Posted on 12/12/2024 4:41:32 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
The jihadi rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad say they want to build a unified, inclusive country. But after nearly 14 years of civil war, putting that ideal into practice will not be easy.
For Syria’s Kurdish minority, America’s closest ally in the country, the struggle for a new order is entering a potentially even more challenging phase.
Over the course of Syria’s civil war, Kurdish fighters have fended off an array of armed factions, partnered with the U.S. to rout the Islamic State group and carved out a largely autonomous region in the country’s oil-rich east.
But the gains of the non-Arab Kurds are now at risk. The ascendance of the Sunni Arab rebels who overthrew Assad — with vital help from Turkey, a longtime foe of the Kurds — will make it hard for the Kurds to find a place in the new Syria and could prolong the conflict.
The jihadi rebels who rode into Damascus over the weekend have made peaceful overtures to the Kurds. But the rebels violently drove Kurdish fighters out of the eastern city of Deir al-Zour days after government forces abandoned it.
To the north, a separate opposition faction backed by Turkey that has been battling the Kurds for years seized the town of Manbij. And Turkey carried out airstrikes on a Kurdish convoy it said was carrying heavy weapons looted from government arsenals.
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“America’s closest ally in Syria is losing ground as a new order takes shape”
That’s bullshit - they are simply changing uniforms and becoming what they have ALWAYS been - Islamic Terrorists. That’s how the Middle East works, and no matter how much the Neocons get their butts whipped there, they never seem to figure out that simple fact.
The smart thing to do would be to use this opportunity to negotiate a small homeland in northern Syria for the Kurds. That would give Turkey and Iraq an opportunity to encourage their Kurds to move there.
I saw a riot between Kurds and Turks in Vienna.
Apparently Western Europe figures they don’t have enough problems so they need to import people who are bitter enemies.
You probably committed some sort of “hate crime” for noticing the stupidity.
Yes, the rebranded peace and love “rebels” went in a hospital treating wounded Kurdish soldiers, and killed them all two days ago.
While Zeepers celebrated Russia’s “loss” in Syria, it was always obvious to anyone with a brain that the Kurds and Christians were going to suffer most from the regime change that we helped the jihadists pull off.
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