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Assad and the Ruination of Syria

Aug 7, 2020 10:00 am By Hugh Fitzgerald

In the tenth year of the Syrian Civil War, Bashar al-Assad continues to rule, against all the odds. He’s supported by Iran, by Hezbollah, by Russia. Meanwhile the opposition to him is splintered; there are secular liberals and Islamic fundamentalists, and everything in between, fighting to overthrow his rule but agreeing on little else. Assad […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Hugh Fitzgerald, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

Syrian Regime Emphasizes Its Protection of Christians By Building Miniature Hagia Sophia

Aug 1, 2020 10:00 am By Hugh Fitzgerald

The story is here: The Syrian regime under President Bashar Al-Assad has announced that it will build a miniature replica of the Hagia Sophia, in opposition to the Turkish government’s reversion of the building from a museum into a mosque. “The construction of this mini Hagia Sophia, taking place in the central province of Hama, […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Hugh Fitzgerald, Russia, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad, Hagia Sophia, Vladimir Putin

The Islamic Republic of Iran is Pulling Out of Syria

May 9, 2020 10:00 am By Hugh Fitzgerald

The Israeli news site Walla has some unexpected good news about Syria. From The Algemeiner: “Under the pressure of continuing IAF air strikes, Iran is beginning to draw down its military presence in Syria, unnamed Israeli security officials were quoted as saying on May 4. Iran’s economy is in free fall. It cannot spend nearly […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Hugh Fitzgerald, Iran, Israel, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad, IAF

Kurdish forces strike deal with Syrian government to oppose Turkish incursion

Oct 14, 2019 11:30 am By Robert Spencer

Handling the problem themselves? What? How can this be used to destroy Trump if they do that? “US-backed Kurdish forces strike deal with Syria’s Assad,” by Helen Regan and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN, October 14, 2019: (CNN) – Abandoned by the United States and facing a deepening Turkish military offensive, Kurdish forces near the northern Syrian […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Kurdistan, Syria, Turkey Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

Islamic Republic of Iran to be declared in breach of chemical weapons bans

Nov 17, 2018 11:00 am By Robert Spencer

Trump again moves to undo the massive damage done by his predecessor, who did so very much to enable and empower the Islamic Republic of Iran. “Iran to Be Declared in Breach of Chemical Weapons Bans,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, November 16, 2018: The Trump administration is set to announce that Iran is […]

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Filed Under: Iran Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

Iran proxy war with Israel may begin in the near future

Apr 14, 2018 9:16 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

“The prospects for an Israel-Iran proxy confrontation in the near future seem significant,” which is not surprising. Iran has been working through its proxies for years with the goal of regional hegemony and the destruction of Israel. Currently: Iran is entrenched in Syria in a clear campaign aimed at extending its fundamentalist tentacles to Israel’s […]

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Filed Under: Hizballah, Iran, Israel, Russia, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad, Douma

Trump orders airstrikes against Syria

Apr 13, 2018 9:25 pm By Robert Spencer

1. Is it certain that Assad’s regime really used the chemical weapons? There is so much manufacture of atrocities in that region, it cannot be taken for granted that he has, especially since there is no clear benefit to him in doing so. 2. What is the endgame? The removal of Assad? No doubt Assad […]

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Filed Under: Donald Trump, Featured, Syria, United States Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

Obama’s legacy: Iran-backed Hizballah says it will have nearly 500,000 missiles aimed at Israel within a year

Feb 14, 2018 5:08 pm By Robert Spencer

Paid for by Barack Hussein Obama’s pallets of cash delivered to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Treason is defined as giving aid and comfort to the enemy. How is Obama not guilty of treason? “Iran-Backed Terror Group Claims Half-a-Million Missiles Aimed at Israel,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, February 14, 2018: An Iranian-backed terror […]

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Filed Under: Barack Obama, Featured, Hizballah, Iran, Israel Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

Trump ends program to arm anti-Assad jihadis in Syria

Jul 20, 2017 9:20 am By Robert Spencer

The Washington Post casts this story as evidence that President Trump is a pawn of the Russians, which is more of the Left’s ridiculous campaign to portray the 2016 election as having been stolen by Vladimir Putin. But this is the right decision. These “rebels” are mostly jihadis; arming and aiding them is arming and […]

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Filed Under: Donald Trump, Featured, Syria, United States Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

“Short-sighted”: Trump hits Assad airbase in response to chemical weapons attack

Apr 7, 2017 9:17 am By Robert Spencer

There is no question that Assad is a scoundrel. That is not in dispute. The problem with this action is the same as it was when Obama wanted to strike Assad: who benefits? The Assad regime said this strike “can only be described as short-sighted.” Right. The Islamic State (ISIS), although weakened, is still there. […]

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Filed Under: Donald Trump, Featured, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad, Idlib

Syria’s Assad: Some refugees are “definitely” terrorists

Feb 9, 2017 8:08 pm By Robert Spencer

When Isikoff presses him about whether the terrorists constituted a significant percentage of the refugees, Assad noted correctly that the number didn’t matter, because a small number could do great damage, as on 9/11. Assad is right, of course, but his words will be dismissed as those of a bloody dictator, and misrepresented as if […]

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Filed Under: Donald Trump, Featured, immigration, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

Assad’s forces recapture Palmyra from the Islamic State

Mar 27, 2016 11:26 am By Robert Spencer

Obama wants to take out Assad. The Islamic State would be the chief beneficiary of that. The Russians are doing what the U.S. should be doing. But there is no chance of that in the age of Obama. “Syria civil war: Assad hails Palmyra recapture from IS,” BBC, March 27, 2016: President Bashar al-Assad has […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Russia, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin

Obama says Russian campaign in Syria a sign of Putin’s weakness

Oct 9, 2015 7:06 pm By Robert Spencer

This is as delusional as Obama’s insistence that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam. Acting decisively in defense of an ally is not a sign of weakness, but of reliability — something Obama has never been with America’s allies. “Obama says Russian campaign in Syria a sign of Putin’s weakness,” EFE, October […]

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Filed Under: Barack Obama, Featured, Russia, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad, Vladimir Putin

Islamic State has Damascus in its crosshairs

Aug 23, 2015 3:41 pm By Robert Spencer

“For the most part, fighting in areas of Damascus has not reached the downtown section, though it does spill over there on occasion. That happened last Thursday, when a mortar shell landed in the heart of Damascus, killing six inhabitants.” “Islamic State has Damascus in its crosshairs,” by Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel, August 22, […]

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Filed Under: Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad, Damascus

Syria: Assad orders release of “revised” Qur’an to stop “distortion”

Jul 18, 2015 10:13 am By Robert Spencer

It would be very interesting to see how exactly Assad’s Qur’an is revised, but this article contains no specific information. If it changes any of the wording, it is unlikely to be accepted by any Muslims, in part because Assad is himself not an orthodox Muslim but an Alawite, and primarily because Muslims consider the […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic reform, Qur'an, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

Is What’s To Come In Syria Still Unsure?

Jun 18, 2015 1:21 pm By Hugh Fitzgerald

Oh, by that I don’t  mean who’s in and who’s out and who “will win.” This month, we are told, the Islamic State in eastern Syria is now unstoppable, or it’s the Al-Nusra Front that is on first in Homs — or is Aleppo? — and a few months ago, it was Assad, aided ably […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Iraq, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Libya, Syria Tagged With: al-Nusra, Bashar al-Assad

Syria: Female jihadis screaming “Allahu akbar” set up jihad training camp in world’s oldest Byzantine church

Apr 10, 2015 10:50 am By Robert Spencer

“We came out to fight for our religion and our country. We came out to train women to be the same as men, to defend their rights if they are attacked by that evil tyrant [Bashar al-Assad] and his soldiers and whoever follows him.” Empowering women by teaching them how to murder Infidels efficiently. Imagine […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Muslim persecution of Christians, Syria Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad, Church of St. Simeon Stylites

Assad: Turkey “logistically and militarily” supporting Islamic State fighters

Mar 30, 2015 7:35 pm By Robert Spencer

There is nothing farfetched about this claim: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has his own designs on the caliphate. If the Islamic State can fight against some of his enemies, such as Assad and the Kurds, he has no problem with that — he hopes to move in later and reap the benefits. “Assad: Turkey […]

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Syria, Turkey Tagged With: Bashar al-Assad

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