Looks like they'll cut off the Alawite homeland and the Russian naval base from the capital in Damascus.
Posted on 12/06/2024 8:34:32 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Tens of thousands of people are fleeing Syria's third-largest city Homs amid reports that rebels are closing in, just over a week since they launched their lightning offensive.
The rebels seized Hama to the north on Thursday, a second major blow to President Bashar al Assad who lost control of Aleppo last week.
The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, told residents of Homs "your time has come".
Rebel forces began the biggest offensive against Syria's government in years last week.
They have been advancing south, and Homs would be the next stop on the road to the capital Damascus.
Their offensive is the swiftest battlefield advance by either side since the Syrian civil war began 13 years ago, exposing the weakness of the country's military.
Terrified members of President Assad's Alawite minority community are rushing to leave Homs, with video footage showing roads jammed with cars.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Looks like they'll cut off the Alawite homeland and the Russian naval base from the capital in Damascus.
Are they working through the alphabet, currently on H? 😋
Do you suppose the rebels clear this with the UN to make sure all the civilians had been moved to a safe location or at the very least warned to take cover?
Is it wrong to want both sides to lose badly?
Why does the media consistently mislabel Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham as “rebels?” They are al-Qaeda terrorists.
Headline I want to see in January
“Thousands flee Washington DC as MAGA rebels advance further”.
“Syrian rebel leader says goal is to ‘overthrow’ Assad regime”
In the article that you linked, he made a lot of conciliatory statements to the minority communities and the International community - disavowing terroristic tactics of earlier Islamists in Syria, asserting the rights of minority sects, and promoting an “Institutional” replacement Government, as opposed to a dictatorship.
Maybe they will have a referendum to become part of Turkey...
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