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A Struggle For Influence Among Minorities Begins In Syria

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A Struggle For Influence Among Minorities Begins In Syria

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Written by Damir Nazarov

The events in Syria are increasingly acquiring the features of the “Libyan analogy”, when the country is effectively divided into three or four zones of influence of various factions. Under the new regime, Syria has already moved towards a split, and the beneficiary of the division of the country is precisely the militants of the former Jabhat Nusra, and not the external intervention. A number of activists from among the Alawites, Druze and Kurds rightly note that due to hopelessness against the backdrop of terror from the HTS militants, they have to turn to the Zionists for help, since no one else has shown initiative to protect the minorities of Syria.

The al-Julani regime, with its sectarian behavior towards the minorities of Syria, has given the Zionists a big gift, although earlier it was regularly warned that if it did not stop its sectarians, Syria would disappear. Now Zionism openly says that the south of Syria is “Israel’s strategic depth”, where the Druze are the main figure in the new alliance. Similar plans exist with regard to the Alawites, where voices are also heard calling for an alliance with the Zionists* and the SDF.

A Struggle For Influence Among Minorities Begins In Syria

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A Struggle For Influence Among Minorities Begins In Syria

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But is everything so simple for Zionism? At first glance, it seems that “Israel” is winning. Formally, Syria is divided into cantons, and in the future, from Damascus to Aleppo, we can expect endless strife between the Sunni and pseudo-Salfi insurgency. Therefore, if we consider what is happening through the prism of the confrontation between “Israel” and Iran, then outwardly the state of affairs looks preferable for the Zionists. But if we consider the situation in the general context, then the picture is completely different.

As Trump’s grip on the international community weakens, the Iranians will take advantage of this, including in the Syrian arena, which explains why former officers of the Assad regime, who remained loyal to the Iranians and Hezbollah, are waiting in the wings. Part of the southern rebels from the FSA, seeing what is happening, understands that the Tahrir al-Sham regime is completely inadequate, and Zionism will sooner or later seize Damascus and move on. The Syrians will be offered to serve the Zionists and many will do so due to their total poverty. Thus, the aforementioned factions of the south will have no choice but to enter into an alliance with the IRGC (spoiler – some factions did so a month ago). The only obstacle to broader cooperation between the various FSA factions*1 from Hama to Daraa with Tehran is Turkey, but with the help of China, this barrier will be destroyed.

As for the Alawites and Druze, there has been an Iranian presence there for a long time (about 13 years). Let me remind you that an organization like Jaysh al-Muwahhidin has been cooperating with the Iranians and Hezbollah all this time. An additional problem for the Zionists is the fact that there is factionalism in Suwayda, which in the future promises to develop into a struggle for power in the event of the declaration of autonomy.

In the Alawite camp, despite the “pro-Zionist statements” of some religious people, the “Coastal Shield Brigade” has appeared, the initial goal of which is liberation from the dictatorship of the HTS, but it is obvious that they will not like the presence of Zionists on the coast.

Even in the Kurdish issue, things are not so clear. The SDF is of course ready to cooperate with the Zionists, but they realize that at the moment there has been nothing but diplomacy, that is, we have not recorded, for example, direct deliveries of weapons from “Israel” to the Kurds of Syria. But even if the “David Corridor” project is successful, the Kurds will be extremely cautious, fearing a negative reaction from the Muslim region. Therefore, they keep in mind the option of secret cooperation with Iran and its allies (for example, Iraq), which will help them balance and keep “Israel” at a distance. A counterweight to the Turks also takes place. Regarding the channels of communication between the SDF and Tehran, two important links should be highlighted here: the Shammar tribe, known for its long-standing relations with the Islamic Republic, and northern Iraq, where an alliance was recently formed between the PKK and Hashad al-Shaabi to repel Turkish intervention.

In connection with these facts, what is happening inside the minorities of Syria cannot be written off as a “victory for “Israel””.

It seems that the following tactics, consisting of several stages, dominate among the minorities of Syria. 1 – use Zionism to get rid of the jihadists and limit Turkey’s influence, 2 – after declaring its autonomy, organize cooperation with Iran to create a counterweight to the Zionists and perhaps even the subsequent expulsion of the occupiers in the event of a favorable political climate on the Syrian scene.

Zionism is needed by Syrian minorities for international recognition, after the Alawites, Druze and Kurds of Syria are recognized within the framework of a “new republican Syria” without takfirism or as cantons of a decentralized Syria, all three (even the Kurds) will look for an opponent to Zionist influence, for which Iran is ideal.

Everyone knows that Zionism is a lame duck that most elites of the international community are ready to abandon, there is a struggle and the last key allies of Zionism in the person of neocons – evangelicals from the US Republicans will definitely be broken. Everyone in the West knows this game, including the religious minorities of Syria, so why shouldn’t they take advantage of the current situation, especially against the backdrop of threats of genocide from jihadists?

* – Observers note that Mossad has long ago (June 2024) created fake pages on social networks about the Alawites of Syria who are “at risk” from jihadist gangs. In this way, Zionism is trying to create the impression of being a “friend of the Alawites of Syria.”

*1 – I emphasize that I mean the remnants of the moderate Syrian faction of the FSA, and not the international jihadists or local takfirists from Tahrir al-Sham Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Izza and the like.


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Anya

putin and assad are human only on paper. what they did to their tiger forces, not even a devil would do to another devil. not even worms, rats, spiders, and toads would be capable of such betrayal.

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European woman

their 14 years of war left palmyra destroyed.

anon

put the blame where it lies – the thieving turka and zionists, the us regime change merchants with their legion of proxy headchoppers and kurdish whores.

The Clash

everyone who could, took a slice. you can see their crumbs leftover. russia is still in the middle east. europeans, north america (x. mexico) it’s likely a “warm-up” and using old stocks. ukraine is all old stock. for our favourite game, ww3!

Anya

putin and assad abandoned their allies to al qaeda and therefore deserve to be killed in moscow by a nato missile. these two are a disgrace to the entire human race. if i called them dogs, i would have to apologize to my pet chihuahua.if i called her a rat, she would have to apologize to the rats in front of the hole, because what they did to their allies hezbollah and their tiger forces, not even biden did it in afghanistan.at least biden got them out of afghanistan. even if they are starving

anon

why blame putin? how can putin defend syria if the syrians just pack up and go home?

Laurenz

why the russians should invest the lives of their soldiers for useless peace of land again? are you stupid?

Last edited 1 month ago by Laurenz
Karl Pomeroy

for assad, i’m sure th alternative to fleeing was death. meanwhile, russia has its hands full, dealing with the kazar regime in ukraine. the atrocity is that the west supports syria’s new terrorist “government”.

Last edited 1 month ago by Karl Pomeroy
The Kurd

i remember arab and russian soldiers making fun of kurds when turkey attacked us and mocking us for the usa abandoning us. now the alawite population are protesting in front of the russian base to protect them and all south front has the say is … but the jews.

TomB.

you kurds are the biggest morons in the whole region, refusing assads offer to fight together the islamists and the occupators you could get maximum autonomy and rights. instead you choose the shlomos and us as theyr prostitutes, who will betray you 4sure.

The Kurd

be honest, assad never made such proposals! kurds literally had zero rights, not even citizenship! in contrary, assad could have reached out to kurds in return for autonomy but he didn’t. he wanted full control over kurdish areas and risked it all. hell, even hts is even more welcoming towards kurds.

zman

boy, what a whopper of bs. first, assad gave kurd’s sanctuary for many years from turks and iraq. second, kurds and syria did have talks after the u.s. had thoughts of dumping them for the turks. kurds then did about face as the u.s. made new overtures and made new bases in syria. this is why many say ‘f’ the kurds and call them backstabbers. now you climb in bed with hts? you get what you deserve.

The Kurd

kurds in iraq have already autonomy so what delusional world are u living in? we are also not in bed with hts because they also want to rule over us. we dont want neither and just want to be left alone whether assad or hts, whoever wants to come for us, we will fight them. maybe focus on your own people or u guys wouldn’t be such a miserable situation. i guess u guys get what u deserve as well

kotromanic

the jews need you as a corridor to attack iran but one day they wont and you will be left alone well with the turks. perhaps you can appease them by reminding them of the good old days when you killed armenians together.

Last edited 1 month ago by kotromanic
Karl Pomeroy

everybody, even me, has to live in one country or another. we can’t all have absolute freedom just because we want it. we have to abide by the laws of country we live in.

anon

the kurds are the whores and traitors of the middle east. they always whore themselves out to foreign enemies. they stole syria’s oil and grain and sold it to israel. if erdogan wipes them out, they don’t deserve any better.

Culani very bad

turkey gived a change to colani. but colani not capable to return rojova (kurdistan) land back to syria main land. turkey must invade rojova and add it to turkey territorry. otherwise kurds will sell petrol , oil buy weapins and will use it against turkey. 100 million kurd population will be dangerous for turkey

The Kurd

i see videos of alawites being slaughtered and calling for kurds and other minorities to rise up as well. a part of me feels bad for them but then i read here how u guys think us. makes me realize its maybe just better to let u guys fight each other and leave us out of it. for sure if u guys are done, u will turn your guns against us.

kotromanic

the only chance of survival for christians, alevites, shiites and kurds in the region was to find a way to cooperate against al quaida. the drus may survive as the pets of isreal but all others will be fed to al qaida. just listen to the news in europe “government troops” al quaida fight against former “assad regime troops” alevite militias they frame it so ther people feel good when al quaida kills minorities.

Last edited 1 month ago by kotromanic
The Kurd

i partially agree, i rather see us work together and fight these islamist extremist, but as u can see above, why help a side that doesn’t see us as their equal and also hate us. naah fuck that, let them finish each other. the weaker they are, the more chance we have fighting what is left of the “winner”.

kotromanic

if both sides were of similar strength this might have worked but al quaida is now running the government with the blessing of isreal, turkey, the arab league, the gulf cooperation council and the eu and nato as well.

Malcolm Z

you forgot to write about christians which are a majority in some parts of syria and most of them dont support hts for obvious reasons. in fact groups and tribes want to control borders which is esencially for commerce and trade

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kotromanic

with this unholy aliance of al quaida, turkey and isreal they have no chance. isreals pr power will make the world cheer al quaida while killing christians and alevites.

japie

just as nato and israel were helping isis nd hts during assad rule minority alawites need to be protected as well.current syrian hts terrorist regime are wiping out all former soldiers and assad tribe.

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japie

putin betrayed assad and erdogan betrayed putin.putin destroy best syrian tiger special forces to enable the enemy forces to infiltrate government held area.just to please erdogan.he mix tigers with defectors.

kotromanic

i know russia did nothing but where did you get that russia destroyed the tiger forces?

The Kurd

some disquieting videos have popped up on telegram channels. no fan of assad but these islamist savages have again proven not being capable of running a civilized nation.

European woman

this man can’t have fans, only enemies because of what he did to his country and end ultimately even to his own soldiers… there is no person who could like such a person.

European woman

what would you say if a female teacher who spent forty-one years taking children to syria to see palmyra paid a group of tajiks (for her ninetieth birthday) assassinating bashar al-assad in moscow? and my daughter, a judge on the high court?

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Lena

israel should divide the entire country among kibbutzim.

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zman

israel won’t exist soon. turkiye has bit off too much, joulani will be assassinated sooner or later and this shit-show will end. then you’ll see syrians throw out the turks, kurds and their terrorists. israeli fake jews will be fleeing to ukr, their real homeland.

kotromanic

care to say how the devided arabs who fled from isis and al quaida and watch al quaida kill civilians are supposed to do that?

A.H.

only crematoria stop zionist expansionism.

Turks in Germany

putin and assad have betrayed all their allies from iran to hezbollah. putin is a crypto-jew, the son of a khazar woman, so i’m not surprised. for this dirty betrayal, he got parts of ukraine. but that bashar al-assad, whom i considered a good person, did this vile thing? to his army and his people? the nato military should find him in moscow and he should be tried by german soldiers of turkish origin.

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Culani very bad

turkey gived a change to colani. but colani not capable to return rojova (kurdistan) land back to syria main land. turkey must invade rojova and add it to turkey territorry. otherwise kurds will sell petrol , oil buy weapins and will use it against turkey. 1000 million kurdistan population very dangerous for turkey.

Last edited 1 month ago by Culani very bad
kotromanic

i think it was the new iranian leader who dropped the ball no matter if on purpose or not. russia was never able to do more then give air support. the ground troops were hezbolah and iranian guards.

anon

put the blame where it lies, not on russia or china.t

Natasha 25

the traitors of putin and assad should be found by nato soldiers in moscow and s in front of the wall.

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kotromanic

yeah just like the bolshevics killed the tzar family and then the people lived in peace oh no they killed milions of innocent people but im sure they died happy cause the tzar died too.

Ines

for this evil betrayal, putin and assad should be tried by german turks.

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A.H.

impossible. the “german turks” will be deported by the afd.

Conan M

we’ve seen this before within the past 20 years after those 400 meter towers collapsed by the usual suspects complete with wooden pallets containing $12 billion of shrink wrapped $100.00 bills from the usual $uspects… divide and conquer.

Last edited 1 month ago by Conan M
Conan M

the real tragedy are the efforts of the russian federation to keep the secular house in order for a decade and the grueling struggle to keep east and west aleppo together as of 2 months ago all for naught. what was the deal between russia and the west to abandon it post haste -that is the question?.. and where was the prc and india with their militarys to support the russian efforts and the sacrifices of it’s military for more than a decade as is ukraine nowhere to be found???

Last edited 1 month ago by Conan M
Oleh

i suggest that the idiot who offered 4,000 pounds to kill assad yesterday asks the ukrainian military. it probably would not be look like charles manson at work more likely assad’s end would have been more like the end of his only friend nasrallah.

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Colani very bad

turkey gived a change to colani. but colani not capable to return rojova (kurdistan) land back to syria main land. turkey must invade rojova and add it to turkey territorry. otherwise kurds will sell petrol , oil buy weapins and will use it against turkey.

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Baran ats

map is firing 🔥 🔥 🔥, it’s nothing real but some artwork-infographic show. i̇t’s impossible for turkey to accept this (northern part). but israeli plan on south half seems pretty likely to happen as there is no one to oppose israel from expanding it’s sphere of influence including iran…

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Alex2

as an american, i strongly disapprove of any analysis which proposes “using” zionism, even if it’s just for tactical reasons.

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kotromanic

looking at whats going on i think the sunites got permission to kill all but the drus and jews in exchange for isreal beeing able to take buffer territory unopposed.

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Cromwell

well done julani you idiot.

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the narrative

al jolani likely got diverted weapons from ukraine . his policy suggests mossad , cia an mi6 support . israeli drone use is verification . civil war erupts so the nation can stay divided . israel will use this to steal more land . hasbara working overtime to blame assad and putin . israel is not happy more to kill .

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Moshe Dayan

turkey needs to move in to reassert a normal system of government into syria. otherwise it will be perpetually people fighting one another while the big military power to the west seizes all the land and resources.

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The Clash

that is part of erdoğan’s political platform. he talks about being the ottoman empire often. but turks aren’t arabs. and there’s quite a few groups kurds, nationalists, it’s a hell hole.

The Clash

whoever made this map knows nothing about genetic or religious. having less political knowledge than me. (layman) the neo-ottoman empire is fighting the pkk. ottomans will not give back the “olive branch and euphrates shield” the “northern buffer zone.” especially not to the pkk.

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The Clash

the russian’s have a slice for latakia? emirate of the levant’s capital is damascus a d.m.z.? turkey would never, nato would never, meaning the war(s) continue. (don’t give me the political leaders play 4d chess, while lying to your face.) north korea destroyed the negotiation center on their border. hmm what would another egomaniac do?

Last edited 1 month ago by The Clash
The Clash

qamiso as the capital at the border? raqqa is bigger and makes more sense. man i could doodle a more possible division with a no.2 pencil its 2 nations syria and lebanon. i have never seen libya partitioned theoretically this way.

Last edited 1 month ago by The Clash
The Clash

i understand now. i looked at maps. there are many international airports in far, north east syria. near qamiso. there is only one, single strip, military airfield tabqa. that is the only airport near raqqa. sure they could upgrade the military airfield. make it public. give people jobs and such. nope. someone has other plans.

Karl Pomeroy

so you at southfront are calling it the “assad regime”. why have you switched sides? fn traitors.

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The Clash

of course! haven’t you noticed the narrative changes every few months. here and on the msm. you realise this site is hosted by crimean russians right? better site than some. i have to wade through trolls calling me a hooknosed jew and lots of sodomite things. but occasionally there is a person with a pertinent comment.

The Clash

most comments that make sense are removed. yes, “switched sides” … i can’t speak my mind because of “awaiting” key-werds. you must follow the narrative. or type like a g00f and puut in tings dat say. howard many gews are members of the chinese c party?

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