses and groups of armed men are in charge. But who can help stabilise things? Who can ensure that breaches of international law are punished — both those perpetrated by Assad in the past and any in the future perpetrated by the rebels? Who, indeed, can ensure that Syria does not face a “Libyan future”? The answer is: the rules based global order. Yes, the very thing that the tankies have told you is anathema, and “imperialist”.

If Syria now descends into chaos, that will be because the much-admired “multipolar world” is a recipe for chaos. Because China, the string puller behind the great unraveling, can’t yet bring itself to retake an island 160km off its own shores, let alone exert itself as a new global hegemony to replace failing US willpower in the Middle East. Yes, compañeros, the only force that stands a cat in hell’s chance of helping the Syrian people achieve self-determination and justice, and avoid another Taliban/Da’esh scenario, is “the West”, in the form of the Sykes-Picot signatories Britain and France, the UN, EU, NATO member Turkey, the despised state of Israel plus old Joe Biden in America, for the four weeks he has left.

In Lattakia, Sunni, Alawite, and Christian religious leaders reportedly gathered at the Huryieh Mosque to discuss the situation after Assad's regime fell, and reaffirm the city’s commitment to peaceful coexistence amidst recent developments. SDF fighters found in a former Russian base in Deir Ezzor flags and uniforms of the Islamic State. Apparently, this is some material for false flag operations and scarecrow tactics, a typical Russian strategy known as „provokatsia“.

At least 100,000 Syrian prisoners trapped in Sednaya Prison. Underground electronic doors cannot be opened without secret codes and are equipped with explosives, the new Syrian government announced. Lawyer Nabil Halabi reports that lower cells in Saydnaya Prison, known as "red wards" or "death wards," remain sealed. The regime disabled electronic gates and ventilation systems, leaving detainees trapped in what are described as human slaughterhouses. Rescue teams face challenges due to limited resources and the overwhelming presence of detainees’ families gathering at the prison, fearing for their loved ones trapped inside at risk of suffocation. After hanging (that we do not know, maybe they were alive), the body of the prisoner is placed in the iron execution press and flattened like a sheet of paper. This prison is by design an Auschwitz-Birkenau. Detainees (men. women and little kids) held without charge in solitary confinement, left to rot. This is the "Human Slaughterhouse" of Syria

The White Helmets has deployed 5 specialized emergency teams to Sednaya Prison to investigate hidden underground cells, reportedly holding detainees according to survivors. The teams consist of search and rescue units, wall-breaching specialists, iron door-opening crews, trained dog units, and medical responders. These teams are well trained and equipped to manage such complex operations. 2 teams arrived about an hour ago and have already begun their mission, accompanied by a guide familiar with the prison's layout. The remaining teams are expected to arrive gradually, delayed by challenging security conditions on the roads and severe traffic congestion. https://x.com/SyriaCivilDef/status/1865886847999910310

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I guess he's right in the fact Putin is losing grip on the world.



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As details emerge from SDF and local sources, today’s impressive defense of Manbij is proof that a lightly armed but well-prepared and highly disciplined defender can inflict intolerable losses on a more numerous & much better equipped attacker, even one with total air supremacy. Territories recaptured by the SDF since the SNA's offensive earlier this morning. The Russians pulled its forces from the purple area and that’s how occupied Turkish state back gangs took over that area. Turkish planes are bombing, and Islamic terrorists are attacking from the ground for days, but Manbij has not fallen. For days now also, the all-women units of YPJ have been resisting and repelling all attacks of Turkey backed mercenaries on the Manbij front lines

The high-speed collapse of the Assad regime has left Russians all over stranded. Russian military bloggers say that at this moment Russians are surrounded at several positions, such as Homs and Palmyra, but the situation at their primary bases in Latakia and Tartus as well as in the Syrian capital is absolutely chaotic. Even in the Kurdish regions, where Russians were operating before Assad's fall, the situation is absolutely unclear. The situation is even worse than they describe, since they try to keep OPSEC in order to keep the lives of those cutoff Russians as safe as possible. However, they also say that there is not much hope for those Russians either. They are marooned and on their own. Another Russian military adventure ends in absolute catastrophe. Kurds now control nearly 100% of the oil in Syria, over 50% of wheat production, and dominate the Euphrates. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) a Kurdish-led coalition of U.S.-backed ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) has no interest in the rest of Syria only to establish a Syrian Kurdistan or Rojava (Kurdistan where the sun sets).

The SDF keeps on encircling and neutralising SNA sleeper cells in Manbij. Streets are scattered with dead SNA fighters and across the countryside clashes continue. The Turkish military keeps carrying out air and artillery strikes on Manbij. The SDF is fighting a remarkable battle. In war everything is possible but as of now the SDF maintains the upper hand.