Posted on 07/20/2025 2:14:24 PM PDT by RandFan
Sectarian fighting has highlighted just how combustible the country remains months after its authoritarian leader, Bashar al Assad, was toppled.
Ahmad al Sharaa, who led Islamist rebels who overthrew the authoritarian leader, became the country's interim president in a transition that was initially mostly peaceful.
He has pledged to protect Syria's diverse ethnic and religious groups since.
However, a few months after the overthrow of Assad, government forces clashed with pro-Assad armed groups on Syria's coast, spurring sectarian attacks that killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawite religious minority to which the former president belongs.
This left other minority groups, including the Druze, increasingly mistrustful of the new government.
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Fair enough that we get some answers. After all, we started and armed ISIS. then overthrew Assad and told Sharaa to trim his ISIS beard and put on a suit and now he’s our boy. So he might as well kill a few people and say he got the murderers.
Fair is fair.
Considering the US and Israeli governments backed those now in power to oust Assad, now they expect accountability?
“bodies line streets”
Never loose sight of the fact that this is what the “mostly peaceful” ones have in mind for us too.
“This is a historic day for the Middle East, a direct result of our actions against Iran and Hezbollah.” 12/24 B. Netanyahu
Yup, replacing Assad with re-branded Al Queda was pure genius.
Not our problem.
Brought to you by the Clintons and obama and others that could make money in war.
the Lying “mostly peaceful” ones have forgotten what we the People CAN DO!
Don’t forget McCain.
(Quote) “Mostly peaceful” = over there, too?
They are murdering the Christians right along with the other’s
Not Muslim,? Death.
So many on here were cheering when Assad had to go into exile. Any person who doesn’t have a blind hatred for Russia could see what the end result would be.
Correct. Once all the people are dead there will be Peace
False.
It was Turkey who really was behind the current Syrian leader.
Not nearly as 700,000 dead from your chemical-buddy-Assad.
This why we need to stay the hell out of these countries.
We never belonged there in the first place. The idiots in DC leave messes whenever they meddle.
If you are going to accuse someone of something, don’t be too lazy to show your receipts.
Like all Communists he must purge the opposition.
Don’t try to understand muslims,
Muslims understand muslims
And they hate each other.
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