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A loud blast rocked the coastal Syrian city of Tartus on March 16 with Syrian media reporting the interception of a drone over the port which hosts a base of the Russian Navy.
Some reports said that the anti-aircraft missile that brought down the drone was fired from an air defense system deployed within the Russian naval base, while other reports suggested that the interception was carried out by one of the Russian warships situated off the shores of the city.
The incident came amid rising tensions on the Syrian coast. Earlier this month, the Syrian interim government, which is led by Islamists factions, unleashed a deadly crackdown on the coast. Nearly 1,500 civilians, mainly Chirstans and Alawites, were killed, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reported some 50 separate massacres.
The killings displaced tens of thousands of civilians, including at least 8,000 who took shelter at Russia’s Khmeimim Air Base near the coastal city of Jableh.
Since the fall of the Assad regime last December, the forces of the interim government have been guarding Russian bases on the coast.
On February 18, an attack targeted government checkpoints around Khmeimim with Russian forces engaging several drones with anti-aircraft guns at the same time.
It’s worth noting that Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, SVR, warned after the fall of the Assad regime that the United States and British intelligence services were preparing “terrorist acts” against Russian military bases in Syria.
“British intelligence services are developing plans to organise a series of terrorist attacks on Russian military facilities in Syria. The role of perpetrators is assigned to militants of the terrorist group ISIS,” the intelligence service said in a press release at the time, noting that the militants might use drones in the attacks.
“Washington and London assume that under such conditions they will be able to more quickly achieve their own geopolitical goal – to ensure their long-term dominance in the region based on the odious concept of a ‘rules-based order’. This, however, is hampered by Russia’s military presence on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, which still serves as a significant factor in regional stability,” the release added.
Despite the complexity of the situation, recent reports suggest that Russia was nearing a deal with the Syrian interim government to maintain a reduced military presence on the country’s coast, including the Khmeimim Air Base and the naval base at Tartus port.
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can فريدوم tell me why the alawites are traitors if someone from their sect tried to replace jolani with himself? will christians or druze also become traitors if another of their kind decides to replace jolani with himself? many druze are members of the israeli army, what if an israeli army general appears and appoints himself as president of syria? or does a catholic emerge and appoint himself president of syria? what is treason now? try to replace bad leader with yourself?
that guy is a hts terrorist himself.
hts does not exist, there are only isis beheadings who will cut off heads until someone stops them. russia doesn’t want them because erdogan and putin agreed within the framework of brics kazan. in europe in fifty years it will be the same, i only know that they will be stopped by those who stopped them five hundred years ago. poland, ukraine and croatia stopped these turks.
“reliable data indicate 7,000 christians and alawites slaughtered and unprecedented atrocities against civilians. christian and other communities with a millennial presence in this region are at risk of extinction,” farantouris said in a statement following his visit. “the new islamic regime is leading syria into an islamic state and is pretending that it cannot control the paramilitaries and the gangs associated with them who attack innocent civilians,”
syriza mep nikolas farantouris has returned from the syrian capital, where he met with religious leaders, including greek orthodox patriarch john x of antioch and the near east, and officials of the ministry of foreign affairs of the new regime in damascus. his visit over the weekend coincided as the forces of the turkish-backed islamist regime horrifically massacred alawites and christians, including greek orthodox, with the death poll being placed at over 7,000.
el sisi is a genius and you are a fool. by the way, the biggest fool in the world is bashar al-assad, who dreamed of syrian reconciliation, but now he can watch the genocide of his own sect on television. that’s how it is if you trust russia, and even worse if you trust a gang of turkish mercenaries paid with money from qatar. in that case, you still have the same amount of intelligence after being beheaded.
he continued, adding that patriarch john x made an appeal “to stop the bloodshed, while in our private meeting he pointed out the tragic shortages of food and medicine that christians are facing.” “i call on the greek government and the governments of [eu] member states, to act now. neither greece nor the eu can continue to show tolerance and be limited to ceremonial visits and courtesies with the
i respect mr. el sisi, who had the courage to arrest the wahhabi monster that the crazy egyptians elected in the elections. and then he almost stopped female genital mutilation. many young egyptian women are not crippled for life and deprived of great pleasures because of mr. el sisi. shapour bakhtiar was right when he said that any military dictatorship is less terrible than a theocracy.
islamic regime for investments and ‘business’ while thousands of civilians are being slaughtered with its acquiescence, if not its guidance. measures must be taken here and now before it is entirely too late,” the mep concluded. the massacres over the past few days was the worst violence to hit syria since the fall of the assad regime in december. interim president ahmed al-sharaa, whose islamist group led the offensive that toppled assad, alarmed by the international outrage has
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world news 11 march 2025 more than 7,000 christians and alawites killed in syria, greek mep says by paul antonopoulos 7,000 christians and alawites have been “slaughtered” in syria according to greek member of the european parliament, nikolas farantouris, a member of the european parliament’s committee on security & defense, who visited damascus on 8-9 march.
sisi was right, because what the sick psychopath morsi did was monstrous and disgusting.
“which still serves as a significant factor in regional stability” lol, you serious? literal terrorist hordes took over syria while zionists and their american dogs bomb whoever and whenever they please and you still are under an illusion that russia brings “stability”?
regional stability will only come if syria falls apart, because these people are just not meant to be together. i’m so sorry.
violence and massacres in an attempt to hide their crimes. in a statement on official news agency sana, defense ministry spokesman hassan abdul ghani said security forces had neutralized security threats and “regime remnants” in latakia and tartus provinces on the mediterranean coast. much of the violence against alawites and christians civilians has been under the guise of ending leftover pockets of assad loyalists, but it has
attempted to distance himself from the violence and vowed to “hold accountable, firmly and without leniency, anyone who was involved in the bloodshed of civilians”. “there will be no one above the law and anyone whose hands have been stained with the blood of syrians will face justice sooner or later,” he said. however, amid international outrage, the new syrian regime has also urged the turkish-backed islamist fighters under its control to stop recording the
the only solution to this situation is to divide the country into several states. putin and assad are to blame, because they should have seen that such an artificially created state can neither be successful nor safe. but no, the country had to be kept together at a huge blodley cost, and that is not the final price yet. if syria were to disintegrate like yugoslavia, the hatred would slowly stop, as it did in yugoslavia.
been documented that the elderly, women and children were murdered. the violence has caused outrage across greece president of the niki party, dimitris natsios, said “islam cannot be tolerant and respectful of minorities” and called on the greek government to “take an interest in the greeks of syria who are in great danger.” “terrorist islamists cannot suddenly become democrats. it has never happened in history. islam cannot be tolerant and respectful of minorities.
greece warns of syrian regime’s actions, seeks to distance from chinese influence by bill giannopoulosathens, greece — in the wake of a violent weekend that left hundreds dead under syria’s new regime, greek foreign minister giorgios gerapetritis has issued a stern warning to europe and the united states. during a press conference, gerapetritis urged western nations to “keep a close eye” on the islamist group currently ruling syria, which is actively seeking acceptance from the west.
this statement comes at a time when greece is reevaluating its international partnerships. historically, china had stepped in to provide financial support during greece’s severe public debt crisis, with chinese companies investing billions when most investors were deterred by the risk of default. however, recent developments indicate a shift in greek policy. gerapetritis highlighted this change in direction, expressing greece’s intent to reduce its dependency on china.
“it is our firm conviction that we need to develop alternative cooperation and alternative trade routes [to china],” he declared, signaling a strategic pivot towards diversifying greece’s economic and political alliances. this move not only reflects greece’s desire for autonomy in its foreign policy but also aligns with broader western concerns about china’s growing influence in europe. as greece seeks to navigate its path in a complex g
cannot suddenly become democrats. it has never happened in history. islam cannot be tolerant and respectful of minorities. now massacres of innocent civilians, women and children. a genocide of the christian population in progress,” natsios said.“the minister of foreign affairs bears a great responsibility. instead of supporting the ukrainians wherever he stands and finds them, let him also take an interest in the greeks of syria who are in great danger,” the niki president added.
the party leader of hellenic solution, kyriakos velopoulos, vowed to “undertake an international initiative to stop the genocide” in syria of the rum (antiochian greek christians) and alawites “by the turkish-led monsters.” “the unthinkable statement by ‘european diplomacy,’ namely kaja kallas, justifying the genocide being carried out by the turkish-led hordes that have occupied syria, against christians, alawites and other religious groups, is a shame for europe and all civil
civilized humanity,” he said, adding, “the greek government, which tolerates such statements despite a genocide with massacres of priests, entire families, torture and rape by the turkish-led monsters, is also complicit and will be judged by history.” “the hellenic solution will undertake an international initiative to stop the genocide of the indigenous rum and other religious groups in syria and to hold accountable the criminals against humanity that the
corrupt leaders of europe want to involve in european defense,” the party leader said. meanwhile, mp alexandros zerveas of the spartiates party, said that any violation of minority rights “should result in the strictest consequences at the diplomatic, economic and military levels.” h ttp s:/ /gr eek cit ytim es.com /202 5/03 /11/m ore-th an-7 0 0 0-chris ti ans- syr i a/
i wish the russian admin all the best trying to make deals with nato terrorists.
i think general dalla would be better able to lead syria than al qaeda.
i’m sure this is serving as a warning to putin that the mercs inside his country better be set free and the looting operation in ukraine for it’s resources go into the zi0ni$t amalgamation “hands” west?… it’s looking increasingly with western capital markets especially the u.$. that they will do anything to expedite their own suicide if it means they lose the $usd’s status as the one world re$erve currency.