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The strongest period of the civil war has ended (probably), but there's still ongoing Assadist insurgencies, and the control of the state over the innumerable militias and paramilitaries, which it did not control before the Assad regime fell, is far from solid. Back in May, for example, Assadist paramilitaries committed a massacre of Sunni Muslims, and shortly thereafter, local paramilitaries committed a counter-massacre of Alawites. The central government has formally condemned this, but its power to restrict this ongoing violence remains limited - and, in all truth, it's probably less interested in restricting massacres in pro-Assad areas than in anti-Assad areas.
I don't know how to respond to this but to say I'm anti-assad? This feels pretty clear cut
It's muddy insofar as the government's responsibility for, control over, and actual effort put forward to restrain sectarian reprise-killings is in question. Officially, they've come out strongly against it, and realistically, they probably have little control.
However, some believe, not without reason, that they aren't particularly interested in restraining the reprise-killings, either out of the belief that it will suppress Assadist insurgents, or out of spite against Alawite communities which supported Assad.
The Reuters investigation proved this to be patently false. They organized those death squads.
From your own link:
But I understand that reading your own links is a bit too much effort for you to put in. Why bother with that when you have a narrative to peddle?
Maybe read more than a quarter of the article. But I understand it's a bit much effort for someone like you.
Aw, someone's mad that it was pointed out that their own source disproves their point.
It's funny you think I'm mad, I'm just disappointed there are people like you around here.
Try to work on your reading comprehension and maybe in a couple years you can read through the whole article again.
People with basic reading comprehension?
Yes, I suppose that must be deeply disappointing for people who want to peddle thought-free narratives.