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Russia said abandoning Assad as Syria regime collapses further
YNet News ^ | 31 May 15 | Roi Kais

Posted on 06/01/2015 3:43:10 AM PDT by elhombrelibre

Asharq Al-Awsat says Moscow has pulled military experts from Assad's war room in Damascus, evacuated non-essential personnel and stopped declaring there is no alternative to Assad.

Russia is pulling away from its relationship with embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad and withdrawing key personnel from Damascus, the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported Sunday, citing senior Gulf and Western officials.

"The Kremlin has begun to turn away from the regime," the newspaper said.

The report also quoted Syrian opposition sources as saying that Hezbollah and Iranian military experts have left Assad’s war room in Damascus, along with Russian experts.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: asharqalawsat; egypt; hezbollah; iran; israel; lebanon; russia; russiasyria; syria; syriawar; waronterror; yemen
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To: cripplecreek

Looks like we’re taking another turn toward Isaiah 17!

17 A prophecy against Damascus:
“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.

And when Damascus goes so will a large portion of Israel, but as a result those Jews that are left will return to God in a big way.

It looks like Al Qaeda in Iraq (aka ISIS/ISIL) will get hold of Syria’s WMD and use them against Israel. All this compliments of BHO, Dems, and the federal government.

The Covert Origins of ISIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMjXbuj7BPI


21 posted on 06/01/2015 5:21:00 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: elhombrelibre
Syria could easily turn out to be another Libya. Or worse if Saddam's WMDs are truly there.
22 posted on 06/01/2015 5:24:13 AM PDT by McGruff (For Rent)
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To: McGruff

Which is why he should have worked with the opposition and other key leaders when his dictatorship was first challenged. Instead, he killed peaceful demonstrators, dug in his heels, and created an environment where the most violent loons in the world came to throw him out. Obama enabled him with naive claptrap. Russia armed him to the hilt. Assad radicalized the choice to him or ISIS. They deserve each other.


23 posted on 06/01/2015 5:35:43 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: McGruff

Obama is setting up the mideast for the progressive desire to invade Israel. Fortunately Egypt and Jordan have continued to stand strong.


24 posted on 06/01/2015 5:37:13 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: elhombrelibre
...Syria regime collapses further

I did not know there were varying degrees of "collapse".

25 posted on 06/01/2015 5:40:47 AM PDT by WayneS
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To: elhombrelibre

I hate Asshat, but I hate ISIS even more.


26 posted on 06/01/2015 5:41:31 AM PDT by WayneS
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To: WayneS

I thought it was an awkward construct, too. But there is sudden collapse and slow, gradual decline leading to collapse. Whatever the case may be, things look to be getting much worse very soon in Syria.


27 posted on 06/01/2015 5:43:53 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: WayneS
Yeah, what a horrible choice. But the reality is Obama made sure we made no choice. It's his sin of omission. His dithering, empty threats (red line anyone), and vacillating that allowed Assad to create a protracted civil war that he seems now likely to lose.
28 posted on 06/01/2015 5:46:16 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: McGruff

Israel likely destroyed Saddam’s Chemical Weapons in the attack on the Deir ez-Zor Nuclear Facility.

The rest were supposedly turned over to the Russians for disposal after the “Red-Line” incident, but no one would be surprised to learn that Assad has kept some for the “Final Battle”.


29 posted on 06/01/2015 5:48:22 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: okie01
what does Syria then become?

A look at the map is frightening. It's a potential corridor to the Med for ISIS.

30 posted on 06/01/2015 5:51:27 AM PDT by grania
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To: elhombrelibre

And of course Russia will abandon its only naval base there ?


31 posted on 06/01/2015 6:04:03 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Some of my best rebuttals are in FR's along with meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: elhombrelibre; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...
Thanks elhombrelibre. The agitprop and troll activity around here has stepped up again, as you've no doubt noticed. Related topics and sidebars: Maybe we're on the brink of Roo, the Old Switche- (that's how it's shown in the dictionary). Mostly I think Pooty-Poot's been pantsed (as predicted), digging himself and Russia in deeper and deeper, as has the Iranian mullahcracy, and Assad himself, the indispensible first cause of the Syrian civil war.

I doubt that the fighting will stop immediately after he leaves, or maybe ever. The map is likely to look more like Afghanistan than like even Lebanon.

Hezbollah will be in a longterm struggle after Assad falls, as Lebanon has at long last started to turn against it, and battlefield losses continue to pile up. Nasrallah is not a young guy, and his popularity has turned south within Hezbollah, with his talk of half of all its fighters may have to become martyrs to win it. That looks even worse for a volunteer organization than the estimated one-third loss among Syrian Alawite men of military age.

ISIS' sudden turn into the Shiite area/oil patch of Saudi Arabia will get some serious attention in the GCC. I doubt that it's a coincidence that it follows the gulf alliance whuppin' of the Iranian proxies in Yemen. The outcome of the struggle in the oil patch will be a factor as Israel figures out the timing for their strike on Iran.
32 posted on 06/01/2015 10:35:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: SunkenCiv
Here is a recent picture of shorty-pooty:



shorter than a teenager.
33 posted on 06/01/2015 1:42:16 PM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith

“I yam Napoleon!”


34 posted on 06/02/2015 11:12:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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