Syrian Govt Overthrown...

[hullexile]

That was quick.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t

[DonDiego]

Good luck figuring out what will come out of that mess. Which one of the many factions will emerge on top and will they be able to work together or will it continue to be war between groups that won't get along jostling for power. Hope they get peace for a while at least...

[Elefant&Castle]

Only 16 years - probably no coincidence Russia can't give much support currently.

I guess he went back to "Alawite state" - rather than flee the country completely.


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[GentleGeorge]

Hooray! The forever wars are over. Democracy has been brought to the Middle East. Never again will Western armies need to venture out there again to liberate people and oil from the clutches of dark skinned despots. The end of history comes only 30-odd years late.

[hullexile]

Good luck figuring out what will come out of that mess. Which one of the many factions will emerge on top and will they be able to work together or will it continue to be war between groups that won't get along jostling for power. Hope they get peace for a while at least...

I have a feeling civil war will continue sadly.

[hullexile]

Only 16 years - probably no coincidence Russia can't give much support currently.

I guess he went back to "Alawite state" - rather than flee the country completely.


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I meant from the start of this offensive from different sectors.

Not only Russia but Hezbollah are also not in a position to help Assad. So Israel helped overthrow Assad.

[FrancisX]

Israel played a key part. Enemy's enemy. Hezbollah loses another ally. Very close to game over for them.

[DonDiego]

Israel played a key part. Enemy's enemy. Hezbollah loses another ally. Very close to game over for them.

It's never game over, if a group disintegrates, it gets replaced by a similar one with a new name just like Al Quaeda. Neither the US nor Russia managed to get rid of the Taliban, you think a minor player like Israel can end any game? That is very naive

[PLamHK]

Good luck figuring out what will come out of that mess. Which one of the many factions will emerge on top and will they be able to work together or will it continue to be war between groups that won't get along jostling for power. Hope they get peace for a while at least...

What surpised me looking at some of the pictures were those of women celebrating this turn of events. They seem to be unaware that their new masters are fairly extreme Islamists, so they won't be allowing them out on the street unveiled/unchaperoned in the pretty near future.

Obviously Assad was bad in many ways, but like Saddam Hussein, his regime was reasonably tolerant of different religions and beliefs. There aren't many places in the Middle East where women are in a better position now than they were 30-40 years ago.

[hullexile]

What surpised me looking at some of the pictures were those of women celebrating this turn of events. They seem to be unaware that there new masters are fairly extreme Islamists, so they won't be allowing them out on the street unveiled/unchaperoned in the pretty near future.

Obviously Assad was bad in many ways, but like Saddam Hussein, his regime was reasonably tolerant of different religions and beliefs. There aren't many places in the Middle East where women are in a better position now than they were 30-40 years ago.

Does depend where they are in Syria and which group has taken control. I would imagine them celebrating whatever if their loved ones were among the hundreds of thousands tortured to death or executed in the prisons by the Assad regime