On January 1, the northeastern Syrian governorate of al-Hasakah experienced two explosions which both resulted in human losses. .
In the morning, an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up in a busy local market – known as Souq al-Aumal – in al-Hasakah city. The market is located in the government-held part of the city, where Syrian authorities are responsible for security.
According to the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, the explosion killed a civilian. Al least 25 others were wounded.
A few hours after the Souq al-Aumal explosion, a blast rocked the Turkish-occupied town of Ras al-Ain in the northern al-Hasakah countryside.
Several opposition sources said the explosion was caused an IED that was attached to a vehicle parked in Ras al-Ain’s main vegetables market.
The explosions claimed the lives of a Turkish-backed militant and four civilians. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights revealed that a woman and her two children were among the casualties.
No group has claimed responsibility for any of the attacks, yet. ISIS cells are fairly active in al-Hasakah. So, they may have been behind the two explosions.
The tensions between Syrian government, Turkey’s proxies and Kurdish forces over northeastern have already led to serious security issues. Today, the region is far from being stable. ISIS and other terrorist groups have been taking advantage of this situation.
Isis usually brags about it’s successes but no ones bragging about these attacks yet, so does that mean one or more parties other than Isis are behind the attacks, maybe.
The 2015 Russian/Turkish/Iranian resolution 2254 gave both the US and Turkey the right to stay in Syria, that’s the only excuse they need now, and the presidential elections next year will be supervised and controlled by the UN according to that resolution, so the US isn’t going anywhere soon. And we can all thank Russian and Iranian duplicity for this sorry turn of fortune, they more or less signed away Syria’s right to self determination with that stab in the back resolution, now Syria’s going to have FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS according to the UN, but Assad’s nearly broke and the US and Turkey are still pumping in billions to their chosen political sides, so how can they ever be free and fair elections. I suspect the presidential election next year is going to be very costly and not free at all, but it may be ‘nearly’ fair if things don’t change any more than they already have, but the parliamentary election in a few years time will be anything but free and fair, those elections will be the exact opposite of free and fair, Turkish and US money will see to that.
Turkey is not out of money, it’s paying the biggest salaries of all, Turkey pays higher salaries to their head choppers than Russia or Iran pay to their mercenaries/militias, so who’s out of money.
You misunderstood what I actually said, I didn’t say the US and Turkey are going to give money to Assad’s Government, I said they were going to give money to their chosen political parties [which are all opposition parties] , and they’re going to give them a hell of a lot of it, that’s what I meant. Which will mean the elections will be anything but free and fair for Assad, the opposition parties will not only have a lot more money to spend on advertising campaigns, they’ll also be able to boast of contributory donations from donor countries that they can offer as enticements. For example a pro US politician running in the Syrian Parliamentary elections can say ‘if you vote for me and we get elected the US has promised to contribute 100 mill to this project’ [whatever it is], and the pro Turkish politicians will be able to do the same, but poor old Assad won’t be able to do that, so he’s at a disadvantage already. As I said this will mostly effect the Parliamentary elections in a few years time but it will also have some measure of effect during next years Presidential elections.
Trump disliked the Kurds but Biden’s going to become their best friend soon, so I agree with you on that, but Turkey and the US coming to blows is a different matter, I think Russia’s going to be waiting for a long time before the 2 NATO powers fight each other. And Assad has the Turkish/Russian/Iranian resolution 2254 to thank for this free and fair election, the one he has to hold under UN supervision, while he’s nearly broke and enemies are pumping in bucket loads of money to depose him, thanks Russia and Iran, FOR NOTHING.
The US under Trump hasn’t been picking any fights with anyone in Syria apart from Isis, but under Biden’s watch the fight picking might start again, and it might start sooner than we expect, that’s if resolution 2254 is stalled for some reason or another. I hate resolution 2254 and support Assad stalling the process, even though stalling the process may have some dire consequences for Assad’s Government, Iran and Russia won’t be happy if he keeps stalling the process and neither will Turkey and the US, but it’s still ‘probably’ a better option for Assad than letting the process proceed.
And why are you assuming I’m agreeable to the US remaining in either Syria or Iraq, I’m not, but if it comes to a choice between the US or Turkey taking or keeping control of north east Syria, I’ll pick the US over Turkey anytime, Assad has way more chance of getting territory back from the US than he does of getting it back from Turkey/Erdogan.
I don’t think there’ll be any voter fraud in either the US or Turkish controlled areas, and that’s about the only aspect of the election that will be fair, everything else won’t be though, it’ll be totally unfair to Assad and his Government.
“no im talking about the people living if Kurdish territory voting for who ever the US wants, with a voter turned out 130%. (how that fair)”
With the world watching there won’t be a 130% turnout, or hidden/destroyed/replaced ballots, just voter intimidation, votes for cash, and maybe an assassination or two.
“plus what in high hell will make you think any Syrian still living under Assad would vote for the US. Do you live in Syria, if you did you know that no one vote to support country that bombed your country 2 times, if one politician even so much suggest that (if you vote for me the US pour 100 million into rebuilding efforts) he would be dragged off. Same for turkey supporters”.
No I don’t live in Syria but I don’t have to, I follow Syrian news from multiple sources, I know exactly what’s going on because I listen to them, and SF has also been telling us for about 2 months now the situation in Darra, Quneitra, and As Suwayda is “quickly spiraling out of control” and the region is close to rebellion”. So are you kidding me, who’s going to vote for the pro US and pro Turkish politicians, and don’t forget there’ll be pro Saudi politicians as well as others. 90% of the people living under Turkish and American control will, and at least half of the people living in Darra, Quneitra and As Suwayda will to, and most of the people living in As Suwayda would even vote for a pro Israeli politician if there was one to vote for. And in Syrian controlled southern Deir ez Zor more than half the Sunni population would vote for a pro American politician if they promised to remove the Iranian forces from the territory. You think you know a bit more about Syrian matters than I do but you don’t, in fact your comments so far have shown nothing but ignorance, and more than just a touch of adversarial bigotry.
I may not get everything right all the time but I NEVER EVER lie.
If you can point to one thing I’ve said that isn’t the truth then go for it, just calling me a liar isn’t the answer, especially when you have no idea what you’re talking about.