Aleppo.....Syrian conflict restarting.
He nearly took his eye out .
So your telling him there’s a chance ?
SexxyJ is a constant shit stirrer.
quadzilla wrote:Fliplid wrote:If you're talking about the fall of al-Assad I get the impression that it was more of a minority shia based dictatorial regime that stripped the countrys' wealth for the personal gain of just a few
Hard not to have some compassion for the local population who just want a decent life though, but considering this story has been played out for centuries it's hard not to be pessimistic about the outcome
Bonza name by the way
Assad is an Alawite muslim, around 11% in Syria but the 2nd biggest religion behind the Sunnis 74%...the others are Shiite,Druze,some Christians and other minor sect Muslims.
Assad was despised as was his father who took power in 1971.A brutal regime that tortured and murdered whoever it wanted.Used chemical weapons against the people.Russia only backed the regime while it was useful.
So now the majority religion is in "power" along the major highway from Aleppo to Damascus and across to the coast and a bit to the east.
BOMBS away will happen for a while yet, it'll be interesting to see if POOman can still maintain the 2 bases he has there.Assad isnt on his radar anymore, not even a pawn in the game.The Russian fleet is sitting off the coast as a precaution, not sure where the planes are, they tried to eliminate the HTS in Aleppo a week or more ago but failed.Good chance they could be back in Russia.
Alawite muslims on paper actually sound like the most decent Islamic off shoot, no sharia law, no head covering for women, can drink alcohol etc, dare i say it's kind of like a liberal form of Islam, pity the leader/government was a cruel dictator.
It's still a typical middle east shia vs sunni war when you look at all groups involved though.
sypkan wrote:drug factory...
https://x.com/Levant_24_/status/1866794097106977089
apparently supplying 80% of world's captagon...
I wonder if assad's goons were on it?
seems all the great goons of past conflicts are on the ...amines
nazis
american pilots
oct 7 goons
I even read a terrorist cell pesantren ini indo was feeding the prospective terrorists (kids) ...amines...
having indulged... I know they can twist the mind...
trauma + no purpose + purpose + ideology + brainwashing + brutality + bloodlust = a lethal combo...
and terribly low standards
Hezbollah also finance things from the drug trade this shit but crazy enough Hezbollah are also located in South America and involved in the Cocaine trade.
"Hezbollah in Latin America
History (in Latin America.) The group was established in the 1980s in the tri-border region of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina which was considered a safe haven for the group's operations of smuggling, recruitment, and plotting of attacks. They expanded into Venezuela with some degree of sponsorship from the Venezuelan state."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah_in_Latin_America#:~:text=4%20Not....
In my studies and conversations, I've come to understand that most Alawites don't align themselves strictly with Islam or any religious group per se; rather, they see themselves more as an ethnic community.
The situation in Syria is quite the anomaly when you consider the broader landscape of the Middle East. Here, we have a scenario where a minority ethnic group, the Alawites, have held power over a predominantly Muslim populace. From the outset, this setup seemed primed for conflict, not considering the myriad other historical intricacies of the nation.
Yet, in today's media landscape, we're often fed a black-and-white narrative:
The Assad regime, portrayed as a brutal dictatorship that targets Muslims, is unequivocally bad. Conversely, the narrative sometimes frames even the most violent Muslim extremist groups, who persecute non-Muslims, as somehow justified or "good" in their cause. This oversimplification does little justice to the complex tapestry of Syrian society and its struggles.
Yet if you don't toe this simplified line, heaven forbid, you're suddenly branded a Russian spy in the public eye.
So… it appears, from Assad Government records, that at least some of the terrorist bombings etc from 2012 onwards were, in fact, regime intelligence operations to provide a basis for crackdowns against the population.
And while ISIS-aligned / inspired / adjacent groups have certainly been active in Syria throughout the civil war, the presence of ISIS-branded product in recently-vacated Russian bases and outposts raises a few more questions.
I really don’t know anyone that ascribes to a simplified line about the complexities of the Syrian conflict and its factions. Most people I talk to about it despair at the complexity.
Chelsea L wrote:In my studies and conversations, I've come to understand that most Alawites don't align themselves strictly with Islam or any religious group per se; rather, they see themselves more as an ethnic community.
The situation in Syria is quite the anomaly when you consider the broader landscape of the Middle East. Here, we have a scenario where a minority ethnic group, the Alawites, have held power over a predominantly Muslim populace. From the outset, this setup seemed primed for conflict, not considering the myriad other historical intricacies of the nation.
Yet, in today's media landscape, we're often fed a black-and-white narrative:
The Assad regime, portrayed as a brutal dictatorship that targets Muslims, is unequivocally bad. Conversely, the narrative sometimes frames even the most violent Muslim extremist groups, who persecute non-Muslims, as somehow justified or "good" in their cause. This oversimplification does little justice to the complex tapestry of Syrian society and its struggles.
Yet if you don't toe this simplified line, heaven forbid, you're suddenly branded a Russian spy in the public eye.
Why you using AI for your posts?
burleigh wrote:Chelsea L wrote:In my studies and conversations, I've come to understand that most Alawites don't align themselves strictly with Islam or any religious group per se; rather, they see themselves more as an ethnic community.
The situation in Syria is quite the anomaly when you consider the broader landscape of the Middle East. Here, we have a scenario where a minority ethnic group, the Alawites, have held power over a predominantly Muslim populace. From the outset, this setup seemed primed for conflict, not considering the myriad other historical intricacies of the nation.
Yet, in today's media landscape, we're often fed a black-and-white narrative:
The Assad regime, portrayed as a brutal dictatorship that targets Muslims, is unequivocally bad. Conversely, the narrative sometimes frames even the most violent Muslim extremist groups, who persecute non-Muslims, as somehow justified or "good" in their cause. This oversimplification does little justice to the complex tapestry of Syrian society and its struggles.
Yet if you don't toe this simplified line, heaven forbid, you're suddenly branded a Russian spy in the public eye.
Why you using AI for your posts?
quadzilla wrote:burleigh wrote:Chelsea L wrote:In my studies and conversations, I've come to understand that most Alawites don't align themselves strictly with Islam or any religious group per se; rather, they see themselves more as an ethnic community.
The situation in Syria is quite the anomaly when you consider the broader landscape of the Middle East. Here, we have a scenario where a minority ethnic group, the Alawites, have held power over a predominantly Muslim populace. From the outset, this setup seemed primed for conflict, not considering the myriad other historical intricacies of the nation.
Yet, in today's media landscape, we're often fed a black-and-white narrative:
The Assad regime, portrayed as a brutal dictatorship that targets Muslims, is unequivocally bad. Conversely, the narrative sometimes frames even the most violent Muslim extremist groups, who persecute non-Muslims, as somehow justified or "good" in their cause. This oversimplification does little justice to the complex tapestry of Syrian society and its struggles.
Yet if you don't toe this simplified line, heaven forbid, you're suddenly branded a Russian spy in the public eye.
Why you using AI for your posts?
Beats cross stepping a log!
This was a centre of news a while ago and the first 8 minutes of this report shows some rebellion.