How and why did Assad lose Syria in just 12 days?

[@Binkov]

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[@jdmac44]

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[@kablanetkablanet989]

I don't know why you're putting Israel in a cauldron that doesn't belong there. Israel is a country that defends itself and doesn't interfere in the lives of any country. It's true that in the Arab countries that are enemies of Israel, there are spies and intelligence officers, but those intelligence officers don't have a mandate to undermine the local government. On the contrary, Israel knows what you in the West have no idea about - only a strong and dictatorial government can maintain peace and quiet in the Middle East. Because without a strong and centralized government in the Arab countries, they immediately become Muslim terrorist states. You'll see Iraq after Saddam and Libya after Gaddafi, and now it will be Syria after Assad, up to a Muslim terrorist state that threatens the West. Besides, Iran and Hezbollah were in favor of Assad's continued rule and didn't undermine him because Assad and his government were based on the Shiite minority and not the Sunni majority. So again and again you in the West don't understand anything but interfere and create the greatest chaos because of perceptions that don't suit everyone.

[@PaulWinkle]

Putins storytellers are angry lol

[@joaquinvaleri7022]

Ukraine 🇺🇦 Argentina 🇦🇷

[@Sirikazy]

The cease Fire in Lebanon is connected to what happened in siria. How it will know in the next year....

[@TurtleChad1]

Assad: "I need a ride, not ammunition"

[@davefox72]

@@TurtleChad1 I never forgot the way Sacha Baron Cohen said of basher "and he looks like a snitch from Miami vice"

[@SolidoNaso.]

This is how fast Putin thought Ukraine would fall

[@hyhhy]

Not exactly sure how long it took for the Istanbul agreement to be signed, but unfortunately it was another ruse. It would have been wise for Ukraine to go with it.

[@routdog72]

@@hyhhy Russia expected Ukraine to go with it when there invasion went off so poorly? If Russia hadn't fallen on its face, 10s of thousands of Russians would still be alive

[@JiTiAr35]

the Syrians teach Putin how to do an SMO properly.

[@pliniojr95]

The RDS is real.😊

[@JustAMapper500]

Ukraine has over 400k troops deployed in defending but ok, ukraine isnt easy to defeat rn

[@k.a.2253]

Will Stiner's offensive turn this war around?

[@a.i1137]

Mein Assad….

[@100dollarcondo4]

Abu Al Steiner

[@twil05]

It seems like forever ago when everything on this channel was hypothetical or historical. Crazy times we are living in

[@Badger_IV.]

2:17 the most normal middle eastern conflict:

[@calebrussell3549]

Fr 😂

[@kablanetkablanet989]

I don't know why you're putting Israel in a cauldron that doesn't belong there. Israel is a country that defends itself and doesn't interfere in the lives of any country. It's true that in the Arab countries that are enemies of Israel, there are spies and intelligence officers, but those intelligence officers don't have a mandate to undermine the local government. On the contrary, Israel knows what you in the West have no idea about - only a strong and dictatorial government can maintain peace and quiet in the Middle East. Because without a strong and centralized government in the Arab countries, they immediately become Muslim terrorist states. You'll see Iraq after Saddam and Libya after Gaddafi, and now it will be Syria after Assad, up to a Muslim terrorist state that threatens the West. Besides, Iran and Hezbollah were in favor of Assad's continued rule and didn't undermine him because Assad and his government were based on the Shiite minority and not the Sunni majority. So again and again you in the West don't understand anything but interfere and create the greatest chaos because of perceptions that don't suit everyone.

[@yarnickgoovaerts]

The only clear thing is that everyone hates ISIS

[@antoniobautista6718]

Least complicated Middle Eastern conflict 🤣💀

[@Negativvv]

I like how everyone hates the two terror groups. Like when they announced the Caliphate, pretty much everyone ganged up on them.

[@ngoha1541]

The French and Afghan are relieved to know that a new army has taken the record for fastest surrender and government collapse (12 days) in modern history.

[@yarnickgoovaerts]

Denmark fell in 6 hours during WW2

[@looinrims]

@@ngoha1541 Iran fell in 6 days to Anglo-Soviet invasion

[@grayghost7216]

@@ngoha1541 2011 to 2024 isn't 12 days...

[@grayghost7216]

@@ngoha1541 It only took 13 years of war for Syria to collapse in 12 days... Ignore the 13 years of war...

[@danghoangluong2942]

@@yarnickgoovaerts denmark is small

[@EternalKhann]

Just released yet already outdated. Kurdish zone has shrunk in the latest 2-3 days and will likely to shrink due to Turkish security concerns.

[@emrefifty5281]

Yeah manbij was conquered over a few days ago..

[@dirtydish6642]

@@emrefifty5281 12:57 shows Manbij not under Kurdish control. Did you guys even watch the video?

[@Badger_IV.]

@@dirtydish6642 outdated map

[@dirtydish6642]

@@Badger_IV. any map over an hour old is outdated with how fluid Syria is right now

[@PauljonesIRL2006]

That is now 3 countriea and 3 regions where Turkey devastated Russias strategic objectives even when other NATO member's like France were siding with Russia out of competing with Turkey for the vacuum. Thats Syria, Karabakh, and Libya, where Turkey, with military moves devastated Russias strategic and long term goals. Thry have effectively wiped Russia out of the Mediterranean completley as a Sphere of significan or usable influence. (something EU NATO allies are afriad to do against Russia directly via military means like the Turks did). The value Turkeys brings to NATO is absolutely immense to America. One of the few allies both capable and politiclly willing to draw the sword and fight all alone in expeditionary warfare without US logistical and air support.

[@troopersteve2992]

They are also responsible for the migrants that flood Europe as they pay the Libyan government and smugglers to keep them poring in and are intentionally keeping the country in a state of disarray so they keep coming through. The Turks are nobody's ally and are willing to destabilize the world just to achieve a power fantasy.

[@sneakysnek8416]

​@troopersteve2992 its cool when the west destabilizes Turkeys region but not vice versa?

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

Turkey is indeed an understated piece of NATO in the East Mediterranean and Middle East equation. There is a question on whether or not they can play nice with the Kurdish militias, who have traditionally been US allies in Syria and Iraq. Irredentist Kurds in Turkey's own territory have been causing them headaches for decades so it behoves them to be wary of strong Kurdish presences on their border. Still, it could be that the fostering of Kurd autonomy in Syria and Iraq could alleviate the pressure on them by entrenching Kurdish subnational homelands.

[@rhodium1096]

You are wrong man!... 1º Russia keep bases in Syria, 2º half of Libya are under Hafter goverment ( Russian ally) and of course the oil fields of Libya, 3º Armenia betrayed Russia removing a pro Russian president and bringing a Soros puppet ( Pashinyan). Now Russia dont have to waste money in Syria and Armenia while have improve economic ties with Turkey and Azerbajan

[@kaanuzunlu9248]

I feel like Americans often forget that turkey is the only secular and advanced country in the Middle East and we hate islamism more then anyone else. Yes our goverment is very Islamic but it doesn’t represent Turkish population by any means, and in the end turkey is in its heart a western country which remains secular and will return to secular and pro western governments in the near future. A weak turkey can not be in the interest of anyone in the modern world.

[@anonymousbrowser4448]

Big loss for Russia and Iran

[@minxythemerciless]

You mostly missed out on the major faction ISIL. It was in control of most of the Euphrates and had its HQ in Raqqa. It had units in most of Syria. The US carpet-bombed Raqqa to oblivion as well as many formations near the Turkish border. ISLIl at times worked with Al-Nusra and other factions and at other times fought them with many massacres

[@mr.y981]

ISIL is dead

[@Chuck_Hooks]

I need a ride, not ammo. --Assad.

[@Oldman5261]

SNA is equipped, trained, and controlled by Turkey. Turkey is hungry for power and dominance in northern Syria. While predicting the future in this region is fraught with uncertainty I do see a potential future conflict between HTS/SDF and SNA or HTF/SNA and SDF. The side that HTS chooses will determine Syrias future.

[@tarkbayraktar9000]

@@Oldman5261 sdf is pkk and not syrian originated. Sdf forced syrian Kurds to join or leave the are and kidnapped their children to fight for them. 1/3 of refugees of 5 million Syrian is Kurds in Turkey, they didnt return to North Syria because of SDF, and most of them came to Turkey after SDF invade that area. Also in north syria sdf controlled zone, most of the population was arabians and then Turks/Turkmens but SDF changed demographic situatio by threatening them to move out.

[@reb6599]

⁠@@tarkbayraktar9000this not true even slightly… most of northern Syria was Kurdish, naturally. Afrin was 80-90% Kurdish before the invasion. Any map prior to the start of the war will show this. SDF does have a lot of Arabic majority areas in its control but most of northern Syria is Kurdish. Also, so what? Diyarbakır is Kurdish, will Turkey leave?

[@tarkbayraktar9000]

@reb6599 u made up this well. I know lots pf syrian, because over 5 million lives with us. All that area was ottoman empire. 5 million of Turks live in Nprtwrhn Syria but 1.5 million of Kurds live in that area. And 7 million of Arabian surian lives there. But sdf/pkk forced whp don support them.i including Kurds. Most of them came to Turkey. Also Diyarbakır is not Kurdish, mostly Kurfish and arabians and Turks. PKK and its supporter epimperyalists claims that it is Kurdish. Also PKK does not mean Kurd so PKK invaded that area and forced Kurds in that area to join them or leave the area. Lets say that all the area sdf invaded is Kurdish, there were millions of Kurds, so why they dont fighr with them? Why UN prepared a report that pkk kidnappwd and forced the kurdish children under age of 18 of that area ? Leader of sdf Mazlum Kobame is well known as a pkk terrorist for 40 years.

[@ilkeribrahim6541]

​@@reb6599 Well protests a lot of major cities controlled by SDF are againts SDF and wanting SNA to come there tells a lot about what people want . There surely kurds lives there, but also other communities too like arabs are majority in most places than kurds. A lot of the kurds also don't support SDF, because they are linked with PKK. If SDF was actual representative Turkey sure would get along with them like they do with Iraqi Kurdistan or Peshmerga. But since they are connected with PKK they are only target for Turkey.

[@simgefirincioglu8795]

I would like to add that, according to the Turkish news. Right now both the Turkish Lira and USD replaced the Syrian Lira as accepted currencies, but there are no laws set on finance yet. Also, we know that Turkish companies will be the primary builders of Syria, and that will definitely give Turkey enough backing to at least influence the country for its own wishes in the future.

[@Yukiethefemboy]

I don't know what u think but turkey has an insane amount of fake news and propaganda

[@hu_man1]

​@@Yukiethefemboy but that also goes for the other countries. They weren't expecting Assad to fall and Germans were thinking Kamala was going to win by 80% percent lmao. It's true that Turkey backs HTS and the region Turkey controls in Syria already uses Turkish lira. Plus the refugees Turkey hosted (more than 3.5 million) learned how to speak Turkish and there's already over a million Syrian Turkmen in Syria. If Turkey won't be an active influence in Syria in the near future I don't know who else will.

[@oguzhan9424]

@@Yukiethefemboy Ah really? And the Turkisch intelligence agency was not praying yesterday in Damascus right? Good luck with your need to be brainwashed

[@arzukeles7793]

Simge sanki başka bir ülkeden bahsediyorsun.sen bu ülkenin vatandaşı değil misin

[@Tennis2016]

Turkmens are 4.5 million strong population in Syria. Kurds are less than 2 million. But western news mentions about Turkmens because they are the same ethnicity at Türkiye. Same goes in Iraq

[@mattks1001]

Are you trying to say western news priorities Turks over Kurds? If so, that’s nonsense. One would think that Turks would get more new coverage considering their important position in the west. But I would strongly disagree that it actually happens. That said, what the Kurds have done in both Iraq and Syria is highly respectable carving out relatively stable regions surrounded by civil war and chaos. Say what you will about the Kurds, but few people groups have shown through their actions so strongly that they deserve autonomy or independence.

[@manofarmageddon92]

Turkish nationalist detected. Used word "Türkiye"

[@christoskynigaris2998]

4.5 million?😂😂 you mean 1 - 1.5 million

[@AlptheSpearo]

​​@@manofarmageddon92Cry more , we always say Türkiye 😂 You guys have some lame complexes.

[@murder.simulator]

Got to hand it to them. They never stopped in 14 years. And when everyone else was distracted they seized the day. Like Eminem said you only get one chance. Opportunity comes once in a lifetime. Don't miss it

[@ld871111]

I will summarize it for you. 1. Russia and Iranian/Hezbollah support had largely left. 2. Economic hardship after 2019 forced Assad to cut back on military spending, lowering pay and reducing headcount. 3. Most units were had only about 1/3 of the men on paper, as many went AWOL to find jobs to supplement the low income (reportedly $30 USD a month only). 4. Rebels were significantly augmented in terms of number and equipment by foreign support (US/Turkey/Israel/Ukraine). 5. Syrian army failed to adapt its tactics, especially drone warfare, leading to losses even in frontal clashes. 6. Assad regime itself is a minority government (Alawites) while majority of Syria are Sunni Muslims. These factors combined eroded the morale and effectiveness of the Syrian army. Most troops simply abandoned their post.

[@ryelor123]

An Arab government/military being corrupt? Who would've thought?

[@khoyyenpoi3391]

@@ryelor123 oil rich province is control by kurd support by usa, assad side is facing economy sanction, so there is little money to corrupt

[@brandonhultgren5776]

Here is to the establishment of a stable, peaceful state which the refugees can return to.

[@khaldrago911]

💯

[@omarma7815]

syrian here, I have been in turkey for 11 years, im returning in 2 months

[@V01DIORE]

⁠@@omarma7815 Good luck, may you and your people make Syria a grand nation. Also if one can please advocate for reconciliation with the Kurds there, the reason they fight is they do not wish to be suppressed just as Syria the same fought to rid Assad’s persecution.

[@MDJONAS]

@V01DIORE there are good signs that we will work with the Kurds well. Most of us do not see them as the enemy and we wish to grant them every right that they lost under Assad. There should be no difference between an Arab, a Kurd or an Aramaic

[@looinrims]

@@brandonhultgren5776 maybe Europe’s crisis will be over with it too

[@jacoblongbrake8230]

This was just one of those times when a rebellion or multiple rebellions are successful not because of planning or assets they received but because of the Syrian Army forces were garbage did not want to fight

[@troopersteve2992]

One thing that I think contributed to the fall of Hama was right before it started to collapse the US was said to have started pressuring the SDF to cancel it's alliance with the SAA and a few of there soldiers began clashing with the SAA at Deir ez-Zur, a few hours later the US did airstrikes in Eastern Syria against Iranian backed militias. It also did not help that most of the SAA's forces where stationed in the south in case of an Israeli invasion and as soon as they where pulled back sweeper cells began to come out which caused mass confusion.

[@alman5568]

Russia ran out of money and weapons. There, saved you 20 minutes of your life.

[@homuneko5070]

you should stop involve russia everywhere and start thinking outside the box of propaganda

[@routdog72]

@@homuneko5070 Russia set up Assad an has strategic bases in Syria. These events are somthing russia would otherwise try to prevent.

[@neutrinos11111111]

​@@homuneko5070 Least mad coping Russian. You will never be a great power.

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

Russia but also Iran and Syria too. The Axis had a big flop.

[@bigbreadtime7624]

Bro was using no garrison

[@MajorHattery]

Really well put together summary of a fairly complicated conflict. This is a great video to show anyone who hasn't been keeping up on what's been going on in Syria.

[@bhangrafan4480]

The common view is that he was unable to pay his army and the soldiers were already deserting and those remaining were disaffected.

[@MDJONAS]

As a Syrian who’s heavily observing the situation there I just want to say that regardless of some people’s optimistic, cautious or even pessimistic view on the future, Assad falling is the greatest thing that has happened to Syrias. Most of us could not sleep that night. In short I think his downfall is because his allies were busy but even then they would have sent him more help if not for how fast his troops were retreating. He encircled his opposition and did not have as many fronts to fight on as before yet they still managed to plan well and blitz their way. Assad’s soldiers are mostly conscripts that can barely afford food as wages are very high, matter of fact most of the population can barely afford food and most people did not like him but were living in fear. Therefore, their moral was low and with the initial successes of the rebels and especially when they took Hama, the army had no moral left apart from a few + people in the south rose up again to fight him.

[@EburdeyGordei4]

Desintegration of Syria - this is the result of your "greatest thing". Chaos and no sovereignty - this is what will happen next, at least, 10-20 years.

[@MDJONAS]

@ I remain optimistic. Assad had no sovereignty at all. Iran and Russia played with him like a football and Israel constantly bombed places in Syria. The new government hasn’t even been formed yet to judge the sovereignty and we are tired of fighting. They will first bring law and order to the massive areas they conquered which is a priority. Then hopefully - unless HTS decides to go full on ISIS on us which doesn’t look like it’s going to happen at the moment, we will reach a diplomatic solution with the SDF as they have stated they do not plan on separating from Syria.

[@JerboGod]

Do you live in Syria or Europe ? Out of curiosity. I wish peace to all of you (and to all the world), from Spain.

[@speedypichu6833]

I am under the impression that for a lot of Syrians, basically anything is looking better than having Assad around, and the prospects of an Assad led Syria seems to have been a constant state of terror. I may be wrong, and there is a lot of uncertainty in what is going on in Syria, but I do hope the state can at least regain stability so another civil war like this doesn’t happen again, at least for a long time.

[@Dratchev241]

You know back in 2003 I remember Iraqis saying Saddam falling was the greatest thing ever to happen... didn't take long for the same people to say "I wish Saddam was still in power"

[@onurerdogan4647]

you forgot to mention turkye wanted to talk with esad 1 month prior to operation but he refuse

[@LarryalShiva]

hello turkish bot

[@abraham2172]

Assad never was keen on making compromises. He wanted absolute power, everything else was unnegotiable for him.

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

@@abraham2172 he who wants everything lost everything.

[@murphy423]

@@onurerdogan4647 who’s Esad? lol

[@JohnSmith-dq7sr]

Disregarding the politics i just hope syrians will have peace and prosperity. Its going to be extremely difficult process with all the blood spilled.

[@charlesrusselliii2952]

Honestly, I just this conflict to end and the people live in peace, but I know better. Thank you for this video..

[@someguydino6770]

looks like Assad will be rooming with Edward Snowden now?

[@EclecticOmnivore]

Kurds. Not saints, not demons. Just humans. They are the best and the worst of us; struggling to be not the worst while fighting to just be.

[@palacete]

Please do not idolize pawns on the geopolitical chessboard of great powers.

[@Ahmad-is2us]

@@palacete You freaking Turks are the mercenaries of literally any power that feeds, yet you have the audacity to insult the Kurds. Tfu.

[@Samm815]

@@palacete They are still people who want a land to call their own.

[@passingby642]

@@Samm815 if texas wanted to seperate itself from the US and gain independence the us army will invade in less than 24h. Separatist don't usually get what they want. Ex: russia, uk, china, sudan, morocco, turkey....

[@mEmory______]

​@palacete they are the most reasonable group in the conflict hands down.

[@sanime9158]

مبارك النصر العظيم يا سوريا الحبيبة المتحررة 💚💚💚

[@johnadm3479]

الحمد لله

[@BensonCaisip]

Assad: I need a ride, not ammunition.

[@philjayhan6120]

🤪🙃

[@privatebandana]

Assad did demobilize a large part of the army because he literally couldn't afford to field such a large army during a ceasefire when basically nothing was happening, and the military salaries were tiny leading to garbage morale and willingness to fight and die for the state. I would say that was the main reason for the SAA collapsing so fast. Also Russia warned the syrian government of an incoming offensive weeks before it happened, but for some reason the syrian army decided to completely ignore it, which if you ask me is because of the vast amount of corruption and disloyal generals the lack of money generated over the years. Regardless this is a huge loss for Russia and Iran, some sources claim that Russia and the new syrian government are talking about a deal for Russia to keep at least one or two bases at the coast, but I guess we'll see.

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

Iranian militias and Hezbollah did a lot of the heavy fighting, plus most of the most experienced Syrian army fighters had left service during the lull in fighting replaced by conscripts. Russia busy and weakened in Ukraine, Hezbollah busy and weakened by Israel, Iran much the same plus Assad distanced himself somewhat to befriend the Arab League, he was in a weak position

[@PresqueIrrationel]

very nice vidéo 👍 on probably the most complicate conflict of our times. Very good details, understanding of all of it and narration. Maybe the best video i have seen from you !

[@timotheegoulet1511]

I have many friends and know of many more people here in Kern County who are essentially refugees from Syria. I have asked all of them if they plan on returning. All have answered a resounding NO due to the current power vacuum and general inability. Also add on top of that a lot of them own and operate businesses here. Further they have become part of the community. Returning now to their home doesn’t make for Socioeconomic sense!

[@indianastan]

Binkov may talk about war with glee . But hopes to be unimportant in peace.

[@marshalllapenta7656]

COUPLE OF THINGS HERE: 1. THE REBELS learned from the last time. 2. TURKEY had a big role to play in this. TURKEY probably took in a lot of SYRIANS..... 3. RUSSIA was TOO BUSY in UKRAINE 4. IRAN was too busy with ISRAEL 5.THE US has a ADMINISTRATION CHANGE IN THE WORKS(That's WHY most of this is HAPPENING NOW!!!!)

[@personofsomething6205]

Iran is not busy lol

[@totallynotalpharius2283]

@@personofsomething6205 Iran warned Assad this was coming / offered to send him troops to bolster the SAA, he didn’t believe them.

[@raraavis5418]

We have 15 million syrian people in turkey

[@marshalllapenta7656]

@@raraavis5418 REALLY??That MANY? I KNEW Syrian people were in TURKEY? I didn't know that MANY?

[@raraavis5418]

@ Yes, that's why Türkiye suffered so much demographically and economically. We are currently clearing Syria of terrorist groups. We are the only state that wants to protect the integrity of Syria. There must be a democratic and safe Syria on our borders. The majority of Syrians in our country need to return to Syria.

[@neofulcrum5013]

Gotta respect the tactics and comeback here

[@CommissarLORDBernn]

They were AFK

[@mathiasrryba]

One of those browser strategy games with pvp when you forget to log in for 2 weeks.

[@chrisschultz8598]

I didn't think I could learn much from a sock puppet. I was wrong. A very concise and well-explained recent history of Syria and its surprising revolution. Thanks.

[@mystikmind2005]

Any regime that does not have strong support from the people of the land will equally not have strong support from its army.... this was well demonstrated in Afghanistan. On the other hand, a regime that does have strong support of the people of the land, is a hard nut to crack.... this is well demonstrated in Ukraine

[@tomg5187]

Well put

[@rmmRmm-y7h]

U know the difference? If you protest against Westen or US government. Will be called terrorist. If a country protest against government, the western and US support protesters and called it's freedom and democracy. Is there any fair?

[@atilasatilmis9986]

it’s about salaries 😉 if people of the land doesn’t get the salary they topple the regime… As long as Ukraine got funded by the West, will continue to fight. No salary? Then similar things will happen in Ukraine as well.

[@mystikmind2005]

@@atilasatilmis9986 Nonsense. While salary is a vital component of a military, it is most definitely NOT the main reason Ukrainians fight or the Afghani's not.

[@atilasatilmis9986]

@@mystikmind2005 salary is the main reason Ukrainians fight for. That’s why Mr. Zelenskyy begging Westerners for money . He knows it very well that if they don’t get funded people of Ukraine stop fighting. Americans did bribe only certain groups in Afghanistan (flying Afghans) that’s why other Afghans showed resistance to the American occupation.

[@missk1697]

This map looks like average hoi4 AI peace deal

[@mustafanaser9789]

I saw some interviews in Arabic where former Syrian army soldiers said that they got commands to take off their weapons and soldier clothing from their officers and generals even before the rebels arrived on front line.

[@uqs57bju]

Seems they had some good officers and generals then. The war was obviously lost before it even began and having someone fight to the end would not change that.

[@TheHeroicE]

Very insightful

[@TheBic4]

Jolani managed to build a better governance than Assad. 4 years of no offensives and Assad squandered that time building a captagon empire. Too many checkpoints and mandatory bribes made civil life bleak.

[@levoGAMES]

Crazy how fast it happened. I left to see family on a Friday, with rebel advance being halted at Hama. Returned on Sunday to see all of Syria (govt. held) had fallen. I love Syria, especially for it being a mostly secular country in the middle east. Hopefully they will democratize and prosper and not succumb to the call of radicals.

[@Anonymous-ld7je]

The rebels don't seem "secular" in any sense of the word with their strong ties to al-qaeda (originally being an offshoot branch of them), so I don't have a lot of hope on that one

[@thanksmaybe4103]

You’re an idiot 😂

[@levoGAMES]

@@Anonymous-ld7je Yeah that's what I - as an outsider - appreciated about the Assad govt., but the Syrians know better what they want so idk. Anything could happen at this point.

[@YoniBaruch-y3m]

Yeah no, the Alawites were the one secular and interracial faction in Syria. We just don’t hear about it because Western media don’t like him.

[@birdinmotion1525]

Finally a map that just show one unified faction controlling Syria

[@lukaszm6309]

The fall of Assad is an example of a cascading system failure. I think we will have more such situations of state failure in the future. I am particularly worried about the Western world in which at least the eastern part of it lives. We may be very surprised in the future.

[@mason103]

Thank you for explaining this Comrade Binkov!

[@Nn-3]

Video starts at 1:48

[@abedjb3189]

More than half of Syrian Army wher destroyed before 2018 after that the bleeding continued. During this time some opposition force developed them self and learned new war Tactics. Plus the number of the Opposition was about equal to the regime but Opposition forces were consentrated in small area unlike the Regime soldiers that had to defend vast land.

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I'm sure this comment section will be sane and rational.

[@peterixon8708]

Thanks. Very useful

[@topvideo7844]

You repeat the Kurdish forces and some will think that they are actually Kurds, but in fact the Kurds do not even constitute 30% of its members and most of them are also from Turkey, and these forces cannot withstand more than one day against any other army without direct support from American aircraft, and if you ask me why 70% of them are Arabs, then they are better than the regime army for the people of the region

[@HajjiJesus]

HTS has been ready to start their battle a year ago. From their speeches, they mentioned that they are ready to start battle in about a years. That was close 3 years ago. It more likely that they waited until their was peace between Hizbullah and Israel so that they are not accused of being with Israel. Also, they were not accepting a domino effect. They were hoping little less pressure on their borders, more territory on Idlib and Aleppo, especially with Asad and Russia bombing them continuously for months. What started as local, became national when Assad forced turned tail. Rest is history.

[@REOsama]

How could you not mention the whole reason this whole war even started! Which is the brutal barbarity of the Assad regime and how they ran the country to the ground

[@GroßeMänner]

What

[@pongii1237]

IDF officer if I ever seen one

[@icyr0bin-794]

binkov is a purely millitary-focused channel, they don't often talk about politics and mostly focus on strategic warfare.

[@REOsama]

@@icyr0bin-794 I get that but this is not a normal war, if you ask a Syrian, like myself, we will tell you this is a Revolution, not a civil war, for a revolution this context is important

[@amorbis4210]

Hi guys

[@philus012]

Hello

[@wearebecomedeathstar2658]

Have you ever noticed that on the Greater Isreal map/patches, that the claim on syria ends at the borders of kurdistan?

[@JohnSmith-tw6po]

'Greater Israel' is like when Russians talk about Alaska - the only people who seriously talk about it are mental cases. There is a genuine Israeli expansionist drive to annex the West Bank but that's pretty much where it ends - and why they gave up the Sinai but not the Jordan Valley.

[@ammaristanbilly9236]

​@@JohnSmith-tw6po yeah but extremists never portray the whole picture. Its always "we just want this one extra piece of land then we're done". Before you know they get that one piece of land and a few new expansionist ideas show up looking to annex another area.

[@datadavis]

@@JohnSmith-tw6po Best case scenario is all of Islam gets erased.

[@ronaldochop4191]

I don't trust either Israel nor America just the other day Isreal airstriked Qamishlo and Hasaka even though Kurds we never against Jews in anyway.

[@10105f]

​@@ronaldochop4191The attack was carried out by Turkey, not Israel. The Turkish Intelligence Agency shared images of the attack on Qamishli. Turkey will not allow the PKK to establish a state on the border. Soon the entire map will be green.

[@silverhost9782]

Relying on Russia to be your sugar daddy was never going to end well. Assad should have made better friends

[@looinrims]

Assad had no friends, it was Russia or nothing, be an Iranian puppet or nothing, etc for Assad

[@hyhhy]

@@looinrims 15-20 years ago, he could have chosen to become a US puppet. He did not, hence his situation in the last 10-15 years. But you're right from the point when the civil war and anti-Assad propaganda campaign was launched. There were no other options for him at that point.

[@Dratchev241]

@@hyhhy the anti-Assad protest didn't happen naturally. it was a CIA op just like in many other states in the area. Every place protests did naturally happen that was against USA lapdogs got brutally crushed, while Syria, Libya ect we were to "support the protesters"

[@julianwroblewski9795]

@@Dratchev241 every protest i don't support is cia operation

[@panderson9561]

Syria has had Russia/USSR as a sugar daddy for decades. Kept his old man in power, kept him in power...until now of course.

[@froggin-zp4nr]

How has the civil war ended? There's still multiple opposition factions, including the Kurds, fighting rebel forces. The US also still has an outpost there to drill for oil and deter fighting against the guys they are backing

[@alisheikh4698]

Kurds are not fighting rebels. Its the YPG PKK infiltrators. There is only these 2 that are attacking.

[@SilentButDudley]

They are in diplomatic relations at the moment and appear to be going well. Many factions are hopeful atm which is a good sign

[@janissturitis2386]

He forget to turn on the forts.

[@Some_Random_Humans]

First of all. Those are not the Kurds.

[@murphy423]

?

[@Genocide88]

but who?

[@TurkicWarrior]

Indeed my brother indeed

[@andrewbrennan2891]

The phrases I most expect to see in 2025 'Establishing a greater Turkey' 'Civil strife explodes in Syria' 'Iran blames USA and Israel for everything bad in the world from the begining of time'

[@jasperpluk]

Funny seeing Assad crybaby’s be mad in the comments 😂

[@1joshjosh1]

You think that is funny ? This is just going to get worse.

[@jasperpluk]

@ yes I think it’s funny that people are still praising that dictator… and if it gets worse is to be seen.

[@Negativvv]

This is surely a pretty big butterfly effect. Bet Hamas and Russia never expected their actions to lead to Assad's collapse.

[@charlesscott4722]

Nothing to do with Hamas or Russia. Assad's army had been collapsing for years

[@Negativvv]

Hamas attack on October the 7th lead to Hezbollah being degraded and Russia's ongoing invasion also stripped support away. Sure Assad's military was poor but it was being propped up by outside forces. HTS and others clearly saw an opening...

[@charlesscott4722]

@@Negativvv Again wrong. You don't seem to comprehend how quick this collapse was. Both Iran and hezbollah were planning to send their troops but cancelled because Assad's forces didn't even try to fight like last time. The Russians were even providing air support but also stopped because Assad's forces were not fighting. This was going to happen regardless of war in Ukraine or October 7th

[@adrianyiu8165]

Syria feels like the game of thrones lmao

[@shawnespinoza9300]

Excellent analysis, thanks!

[@patrickcloutier6801]

It appears that a significant number of the soldiers and militia supporting the Syrian government, were only there to collect paychecks and to be clothed in decent uniforms. The Germans had a similar problem with a number of the foreign, or "Eastern" legions that they recruited, during the war with the Soviet Union. Some were very ready and willing to fight, other formations were only in it, for what good clothing, food, and payment the Wehrmacht might provide. It looks like Assad had his share of the latter.

[@Willy_Tepes]

I think it is the fear of the victor's revenge that makes them renounce any allegiance. Can't really take that as proof of anything.

[@davefox72]

Sir, I need to ask you about your voice. Is this your natural speaking voice? My superpower is my hearing, and there's an element in your voice that I've just never ever heard before in anyone, a kind of almost metallic resonance. Is there a reason behind this? If this is your natural speaking voice I'm really interested in why it sounds the way it does.

[@Ecstasy-91]

Maybe new mic? Or Perhaps AI voice over?

[@davefox72]

@Ecstasy-91 I've been a fan of this channel for a couple years now and the voice has been consistent.

[@JONELMixvidkalingapfans]

no thats ai voice download apps and change your voice

[@korkukokusu8311]

its not ai , i watched this channel for years and its same sound .

[@HarshmanHills]

"cluster duck" love it

[@andrewalderman9489]

He's just being daffy

[@dagdamor1]

They swapped their Advance Wars CO from Flak to Colin and straight-up facerolled

[@woodreauxwoodreaux6298]

The Syrian flag round icon on the map at the 3 minute mark looks like a CountryBall with green stars for eyes.

[@SharpieLEET]

well crafted video

[@palacete]

The analysis does not mention the wheat and oil thief that weakened that country's economy.

[@richardburgess8657]

Great presentation. Thank you. 😎

[@dirtyfranku]

Damn, special military operation in a week

[@nicholasong2760]

The saying goes " Better the devil you know than the devil you dont". In this case assad vs HTS

[@starhalv2427]

Israel felt so threatened by a country split between 8 different groups, that they invaded it and dropped hundreds of rockets

[@edenfromheaven5757]

Israel threetened by unite syria that may come upon us

[@starhalv2427]

@edenfromheaven5757 No, they wouldn't come at them. At worst they'd support Palestine or Lebanon in liberating their land, or retake Golan. They're incapable of invading Israel itself, even if they didn't have tons of opposition groups in Syria. That's just justification Israel uses for "manifest destiny" style expansion to Arab lands.

[@flyingAmerican]

Dropped rockets on military assets! Correct ur comment

[@bmer92k86]

@@starhalv2427good. In the 7th century Islam spread violently into our land after millenia we will remove and cleanse it. Look at history we haven’t lost a single war. We are unstoppable with or without international support

[@myIslamicvideos448]

​@@bmer92k86battle of Khyber. 2006 invasion of Lebanon. By the way, how many wars have you fought, not even 10. Do look at Islamic conquest and than share your so much precious point of view

[@thecommenter9678]

This isn't new in the region, this is just more of the same, but it's interesting from a historical and educational perspective. I feel worst for the people who will suffer under this instability and the inevitable cruelty of the new powers in charge.

[@b21raider27]

Syrian army folded like tin foil. The Russian forces in Syria fled the rebels. The most humiliating defeat this century. At least for the Americans, they didn’t have any forces to oppose the Taliban after leaving the country about a year ago.

[@missk1697]

Except they trained Afghan army for exactly such scenario only for them to just give up, much like the SAA.

[@henrikg1388]

Alawites are not really Shia Muslims. They pose as Shia by the heavy use of defensive taqiyya, meaning it's complicated. They are more cautious than Yezidis. All we can say for sure is that they will suffer heavily under Salafists. Probably worse than Christians. I feel like this is a Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between Turkey and Israel and everyone is caught in the crossfire. Only the Middle East is far more chaotic by nature than Eastern Europe was back then. I don't see a "stabilization" happening anytime soon, and that is what some may have wished for cynically.

[@KALÉSFOOTBALLCLUB]

Israel is not our ally

[@charmcitykid2608]

I see Binkov video, I hit like button.

[@lafielanarchy]

Such a good video in short time. You should be educating the countries of EU at national news.

[@donsessions6436]

I like it better when you didn't have to talk about real war😢

[@OzzieBenzC300]

One of these rebel groups started fighting with the cards up north

[@NL-tq1yr]

HTS freeing Syria faster then KZbin generals can make video about it.

[@conileshm.s8002]

Turkish power..

[@iranazadi7]

khar

[@atakaltay842]

Türkiye the most Powerful 💪🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@uqs57bju]

@@atakaltay842 They haven't been close to the top since the time of the Ottoman empire.

[@steriskyline4470]

Seems so weird to hear al qaeda referred to as "rebels"

[@loanthebank9820]

Not al qaeda

[@abdmzn]

Why? You can be part of any group and still be a rebel, they are rebels, besides, it's a large coalition of many groups many of which are not part of Al-Qaeda, rebels is the most accurate term.

[@sa-k]

Not them; he was from them, this is a well known fact for the majority of Syrians.

[@JABN97]

Anyone fighting official government forces is a rebel, unless they are part of another state’s military forces then they are part of the opposing military. That’s just the definition of rebel. The pro-Russian militia’s fighting in the Donbass war were rebels. The pro-Ukrainian people attacking military locations inside Russia by burning down buildings are also rebels.

[@abdmzn]

@@JABN97 He needs to call them al-Qaeda to fo his Assad apologetics.

[@sergiopiparo4084]

It’s the new Afganistan

[@TnRsPower]

No! Suria is allied with Turkey thats mean Syria will be more open to Europe.

[@besg5725]

Lol. Syria will become a caliphate. Most muslim syrians are hostile to europe and secularism.

[@sergiopiparo4084]

@ Europe? … 😂

[@elturco69]

No, it is not a new Afghanistan, there are more intelligent life forms, but the chaos will continue because Israel and Kurdish terrorists are always a threat to regional peace. And both are supported by the USA

[@palacete]

You dont know.. can be a new Lybia also.

[@kokkaywong4923]

It was the Syria military no longer supported the leader.

[@sionbarzad5371]

no more money that's why, he lost the big earning oil fields in the north east and the sanctions really hit the economy, he was making change money with drugs but just enough to maintain the regime, not enough to truly reinforce it.

[@MeteKarar-yw6sd]

1) SDF doesn't represent all Kurds. 2) Kurds makeup like %5 of Syria's population but SDF controls +30% the land. 3) SDF controls majority Arab populated areas like Raqqa. 4) SDF acts like prison guard of the USA for oil fields in desert and Isis prisoners.

[@iranazadi7]

yes my cousins are putting you inbresd in jail for your terrorism

[@european-one]

2) you ignore that much of the land that Kurds control is not heavily populated. The vast majority of Syrians live in the western most areas of the country 3)FSA control majority kurdish areas like afrin. They looted it when they captured it, and destroyed kurdish heritage sites. Turkey also bombed a UNESCO heritage site there. 4)FSA act as mercenaries for turkey. Turkey directly controls much of the land. For example they administer Kurdish majority afrin.

[@amitkenan3878]

What about the Kurdish territories controlled by Turks and their rebel allies?

[@nhtFB]

@@amitkenan3878 Turkiye dont wanna pkk terrorists next to its border. Afrin, Ayn Al Arab all will be removed 30km from border.

[@Friendlyneighboorhoodspiderman]

We got Turkish propaganda

[@DerDop]

Assad fell because Russia is strong… oh, wait….😂

[@fossilfern]

Why would Russia or Iran bother if the Syrian army were laying down arms ?

[@b-17gflyingfortress6]

It's like saying US Army is weak because Afghan army refused to resist Taliban

[@samueliron997]

​@@b-17gflyingfortress6 well the Afghan did repel the russian aswel so maybe the taliban (afghan) have the strongest army lol

[@number1360]

@@fossilfern cope russian loser haha

[@pliniojr95]

Russia Derangement syndrome is strong in the comments section.

[@FrankDad]

2:14 this is as bad as the web of alliances in ww1

[@michaelgreen1515]

Some of your maps make it look like like the HTS in Idlib and the US backed forces in the South East were allied or even had ideologically similarities which they definitely don't.

[@korkukokusu8311]

wow , only legit information source . thank you binkov , i never expected this from you . and i am ashamed for it. sorry , and thank you.

[@Leo-Orbis]

Peace abhors a power vacuum.

[@Frisia-]

the longer the rebels would have waited, thats more time for hez to repair hierarchy, plus the rebel incursion was already immenent

[@HmzMslm]

Because the russians and iranians realized its no use to held this regie thats why they not strike HTS much enough...

[@Statueshop297]

Also they lacked intelligence of where the rebels were and how to stop them.

[@katenpp]

It`s scary how quickly things can unravel and the regimes or fronts just fall within days. I`m not only talking about Syria and I`m not taking sides here at all. The war in Ukraine goes on for years and then it can just end because one battle is lost or because something happens in Kremlin. Or how the Berlin wall fell because of some misinformation during a press-conference. Many dictatorships folded because of just one uprising that went well, or because of one law. It just makes it a scary world to live in when your life can get affected by some of these changes, and no one even knows how exactly it may get affected (will it get better or will it get worse?).

[@Glasstionempire]

Just like when lil durk got arrested