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AP Explains: Why Syria's M5 is Assad's highway to victory
ABC News ^ | 14 Fab 2020 | ZEINA KARAM Associated Press

Posted on 02/16/2020 4:58:26 PM PST by BeauBo

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The Syrian Assad Government, supported by Russian airstrikes and Iranian- supported militias, is de facto at war with Turkey now, to recapture the Syrian territory occupied by Turkey, and its surrogate jihadi Islamist militias.

They are bombing the the crap out of each other every day, and displacing another big wave of refugees, in the middle of Winter.

The Syrian Government has been pretty steadily advancing, and has now re-connected the second city, Aleppo, to the Capital in Damascus, and the rest of the Syrian heartland along the main M5 Highway - a Strategic accomplishment.

There is a long hard slog ahead to dislodge Turkey and their jihadi militias from Syria, but this was a very notable step in that direction.

Separately from this pretty intense engagement in Idlib Province, Turkish Military and their surrogates are steadily engaging with Kurdish forces in other parts of Northern Syria (trying to push toward Manbij and around Ain Issa).

1 posted on 02/16/2020 4:58:26 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: Texas Fossil

Syria Ping, Amigo.


2 posted on 02/16/2020 5:02:22 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

What does Dr. Daystrom think about this?


3 posted on 02/16/2020 5:05:49 PM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: BeauBo

B.O.’s Arab Spring really was a success. Right? Riiight.


4 posted on 02/16/2020 5:07:00 PM PST by HighSierra5
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“B.O.’s Arab Spring really was a success. Right?”

Biggest refugee movement since WWII. Major cities destroyed, like Aleppo, or Mosul, devastated in the biggest urban battle since Stalingrad. Whole Nations, like Egypt, lost a decade’s worth of economic growth, and millions of people lost everything they owned - and probably a million or more died across the region.

Oh, and Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize.


5 posted on 02/16/2020 5:22:55 PM PST by BeauBo
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The Syrian territory taken by Turkey last years was said to be used for the millions of Syrian refugees taken in and being supported by Turkey. Is that what happened? If so, then, the Syrians will just be forcing the Syrian refugees back to Turkey.


6 posted on 02/16/2020 5:47:50 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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He thinks he’s gonna show all those who doubted him, who stole his work. And look now, mighty starships to be tossed about like playthings!! ((Nerve pinch))....


7 posted on 02/16/2020 5:50:15 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: BeauBo; Candor7; ColdOne; Navy Patriot; caww; dp0622; Gene Eric; Freemeorkillme; Wuli; ScottinVA; ..

Syria Ping


8 posted on 02/16/2020 5:50:24 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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Nobel?

Obozo?

Bump

What a tragic disaster for many million people. And he is behind the stealth coup in the USA now. He and Soros Money.

May be be punished for his crimes.


9 posted on 02/16/2020 5:56:09 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: BeauBo

Nice to see some good news coming out of that horrible war.


10 posted on 02/16/2020 6:04:02 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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“The Syrian territory taken by Turkey last year was said to be used for the millions of Syrian refugees taken in and being supported by Turkey. Is that what happened?”

No. There is just no housing or jobs in that small strip of rural land, for the large numbers that Turkey was proposing. Their aspirations appear to be for a much larger bite out of Syria, than just that.

It seems that Turkey’s real strategy is to gradually occupy and administer more Syrian territory along the Turkish border, conduct ethnic and sectarian cleansing of its opponents (like Kurds and Shi’ites), and then selectively repopulate the areas with Sunnis who are loyal to Turkey, from among the Syrian refugees it has in Turkey (the rest of the refugees would presumably be dumped to Europe at some point).

Then at some point Turkey would stage a “Democratic Referendum”, on seceding from Syria, to become part of Turkey.


11 posted on 02/16/2020 6:06:34 PM PST by BeauBo
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Interesting take, thanks!!


12 posted on 02/16/2020 7:13:04 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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13 posted on 02/16/2020 7:21:16 PM PST by McGruff
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Shutting down a major freeway brings a government to its knees.

Something to remember.


14 posted on 02/16/2020 8:14:42 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (OKSnowflake!)
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In the beginning of this war Assad said he expected it to cover ten years.....it was obvious then he was in it for the long haul as I saw it. Anyone watching the Obama/Hillary Arab Spring they pushed on the m.east knew this was just another regime change they incited.

I think the plan was to uproot any of the Leaders in the m.east who were not cooperating with the overall goals of the Globalist New World Order ......replacing them with Leaders among the Muslim brotherhood (as they did in Egypt)... That administration wildly believe they can control the Brotherhood......plus the brotherhood is spread out throughout those areas so they falsely believed the brotherhood would unite the m.east.

If Hillary's people are ever back in office that plan will likely be played again.

15 posted on 02/16/2020 11:06:56 PM PST by caww
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To: Celtic Conservative; headstamp 2; dfwgator

I was hoping for a Star Trek TOS reference.

I am great, you are great!


16 posted on 02/16/2020 11:47:21 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Uncle Miltie

noted. ;-)


17 posted on 02/16/2020 11:53:24 PM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: SaveFerris

[M5 tie in] “your response is appreciated, but illogical”.

CC


18 posted on 02/17/2020 12:21:30 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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To: Celtic Conservative

M1-M4 were not entirely successful.........


19 posted on 02/17/2020 12:23:22 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Still a better track record than formulas 1 through 408.

CC


20 posted on 02/17/2020 12:25:36 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
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