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Iran, Russia Reel As Assad Regime Falls To Al Qaeda Successor
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani is king of Syria now. Or something.
"Following his talks with a number of participants in the armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, Bashar al-Assad decided to step down as the Syrian President and leave the country, instructing the government to transfer power peacefully," the Russian foreign ministry said Sunday, in what must've been a very difficult statement for The Kremlin to write. "Russia was not a party in those negotiations."
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Do remember that during his first term, DJT stabbed the Kurds in the back when he made an impromptu agreement with Erdogan on a phone call. Something he claimed he was told was an act of “strategic genius”.
Will he stand with them this term?
My best friend is Kurdish. He is from Erbil, and his mother fled from Saddam in the mid 1970’s when the US withdrew support of the resistance. He (my friend) was born in a cave while his mother was living in a refugee camp in Iran. The Kurds have been screwed over so many times it’s hard to count.
Man, those people sure have been resilient in the face of so much hostility and repression.
In the early 1960s when I was still in elementary school I became enthralled by a slim book my father had about the Kurds. Old grainy balack & white photos included. I was so impressed by a caption under one which proclaimed something like “We can roll in the saddle under a running horse and shoot with accuracy. There is no one who can stop us!”
I’ll have to look and see if I still have it.
Very sad story indeed. The net result is a people who do not trust others which leads to all sorts of other problems.
He told himself he was a ‘strategic genius’.
Wow, turned on the news and saw references to US airstikes on ISIS targets in Syria. I guess we don’t want to see another Iraq or Afganistan terror base emerge. Could be right?
Eargerly awaiting our Dear Leasder’s take on this.
From my understanding, Israel and the U.S. are targeting Syrian strategic areas and equipment to prevent ISIS from obtaining them. The situation seems very fluid.
The speed of HTS’s advance, coupled with PM Al-Jalali’s willingness to stay behind and his immediate promotion to head an interim government, makes me suspect that HTS had some support within the Assad regime
I also wonder if Jalali had the support of the US.
Just when I thought that nobody wanted to immigrate to Russia 🙂
US officials have discussed the merits of removing the $10m bounty on al-Jolani, a senior Arab official briefed by the Americans told Middle East Eye. The senior Arab official, who requested anonymity due to sensitivities surrounding the talks, told MEE that the discussions had divided officials in the Biden administration. Meanwhile, when asked about the discussions, one Trump transition official disparaged the Biden administration.
*Meanwhile, when asked about the discusssions, one Trump transition official disparaged the Biden administration.”
But, of course, he did. W. was the great decider; Trump is the great divider.