Currently Syria is being Israel's little bitch (for example they allowed them to use their airspace for the initial attack) so I'm not sure this meme is accurate.
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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(for example they allowed them to use their airspace for the initial attack)
Wow I wonder why Syria would allow one of their enemies to attack another of their enemies
The new, ISIS/fundamentalist linked, regime doesn't seem to be the enemy of Israel. They've specifically stopped the clandestine supply of goods and arms to the Palestinians. Allowed Israel to carry strikes inside Syria against their internal enemies.
The new, ISIS/fundamentalist linked
You do realize that ISIS was one of their primary foes, right?
They’ve specifically stopped the clandestine supply of goods and arms to the Palestinians.
By that do you mean the Iranian supply of goods and arms?
Golly gee, I wonder why they wouldn't want the country which supported Assad's regime with a supply of troops and direct Iranian assistance in genocidal massacres continuing to operate in the country?
Must be a mystery - or a love of Israel!
Allowed Israel to carry strikes inside Syria against their internal enemies.
'Allowed'
You mean like Assad 'allowed' it? Or have you forgotten Israel's numerous incursions into Syria during the past decade and a half?
Syria is not, and has not been for a long time, in a position to resist Israeli attacks. Not really sure what you expect the current freshly minted government to respond with.
And, Christ, accusing Israel's 'support' of Alawite communities as being against the Syrian government's enemies?
You mean the strangely recognized new state is rolling over and showing their belly to capitol?
Of course they are. They bought recognition from Trump, months after a revolution. Of course they're not taking stands, they've gotten legitimacy despite their very tenuous status. Not to mention, they've taken a hard stand against Russia... They kind of have to play ball
And what I've heard they've been very reasonable to the citizens and trying to make this a smooth transition. I don't blame them for doing what they have to do... It would be really, really stupid not to
And what I've heard they've been very reasonable to the citizens and trying to make this a smooth transition
Pretty sure the thousands of people who have been killed by regime aligned death squads in the last few months disagree. But whatever.
Well if that's the case I'd obviously change my opinion
Got some sauce for me?
What OP said is patently false as demonstrated by this in depth investigation by Reuters.
After going through all these links, I'm inclined to agree. I think I was correct initially...
The rest of this feels like bullshit to me. .
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 central government has formally condemned this
The Reuters investigation proved this to be patently false. They organized those death squads.
From your own link:
President al-Sharaa has ordered a committee to investigate the violence and set up “civil peace” mediations.
Yasser Farhan, the spokesperson of the committee, said the president will receive its findings in two weeks as the committee is currently analyzing information then writing its final report based on testimonies and information gathered from over 1,000 people, in addition to briefings from officials and interrogations of detainees. He advised Reuters against publishing its findings before the report's release.
“We are unable to provide any responses before completing this process in respect for the integrity of the truth,” he said, adding, “I expect that you will find the results useful, and that they uncover the truth."
One official of the new government, Ahmed al-Shami, the governor of Tartous province, told Reuters that Alawites are not being targeted. He acknowledged “violations” against Alawite civilians, and estimated around 350 people died in Tartous, in line with what Reuters also found. That figure has never been published by the government.
“The Alawite sect is not on any list, black, red or green. It’s not criminalized and it’s not targeted for retaliation. The Alawites faced injustice just like the rest of the Syrian people in general” under Assad, the governor said. “The sect needs safety. It’s our duty as a government which we will work on.”
In a sign of the government’s tenuous control over its own fighters, newly integrated factions faced off in village streets at times, according to witnesses in three different locations who all described seeing one side trying to protect bewildered civilians from uniformed men trying to kill them.
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.