Posted on 12/08/2024 12:32:05 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: BREAKING NEWS Syrians storm Bashar al-Assad's presidential palace in Damascus as rebels declare the country is 'free' and tear down statues of deposed leader - as search begins for 'tyrant' after he flees during dramatic collapse of his bloodthirsty regime
Syrians have stormed Bashar al-Assad's presidential palace in Damascus as rebels declare that the country is 'free' from the 'tyrant'.
The opposition fighters reached the suburbs of the capital yesterday for the first time since the region was recaptured by government troops in 2018.
Syrian state television showed the rebels milling around inside the despot's palace after he reportedly this morning fled on a plane to an unknown destination.
Military and intelligence officials are being quizzed by the rebel soldiers about al-Assad's whereabouts as they try to pinpoint his movements.
The president hasn't been seen or heard from since rebels stormed the capital city, according to CNN.
Following the capture of Damascus, the HTS (Hayyet Tahrir al-Sham) said on Telegram that it was the end of a dark era and the beginning of a new one.
The rebels said that people displaced or imprisoned under the half-century reign of Assad can now come home.
HTS said it will be a 'new Syria' where 'everyone lives in peace and justice prevails'.
A statue of the late father of al-Assad in a main square in Jermana suburb, ten kilometres from the capital, has also been toppled.
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Free my ass
These klowns are far worse than Assad
Thanks Erdogan
And our state dept
Another loss for Russia and Iran. If these guys are worse than Assad I won’t be surprised if there Israel’s start bombing them
Things just got way worse
I’m going to lay down and try not to think about it.
Someone gave clues that assad was a paper tiger, Or assad signaled such. This happened quickly.
Isaiah chapter 17. Damascus being a ruinous heap.
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold Damascus shall cease to be a city, and shall be as a ruinous heap of stones. 2 The cities of Aroer shall be left for flocks, and they shall rest there, and there shall be none to make them afraid. 3 And aid shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus: and the remnant of Syria shall be as the glory of the children of Israel: saith the Lord of hosts. 4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall grow lean. 5 And it shall be as when one gathereth in the harvest that which remaineth, and his arm shall gather the ears of corn: and it shall be as he that seeketh ears in the vale of Raphaim.
Israel showed the world how weak these Iranian proxy forces are and Russia isn’t able to provide support because they already have more than they can handle in Ukraine.
Now it is clear that Obama could have easily ended this thing 12 years ago preventing hundreds of thousands of deaths, but he chickened out from his Red Line.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
The Turks and the leaders of the primary rebel groups are not completely stupid. All they had to do was see what had happened to Hezbollah, and know their opportunity had arrived.
Free to impose Shariah, stomp out dissent, and have one man, one vote, one time. I hope I’m wrong.
Rebels snatch photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wearing nothing but tiny speedo during Aleppo palace raid: report
The muzzie rebels may soon turn on each other. In which case we stay well out of it.
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Assad wasn’t pressing sharia. But it’s not like Syria was a libertarians dream destination under the government forces. I’m sure the secret police and government dungeons were doing a banner business.
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I remember one Syrian story from a while ago. There was a drought and people moved to some city from the countryside because there was no food and there were hunger protests.
The government killed and imprisoned a lot of young people protesting and at one point dumped the corpse of a horribly tortured 13 year old boy for all to see.
Village elders sent their delegation to the mayor begging for their kids to be released. The mayor told them to make new kids and if they can’t send their wives to him and he will guarantee they get pregnant.
That’s basically my point: there are no “good guys” in this narrative. There are bad guys and worse guys. And telling the 2 apart is damned near impossible, as there’s not an inch of daylight between them.
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“If these guys are worse than Assad I won’t be surprised if there Israel’s start bombing them”
I don’t know why they would. When Israel has been arming and funding them.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-chief-acknowledges-long-claimed-weapons-supply-to-syrian-rebels/
The correct answer! That whole area is a hot mess we need no part of.
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