Syria is such a mess, I'd need multiple hours of research to understand what's going on there. All I know is that Assad started attack rebels and using nerve gas against civilians around 2015 or so. There have been waves of refugees ever since. Somehow both side are muslim and hate each other bitterly due to some cultural history. But that's probably also a misrepresentation of what's going on.
this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2024
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It started as a genuine attempt to remove Assad the dictator but unfortunately due to big powers interests in the country, it got ruined. Each power is funding certain groups
Another proxy war? What's so important about Syria?
What do the blue and red arrows even mean? Friend and foe?
Blue is supporting and red attacking
Turkey is also at war with Rojava
I mean not another; it's the proxy war in the region.
I feel quite anxious trying to make sense of geopolitical events like this, especially given I'm ashamed of how little thought I gave to Palestine before Israel escalated from apartheid to all-out genocide; as you say, this is a ridiculously complex situation, and the snippets we get on the news are ridiculously oversimplified at best, and egregiously biased at worst.
Syria seems like a far away, foreign land where conflict is the inevitable norm. But it feels like that's something that I'm meant to think, because it's politically useful for people like me to think that way. Unfortunately, simply knowing that you're subject to propaganda is far easier than actually gaining a more full and nuanced understanding of a conflict.
Article says the rebels going in are Islamists. Sadly, I don't think life will get much better in Syria and will definitely worsen in Kurdistan.
Kurdistan will unfortunately get obliterated by Turkey now.
The rebel military are using latest and advanced Turkish drones and artillary. It's no brainer who is backing them this time
They're not religious extremists. They're "rebels". Probably "moderate rebels". Because they're servants of the empire that we live under. \s
It's like how the terrorist attacks on Lebanon are just genious war maneuveurs as part of a ~~genocide~~ war.
Listen to more NPR if you can't keep up.
Russian support pulled out?
No, they are bombing rebels. But Assad backers are kind of tied up elsewhere between Ukraine and Israel.
Dschihadists vs. Assad (backed by Russia)
Damn, which side do I pick? Either way, the civilians are the ones who are f*cked once again...
When the hegemonic narrative supports "rebels", then you know the imperial terrorism is strong.