Posted on 12/08/2024 11:58:33 AM PST by Words Matter
SOME ORDER
Among the many groups, there are mainly four:
A. HTS al-Jolani: Islamic Jihadists ex Nusra (supported Hamas Oct 7 attacks).
B. Other Islamists - backed by Turkiye.
C. Kurds - allies of US
C. Others, including secular.
Non jihadisrs are mainly under FSA
So who are we bombing?
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U.S. forces conducted over 75 precision airstrikes in central Syria, targeting ISIS camps and operatives. CENTCOM vows to prevent ISIS from reconstituting or conducting external operations
They’ll go Hog Wild on Assad’s people soon enough
Are we bombing into Syria today?
It'll be interesting to see what will happen to Assad Loyalists. Especially because they tend to be secular and a fair number of them are Alawite.
Are we bombing into Syria today?
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Yes
Israel beat us to it.
What does HTS stand for?
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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted OVER 75 airstrikes in Syria today against ISIS camps and operatives in central Syria. Meanwhile, the IDF is literally wiping out any chemical weapon plants, air defenses, missiles, and intelligence locations in the entire country.
Another Israeli source explaining four groups in Syria:
https://israel-alma.org/2024/12/08/a-road-map-to-syrias-prominent-rebel-groups/
They seem United in getting rid of the decades long dictator, but don’t plan to destroy Syria and start a new government.
Will the different factions or parties work politically under the Syrian system or later begin to use violence? Who knows.
Al-Qaeda that broke away from Taliban. So they are Taliban.
Now that Assad is gone, they will turn on each other for about 12 months during which time there will be a few spontaneous uphill banzai charges against Israeli positions.
HTS ... In an address from October 18, 2023, a few days after Hamas’s devastating attack on southern Israel, al-Julani said that the “people of Gaza humiliated the pride of the occupying Zionists” and “brought joy to the hearts of the oppressed.”
Similarly, HTS’s chief cleric Abdul Rahim Atoun, head of the Supreme Fatwa Council in Idlib, has a long history of anti-Semitic statements. For instance, after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli troops in Gaza in October, he wrote on his Telegram channel: “We ask the Lord to disgrace the Jews, oppress them and curse them and those who supported them.”
It is seen as unlikely, however, that HTS’s antagonism to Israel will extend beyond the rhetoric of some of its clerics. “It is not in their interest,” Syria expert Peri said.
Possibly
Jihadi will dominate and bring strict Islamic law to Syria. Turkey will not be able to control them.
Why would Islamist Erdogan want to control jihadists? (As long as the don’t enter his country)
Only time will tell.
“Will the different factions or parties work politically under the Syrian system or later begin to use violence?”
$20 on violence.
Indeed
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