Posted on 12/04/2024 7:52:07 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Syria claimed that its counteroffensive successfully pushed back insurgents attempting to advance toward the strategic city of Hama, while opposition forces reported capturing additional Syrian soldiers and Iran-backed militants in intense clashes.
This latest flare-up in Syria's civil war follows recent gains by insurgents, including the capture of large areas in the northern city of Aleppo and towns in the southern part of Idlib province.
The conflict between President Bashar Assad's government and armed opposition forces, which seek to overthrow him, has claimed an estimated half-a-million lives over the past 13 years.
According to Syrian state media SANA, government forces, supported by Russian airpower, have entrenched themselves around Hama, Syria's fourth-largest city, after insurgents retreated 12 miles from the area.
The insurgents, however, remain a significant threat—having recently entered Aleppo, there are still fears that Hama could be the rebels' next conquest.
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If Iran and Russia are supporting Assad, is Turkey supporting these “rebels” or maybe Saudi Arabia?
Hama is symbolic. In 1982 Assad’s father and uncle put down a revolt by the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood by surrounding the town, shelling the parts held by rebels, sparing the small Christian Quarter, trucked away the survivors to never be seen again (40k +), and then had the rubble bulldozed into cairns. It’s a warning to others that was effective for around 30 years.
Today, Turkey is becoming Islamist and they want to reestablish a Caliphate in the Middle East.
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