Syria now 'seething cauldron' of militias vying for control post-Assad

[@Frankthezenguy]

Wow, what a surprise. I mean, I could have never in a million years imagined that this would occur....

[@ak203]

You win the irony prize.

[@YUDNSAY]

Total shock....

[@geofo60]

Autocracies take a while to fall but when they do it's often when it's least expected.

[@carltaylor6452]

@@geofo60 Whoosh!

[@singing-sands]

😄

[@jon9625]

Having an alqaeda off-shoot military movement in charge is not a great start

[@kalaini]

She also says Syria is different and I call BS on that.

[@toddfulton2280]

@jon9625 Yes, it's very sus However, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Italy, etc etc, were all terrible dictatorships in the last 100 years. We had to give them a chance.

[@香蕉然]

puppy of Isreeel

[@robertdavies8305]

This problem happened in Iraq, Afghanistan and every other Middle Eastern country that had a change of government. Too many factions in the countries all want their share of the wealth and power.

[@oussamaalaoui9121]

Afghanistan is not in the middle east

[@markconway3481]

Correct 😊

[@susansmith9263]

True...Libya, Tunisia, Iraq, Egypt...Mubarak was overthrown and yet Egypt has another strongman Dictator in Al-Sisi. In Iraq, an insurgency continues in the north. Still curious what happened to the $12 billion in US currency, transported to Iraq in 2003, 2004. $9 billion went "missing". The EU offered to help rebuild Syria. Hope they hold off until they know who these characters are. I smell corruption.

[@Ancestor_Numero_Uno]

How it is and how it will be: Once upon a time, a scorpion wanted to cross a river but couldn't swim. Seeing a frog nearby, the scorpion asked, "Could you carry me across the river on your back?" The frog hesitated and replied, "But if I let you on my back, you'll sting me, and I'll drown." The scorpion assured the frog, "If I were to sting you, we would both drown. It wouldn't be logical for me to do that." Considering this, the frog agreed and allowed the scorpion to climb onto its back. Midway across the river, the scorpion stung the frog. As the venom took effect and they both began to sink, the frog gasped, "Why did you sting me? Now we'll both perish." The scorpion sorrowfully replied, "I couldn't help it. It's in my nature."

[@user-zz8lb6bd7p]

We all hope they can find peace, forgive and move on to create a successful state

[@Lyle-In-NO]

Sadly, revenge is the deadliest contagion known to man.

[@AahFukIt]

Similar to how we in the West left Libya in ?

[@lumo5691]

As long as they leave ISRAEL alone, contain we won't be involved. Hands off Israel ❤ Best of luck to Syria 🇸🇾

[@tiglishnobody8750]

Uh Israel just attack Syria anyway

[@andibpunkt-o8c]

There are rumors of a deal between Turkey and the new Syrian leaders, with much of the military equipment left behind by the Russians reportedly going to the Ukrainians. I like that.

[@andrewst9797]

Turkey/Erdogan, the megalomaniac wants a new Ottoman empire.

[@Reina.Nijinsky]

happy to see Syrians 🇸🇾 from Lebanon 🇱🇧 heading back home to help rebuild their country ❤️ Attention Syrian 🇸🇾 refugees especially from the United States 🇺🇸 you can go back home now & help rebuild ur country as well!👍🏼

[@toddfulton2280]

@@Reina.Nijinsky lol, please leave go home now lol

[@香蕉然]

now they can be slaves of isreeeel 😅

[@benjones4365]

This woman is living in a dream world.

[@cathiehutcheson6556]

The people of Syria should form the Syrian government, not a bunch of religious fanatics with guns.

[@paulman1970]

American here. Does the Times report impartially on Israel, or does it have an anti-Israel bias like the BBC?

[@andrewst9797]

Good question.. Bit of both?

[@gleeart]

Safe to say no ones' as bad as the BBC regardless

[@Andygb78]

Maybe they're not alone. You could also include the ICC with their arrest warrants.

[@NoWarFools]

People are going to be wishing for Assad to come back real soon

[@Halberstramshaberdashery]

The only way the US and UN should be giving economic aid to Syria is if there is no application of Islamist law and any form of religious minorities having rights taken away. If they agree, great. If not, we should be a thorn in Syria’s side.

[@farzad6908]

Not likely. The religion is not forgiving or tolerant

[@AkbarArghandiwal]

Generalization at max! Syria different from Afghanistan? Taliban is different than HTS? How? Both are radical groups. Instead of fantasying, LEARN what happened in Afghanistan. First test will be an election where all ethnics can participate. If that happens, Syria will be on the right path.

[@markconway3481]

Very true indeed 👌

[@stevec6232]

What a surprise...

[@farallimacha]

1."Leave us alone and let us sorted out ourselves ". 2. "We need asylum, our government killing us". Nothing changes there.

[@DOCTOR-y8l]

Syria should be allocated to the various groups.

[@paulphotios3920]

Still recomend reading homage to catalonia an autobiography by george Orwell on the spanish civil war. Spain was a proper civil war with multiple factions and foreign proxies involved. Very complicated just as Syria.

[@peterrauth3387]

Syria is not going to get one cent, one penny, one shekel of international aid, until it shows itself to be a democratic and inclusive country. Which may never happen - although I hope not.

[@benjones4365]

Let's hope not. But I already heard the EU talking about providing money to Syria.

[@chuckknight]

Are they capable, as a culture, of democratic self governance? And do they need to be? Several Islamist states are monarchies. That doesn’t make them enemies, it just makes them different. Jordan, for instance.

[@peterrauth3387]

@@chuckknight All of what you say is true. I just don't think the hard pressed taxpayers in the West will stand the costs of reconstructing Syria, without significant political reform.

[@oussamaalaoui9121]

​@peterrauth3387 well aljoulani said that he will make a capitalist syria with Ryle of law We just need time to see if that happens

[@UniversalAwareness101]

Do not allow russia to take their armament out of syria. . Demand that russia return assad to syria before any negotiations begin

[@YUDNSAY]

More research will help your understanding.

[@geofo60]

They were moving hundreds of their soldiers out yesterday, along with the airforce and the port of Tartuk appeared to be empty of Russia's warships and submarines as was seen in satellite images. I can't imagine why the Syrian people would want a Russian presence in their Country after the destruction of so much of their cities and towns.

[@andibpunkt-o8c]

Alot of it will go to Ukraine. There is allready a deal between Turkey and and the new Syrian leader. That´s a good thing.

[@markeddowes1467]

Yeah, as she said, time will tell………😐

[@davidboskett5581]

Lets hope peace will prevail in Syria but based on its past history and the mix of religions and different ethnicities it will be a miracle if it happens. And I am sure a lot of people will try to seek revenge for past injustices

[@oussamaalaoui9121]

Against assad's lovers ? Who cares about them

[@georgialee01]

You know I have to agree. I think you are should stay out. Whatever we’re involved things go bad. These people need to know they can do things on their own. And I hope they can.

[@tonyinhbolero4815]

Leave them alone

[@siskat661]

But do they want to be left alone? I big population of Syria has tested life in democratic countries and I wonder how they will settle on their own. No country in an island , there must be alliances , but at the same, I wish they can be left alone.

[@zie9171]

People talking Al Quada, terrorist, forget Mandela was a terrorist before prison time.

[@patricity9355]

I mean south africa is worse off now then they were during apartheid

[@gleeart]

Hey great visuals!: seven guys boogying in a road holding a bit of cardboard

[@DOCTOR-y8l]

Each faction should get a different part of Syria..

[@olgabiddix1536]

I wish Syrian people peace, prosperity, and justice!🙏

[@jfjoubertable]

South African and Rwandans can help by sharing their own experiences of healing

[@JosephNZUK]

The mess that South Africa is in is not worth copying.

[@victoriaa9107]

Let the Kurds be strengthened, they allow religious freedom

[@jithinpoliyedathmohanan7237]

without taking concerns of Israel,Turkey,Lebanon and USA it is impossible to achieve any sort of stability Kurds, Druze, Arabs,Christians,alawites,shia,sunni, Turkemans all of some want to dominate or some want to be left alone have autonomy I see dark days ahead for Syria but the sun will definetly comes out

[@hoaxheaven]

Lol, a "seething cauldron" of happy, celebrating people, and an optimistic new leadership, lol? A happy, seething cauldron, whodda thunk it.

[@hoaxheaven]

War mongerers have to maintain...the unrest... "What if, things go south, what if, what if, what if, people must always live in fear."

[@carltaylor6452]

Optimism or naivety?

[@hoaxheaven]

@@carltaylor6452 You can be afraid of nothing I choose not to. I am just eating popcorn, and you are shaking, I suppose?

[@toddfulton2280]

@@hoaxheaven Yeah, it's a good sign that people are flocking back to Syria. But not everyone is as hopeful. Wait and see.

[@subtropicalken1362]

Well if they are fighting each other, I don’t see a problem. 🤷‍♂️

[@sylvianorah1367]

Zero experience??? Why didn't you bring the ones with experience Let people be

[@tunaking1]

Lol, bring this lady back in a month!

[@Andygb78]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

[@FunkySpaceLord]

Erdogan VS Putin in Armenia 🇹🇷1 - 0🇷🇺 Erdogan VS Putin in Libya. 🇹🇷1 - 0🇷🇺 Erdogan VS Putin in Syria 🇹🇷1 - 0🇷🇺

[@telebubba5527]

Erdogan was not VS Putin in Armenia. In fact he supported Putin with the annexation fo Nagorno Karabakh.

[@FunkySpaceLord]

@@telebubba5527 As Azerbaijan has launched attacks and reportedly seized more territory inside Armenia’s borders,Armenia has appealed to its treaty allies to come to its defense. But the tepid response has further eroded Armenians’ faith in their allies - most notably Russia. the day the fighting started, Armenia’s government initiated a video summit of the heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the mutual defense pact led by Russia and also including Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. The next day, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan formally invoked the CSTO’s collective defense provision, seeking “military aid for restoring the territorial integrity of the country.” The appeal was in response to Azerbaijan’s unprecedented attacks against targets inside Armenia, launched the day before. Article 4 of the CSTO charter states that: “In the case of aggression (an armed attack threatening safety, stability, territorial integrity and sovereignty) against any Member States, all other Member States at request of this Member State shall immediately provide the latter with the necessary aid, including military.” The CSTO’s answer has been less than immediate. The organization resolved to send a fact-finding mission,. Before the mission even arrived, the organization said it did not anticipate sending peacekeepers. CSTO is a joke

[@FunkySpaceLord]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed full support for Azerbaijan’s military operation in its ethnically Armenian breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkey is an old ally of Azerbaijan and views Armenia as one of its main regional rivals. “We support the steps taken by Azerbaijan - with whom we act together with the motto of one nation, two states - to defend its territorial integrity,” Erdogan said in an online statement on Tuesday. Ankara supplied Azerbaijan with combat drones and other military equipment that helped Baku win back swaths of the breakaway region in a short but brutal war three years ago. “As a result of the legitimate and justified concerns it has repeatedly expressed regarding the situation on the ground in the nearly three years since the end of the Second Karabakh War, Azerbaijan has had to take the measures it deems necessary on its own sovereign territory,” the Turkish ministry said.

[@paulphotios3920]

And the US/Israeli oligarchs are hiding in the background

[@mccloryjim]

Why do the aforementioned get to decide the future of Syria, why can't the syrian people get to have a say , Libya 2.0

[@KatySei]

You can't put your future in Al Qeada hands.Who exactly elected them for that part?

[@oussamaalaoui9121]

They are not Al Qeada

[@ernestoaboy7542]

Soon these militias will turn their guns to each other....the power vacuum in Syria is a magnet to fight each other for supremacy 😅😅

[@chrimbus71]

Southport

[@davidhirschy8761]

Trump original statement of not getting involved dealt with the up rising. But he and others will want to get involved because he’s a developer and what do developers do develop.

[@sjl197]

Which of his many failed initiatives is the template?

[@Lyle-In-NO]

Yes, collective West. Keep your grubby hands of Syria. Well, unless the fighting starts again. Or, if there's oil involved. Oh, wait! Don't forget about the jews!

[@toddfulton2280]

@Lyle-In-NO There's nothing in Syria that the West needs. The US is currently the world's largest producer of oil. We're there fighting IS. It might be surprising, but our only interest in Syria is a hope that they will join the West in respect for individual rights and free trade. As for Israel, the Druze are literally asking to be annexed by Israel because they are scared of the Islamists and know Israel is much better.

[@HuggieGirl2]

This is about about greed and power. All countries that attempt to get involved are doing so for their own interests. They may claim to want to "help" the people of Syria, but that is not the real reason for their involvement. Furthermore, I am a Christian and study my Bible every day and this leader of HTS may be a certain person prophesied in the Holy Bible. Time will tell. But I also think that even though Assad is out, the people of Syria may be in a even worse situation. Speak like a lamb, act like lion.

[@Brian-mt5qk]

Al-Jolani aka Jesus Christ

[@bryandimery6509]

Wars going SO BAD for ukraine and nato, that they wont mention whats happening in ukraine anymore. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewst9797]

Angela Merkel⁉ You are wanted in 🇸🇾Syria

[@barriewatson]

Stop trying to press our ideas on these people LEAVE THEM ALONE I hear here ideas of how to we can stick our noses in .

[@KieranONeill-k4r]

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