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 […]
Syrian Regime Emphasizes Its Protection of Christians By Building Miniature Hagia Sophia
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, […]
The Islamic Republic of Iran is Pulling Out of Syria
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 […]
Kurdish forces strike deal with Syrian government to oppose Turkish incursion
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 […]
Islamic Republic of Iran to be declared in breach of chemical weapons bans
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 […]
Iran proxy war with Israel may begin in the near future
“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 […]
Trump orders airstrikes against Syria
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 […]
Obama’s legacy: Iran-backed Hizballah says it will have nearly 500,000 missiles aimed at Israel within a year
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 […]
Trump ends program to arm anti-Assad jihadis in Syria
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 […]
“Short-sighted”: Trump hits Assad airbase in response to chemical weapons attack
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. […]
Syria’s Assad: Some refugees are “definitely” terrorists
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 […]
Assad’s forces recapture Palmyra from the Islamic State
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 […]
Obama says Russian campaign in Syria a sign of Putin’s weakness
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 […]
Islamic State has Damascus in its crosshairs
“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, […]
Syria: Assad orders release of “revised” Qur’an to stop “distortion”
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 […]
Is What’s To Come In Syria Still Unsure?
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 […]
Syria: Female jihadis screaming “Allahu akbar” set up jihad training camp in world’s oldest Byzantine church
“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 […]
Assad: Turkey “logistically and militarily” supporting Islamic State fighters
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 […]