Syria & Middle East News Catch-all | Lebanon Finally Elects a PM

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finesse said:
I don't see anybody I want there. Let them sort it out. I don't see that we have anything at stake that's worth bothering with.
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Won’t get any argument from me. Just a bunch of varying degrees of bad in that one.
 
RaiGuy said:
I'm not a fan of Assad, but I'm not a fan of the rebels either. Most aren't Syrian. This guy, for instance, is not speaking Arabic. Sounds Turkish to me. Also, don't think that replacing Assad with religious extremists is any better for the long run.
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Hay'at Tahri al-Sham's muscle is Chechen and Uzbek. Sounds Chechen.
 


If/when Homs falls (1.5 million people live there), the last stand will be Damascus, an ancient city with a population of 2.5 million people — just in between the population size of Chicago and Houston, for reference.

[There are about 2 million people living in Aleppo]
 
good look at control over time
www.nytimes.com

See How the War in Syria Has Changed

A surprise advance by Syria’s rebels has redrawn a conflict marked for more than a decade by unusual, shifting alliances.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

any way you cut it, Iran is worried. Their deterrent in Gaza has been obliterated. Their deterrent in Lebanon has been decapitated and is in disarray, having to sign a IDF dictated cease fire. Their economy is in shambles and their youth continues to rage. Now, their man in Damascus, is in serious risk as the Russians leave. The Turks and their brethren seem in charge.
 
Batt Boy said:
good look at control over time
www.nytimes.com

See How the War in Syria Has Changed

A surprise advance by Syria’s rebels has redrawn a conflict marked for more than a decade by unusual, shifting alliances.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

any way you cut it, Iran is worried. Their deterrent in Gaza has been obliterated. Their deterrent in Lebanon has been decapitated and is in disarray, having to sign a IDF dictated cease fire. Their economy is in shambles and their youth continues to rage. Now, their man in Damascus, is in serious risk as the Russians leave. The Turks and their brethren seem in charge.
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Sounds like a great time to undermine the one joint defense arrangement that ties Turkey to the West.
 
I wonder where Assad flees to in exile?

Iran? UAE? Saudi Arabia? Russia? France?

The Assad family likely has billions $$$ squirreled away.
 
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