[Syria under terrorist attack] update: ISIS/Da'esh rule is re-established

[pooya87]

If you have been following the news from West Asia you know that last week on Sunday November 24 which people on social media called "Black Sunday for the Zionists", the Israeli terrorists were harshly defeated in Southern Lebanon with huge casualties. The Lebanese Resistance hit them with over 400 missiles that day alone.
The failure to take even a small village in Southern Lebanon alongside the very high number of casualties and the fact that Lebanese missiles were hitting occupied Tel Aviv, all forced the Zionists to beg for a cease fire, something that was established about 3 days ago.

Of course this cease fire is temporary and is meant to allow the Israeli terrorists to receive more ammunitions from the US and NATO, also receive foreign troops who would fill the empty spots in the rapist Israeli army and then re-launch the assault on civilians again.
But this time while the Israeli terrorists rebuild and prepare, US is trying to first cut the logistic "support corridor" for Lebanon from the East. Which means reviving the dirty war against Syria. This is why immediately after (roughly an hour later) the cease fire the US terrorist proxies got activated with the help of Turkey (a NATO member) and launched a large scale ground assault in Syria to cut that connection to Lebanon in a clear help to their Israeli terrorist brothers.

What is surprising is that Turkish president, Erdogan has managed to create a coalition between various terrorist groups that were fighting each other before. These groups include various fractions of dismantled ISIL aka Da'esh and Al-Qaida alongside many new ones mainly created from Turks like the Uyghur radicals (to name a few: Jaish-ol-Islam, Jond-al-Rahman, Ashrar-al-Sham, Al-Nosrah, ..). Videos these terrorists have been posting so far are showing them wearing many of their symbols/flags that you should be familiar with (eg. the image on the left showing ISIS flag) and their link to Turkish terror groups (the image on the right with Turk/Mongol symbol with direct links to Erdogan).



This "terrorist coalition" that has been trained and armed by NATO (specifically Turkey) and has been inside Turkish soil was activated 3 days ago and started entering Syria from north (red arrows on the map below) and have been advancing toward their first strategic target, the key city of Halab (aka Aleppo).


All masks are being removed, specially when one of the first thing these terrorist groups did in Syria was to take down Palestinian flags, something the Israeli media is celebrating as you can see from the logo on the screenshot I took below. Additionally the first threats these terrorists are spreading among the population of the northern Syrian cities is basically telling them to stop supporting the Resistance (basically anybody who is fighting against Israel) which you can see in the picture on the right.


As the cherry on top in a recent interview by an Israeli TV channel with these terrorists in Syria the terrorists are thanking Israel for the help. In this particular frame I took from that video with its Hebrew subtitles, the terrorist on the line is literally saying in Arabic: نحنُ نَشکُر إسرائیل حقیقتاً which means "We [ISIL terrorists] are really thankful of Israel [for the help]" because Israel attacked and weakened Hezbollah (reminder: Hezbollah has been on the front line fighting two biggest terrorist groups in West Asia, Israel and ISIL).


All the equipment, ammunition and weapons these terrorists are using (many of which are seen in the videos they publish) are made by and donated to them by NATO, mainly by Erdogan. From their reconnaissance drones, armored vehicles and artillery all the way to the handguns, body armor and night vision goggles they wear!

After all the macabre news, I see two silver linings here.
First is the fact that the hypocrisy of a lot of governments is becoming apparent which makes it easier to deal with them. For example we are seeing more people in Turkiye call out Erdogan's two faced attitude, like in his most recent speech in TRT World.

Secondly, this "terrorist coalition" that consists of tens of thousands of terrorists (I believe 60k) has been in the making for 4-6 years. Backed by NATO it could be a very serious threat. But if NATO decided to burn one of their main "playing cards" like this in a very rushed move and by sending them forward alone, it shows they are getting too desperate now.
I say burn because initial reports talk of 4000 of these terrorists having been killed already. It is better that we get rid of these terrorists now rather than later during a more high-intensity situation like when we are bombing US military out of existence...

[BADecker]

In ancient times  - BC - the whole Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea was Israel. And a reasonable distance Eastward across the Jordan River, too. Now they can barely hold a tidbit of it.

[pooya87]

This photo speaks volumes!
We see a completely indoctrinated kid with a blank face who doesn't know who he is fighting for and why. On each of his arms in a uniform donated to him by NATO he is wearing flags that contradict each other. The Turkish flag on left arm with his terrorist organization underneath with ISIS flag and separatist terrorist flag on his right arm.



And of course the green band thingy tied on his right arm categorizing them like cattle, others wearing other colors like yellow. Some of whom are the drone division of the terrorists (Falcon unit) trained and armed by Ukrainian operatives. That's right, the same Ukraine who many kids on this forum get too emotional each time I mention it!
So maybe one of them would like to explain to me why Ukrainian forces are in Syria training and arming ISIS terrorists?

[Fiatless]

And of course the green band thingy tied on his right arm categorizing them like cattle, others wearing other colors like yellow. Some of whom are the drone division of the terrorists (Falcon unit) trained and armed by Ukrainian operatives. That's right, the same Ukraine who many kids on this forum get too emotional each time I mention it!
So maybe one of them would like to explain to me why Ukrainian forces are in Syria training and arming ISIS terrorists?

It is very difficult to distinguish between real and fake news in this kind of situations. Both parties in this conflict will definitely have propaganda machines which will be dishing out diverse fabricated to gain support and sympathy.

But I will not doubt that Ukraine is indeed working with some groups to destabilize Syria because they did the same thing in Africa.

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Ukraine is not just fighting Russia in it's territories but they are taking the war to other nations where Russia has military presence. If they can force Russia to fight wars on different fronts, it will favour them since Moscow will become distracted.

[pooya87]

They grey zones indicate the regions where NATO-backed terrorist carried out attacks.

Soon after the NATO-backed Turkish terrorists advanced from North West trying to capture more land, they met with heavy resistance. And as the fire support came online by Syrian artillery and missile forces the terrorist advances slowed down and basically halted at Hama.

This was when US regime activated its own terrorist proxies trying to create distraction from East (namely PKK terrorists). Mainly in the Deir Zur region.
Surprisingly in a direct help of the terrorists, yesterday the US Airforce carried out strikes against the Syrian fire support I mentioned above to disrupt the attacks against the Turkish terrorists advancing from North!

[Donaldo Juan Trumpez]

The first people the Islamist extremist will attack in Syria are the Christians and other minorities while those in the woke west who tweet about their support for minorities allow their countries to help the extremists attack the minorities in various countries. You could not even make this hypocrisy and inverted warped logic up if you were trying to write a novel but this now appears to be the reality.

In a recent interview Satan the one known as the devil has said he is even shocked by how world leaders have become so evil and the masses so ignorant and wishes to stay in hell where it is much safer for him.

[pooya87]

We are indeed living in strange times, and civilians (not just minorities) are always the ones that are hurt for impossible expansionist plans of crazy rulers! Like Erdogan of Turkey:


The number of terrorists that Erdogan has trained under the order of NATO and with US money is indeed crazy. The 60k terrorists I mentioned in OP is reported by other source and seems to be accurate. He doesn't seem to be succeeding as much as he hoped though.

For example Erdogan's mouthpieces were overly excited about their terrorists' successes on first 2-3 days that they were not only calling the killed terrorists "martyrs" but they were also telling the terrorists supporters that they would take the Syrian capital, Damascus in a day or two!
See the map I posted in comment #5, that has not changed much over the past days. The terrorists have stopped at Hama and it is far away from Damascus!

NATO and Erdogan don't seem to be giving up though. And they have so many of these terrorists at their disposal. For example in their last attack, Turkey literally threw waves after waves of these terrorists at Hama like lambs to their slaughter!
After complete failure, in a desperate attempt to turn the tide, Erdogan used his so called "elite" Al-Qaida forces (mostly Uzbeks and terrorist Turks from Caucasus region) with their Ukrainian drone unit support. That too was crushed today. The initial reports tell of over 300 terrorists killed and hundreds more wounded. Among them are Erdogan officers as well.

The war hasn't ended though and we have to see for how much longer NATO can keep up this type of assault and how many victories these NATO-backed Turkish terrorists will gain in Syria in the coming days and weeks before being completely wiped out.

As I said earlier, there is a silver lining. 60 thousand terrorists could have been a potentially serious threat if it had been activated at any other time. It is a good thing for the world that NATO made the mistake of burning them like this and at this time when we can easily focus on eliminating them.
This could also lead to Idlib being finally liberated from terrorists, if the politicians don't make the same stupid mistakes in Astana meeting and let them and Turkey keep parts of Syrian soil again...

[pooya87]

It is worth knowing the history and do a little comparison between today and roughly 2 decades ago.

When the US regime with the George W. Bush administration started its illegitimate invasion of half a dozen countries back in 2000s, they destabilized West Asia and started building the multinational terrorist organization known as Da'esh aka ISIL or ISIS.

This US-made and US-backed terrorist group grew to power about a decade later and by 2014 had control of most of Syria and Iraq (the two neighbor countries, South of Turkey) and Erdogan was happy in Turkey since as part of NATO he was supporting these terrorists.

Compared to today things are very different.

• In 2014, US was far more powerful than it is today.
• The US national debt had not yet grown to $35 trillion and they hadn't yet wasted the infamous $12 trillion supporting terrorism and destabilization.
• The US military was also not fighting multiple wars in 3 regions of the world (East Europe, East Asia, West Asia).
• Bush was also more capable compared to senile Joe and crazy Donald ... heh
• NATO was also stronger and more cooperative since EU countries didn't have the problems they have today (eg. Germany is deindustrialized and it wouldn't be long before they leave EU and NATO).
• ISIL was also a lot stronger than it is today. They had more troops and equipment.
• ISIL also had more support back then. It wasn't just Erdogan supporting them. Qatar and Saudi dictators were also heavily supporting them. But today none of the Arab dictators support these terrorists and Erdogan is alone (even people of Turkiye don't support this behavior).
• Most importantly, the "Resistance" back then basically only had two members and was much weaker than it is today. Today most of West Asia is a member of Resistance (and it will grow bigger after this) and it has millions of highly trained troops that are armed and ready with 2 decades of experience fighting terrorists and NATO forces. For example only one of the members, Yemen is capable of wiping out the entire NATO navy if the war gets to that point; as we've seen part of their capabilities over the past year.

This is why overall I consider it a good thing that NATO activated its terrorist proxy this soon (cough---March 2025---cough ), if the much stronger NATO-backed ISIL that held 85% of Syria in 2012 (or 2014) was defeated and dismantled; its child which is similarly backed by NATO and entered from Turkish soil and only holds Idlib and Halab will be defeated and dismantled a lot easier even if these terrorist continue taking more land in the coming weeks/months

[hellflame]

In a recent interview Satan the one known as the devil has said he is even shocked by how world leaders have become so evil and the masses so ignorant and wishes to stay in hell where it is much safer for him.

The devil will come as a "peacemaker" one day and all will worship him through his false messiah only when all these evil leaders have sown enough chaos and wickedness to exhaust humanity into giving into their plans.

ALL governments , dictatorships and terrorist organisations are working unknowingly or worse again knowingly to bring about the suitable crisis various secretive organisations are devising and bitcoin is also a part of this game.

ALL G-D fearing people who are righteous and live in accordance with G-Ds will need to be vigilant and not take part in this evil world from not using products tested on harmless creatures to not buying into this divide and rule game they are playing with the global population setting muslim against jew, black against white,protestant against catholic,hindu against buddhist or whatever. They pland these things out well for this very reason. They call good evil and evil good and do the very thing they accuse others of 7 fold.

This is no right side only to do no evil against ones neighbour.

[hellflame]

The number of terrorists that Erdogan has trained under the order of NATO and with US money is indeed crazy. The 60k terrorists I mentioned in OP is reported by other source and seems to be accurate. He doesn't seem to be succeeding as much as he hoped though.

For example Erdogan's mouthpieces were overly excited about their terrorists' successes on first 2-3 days that they were not only calling the killed terrorists "martyrs" but they were also telling the terrorists supporters that they would take the Syrian capital, Damascus in a day or two!

Erdogan is just another pawn of satan like ALL world leaders and their underlings no better than the terrorists carrying out the spadework. One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter depending on how useful that rebel is to their current objectives. Many horrific acts that would turn the stomach of some of the most hardened criminals have been carried out by these devils armed and trained in some cases by our own governments. The prince of this world as the commentater above would even be shocked at how evil mankind has become.

[Ucy]

How can turkey who supports Palestine now be working against it.
Well, this is the kind of things you get when alliances are formed with people of contradictory values. They end up clashing against themselves.
Always fight the good fight wihout minding whose side of the good you are fighting for. That's how the contradictions are avoided and victory is easily achieved.

[pooya87]

How can turkey who supports Palestine now be working against it.

Generally speaking what politicians "say" should not be taken into consideration. What they "do" is important. In case of deceitful double-faced ones like Erdogan, it is even more important to look at their actions.
Nobody had any doubts that he is against Palestine and is fully supporting the Genocide that is being carried out by the Zionist occupiers.

If anybody had any doubts, it should have been resolved over the past year; specially 60+ days ago when Israel launched a ground assault at Lebanon while some time before that while addressing the Turkish parliament, Erdogan threatened that if Israel did that he will intervene militarily and defend Lebanon
Not only he didn't lift a finger but also continued supplying Israel with cheap fuel for their tanks and aircrafts among other things to help them kill more children!

Here is something funny:
CNN recently held a face to face interview with head of one of the terrorist organizations involved in the terrorist attacks on Syria. An organization which is basically the rebranded Al-Qaida. The objective CNN sought in this interview was to change the public perception of this terrorist organization, pretending that they just simple "rebels" as that's the term they love to use to define terrorists that work for the US regime!

The CNN reporter sat face to face with this terrorist while FBI is seeking to find him and is offering $10 million reward for any information on his whereabouts!!!
This is so absurd that all you can do is laugh

https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/washingtondc/news/press-releases/up-to-10-million-reward-offered-for-information-on-the-leader-of-the-al-nusrah-front

These are the same terrorists that have been regularly cutting people's heads off over the past 20+ years since creation of ISIL:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/world/video/abu-mohammad-al-jolani-syria-rebel-leader-karadsheh-digvid

[Zlantann]

Assad has fled Syria bringing an end to his family's 54 years rule. His fall was just too easy more than I ever imagined. It is clear that the Syrian army refused to fight for him. In some cases they practically withdrew when these terrorist groups/rebels approached some cities. This is a clear indication that Assad has lost the support of even the military. There are reports that they are poorly paid and he just increased their salary immediately this war broke out. He also failed to tackle the increasing rate of poverty which has increased to 90%. Maybe he over relaxed thinking that his battles are over.

This war was stractegically planned. Maybe the attack by Israel on Hezbollah and Iran was not the main target of the West. It was a plot to bring down Assad and build another strong ally in the Middle East. Since Russia and Iran were already distracted, the fall of Syria became cheap.

I saw Syrians celebrating and I feel sorry for them. For me it would have been better to be under Assad than under a group of terrorist and radicalized Islamic groups. It reminds me of the situation of people under the Taliban in Afghanistan. The situation also reminds me of the condition of Libya after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. I hope things turn out well for the civilians and minorities.

[pooya87]

In a surprising and unexpected turn of events the Syrian army that had successfully stopped the NATO-backed Turkish terrorists at Hama all this time suddenly pulled back and stopped fighting completely, which meant within hours the terrorists took over the rest of Syria and reached the capital, Damascus.

With that, these rebranded ISIS terrorists re-established their caliphate (khalifat) in Syria once again.
The threats of this radical Ikhwani/Salafi movement will reach Jordan and Egypt and pour into North Africa in the near future.

The situation got very complicated and unpredictable specially for those who were backing these terrorists.

• On one hand these terrorist groups have been trying to introduce themselves as "rebels" who are just fighting a dictator and want to "save Syria".
• One another hand these groups are internationally designated as terrorists. Meaning now that there is no way they can be recognized as legitimate government of Syria. That means no international aid, no trade, no money. And without money they can't rule.

In fact Syrian economy that has fallen apart because of two decades of terrorist attacks and NATO invasion is what analysts are saying is the reason why Syrian army abandoned defense which helped the terrorists (which are very weak and easy to defeat) took over the capital. To put simply a soldier who is being paid peanuts ain't gonna fight.

The situation is also not like previous time ISIL was established. Back then the same terrorists had control over most of both Syria and Iraq. Specifically the oil/gas fields. That meant they had an easy access to a revenue source (ISIS sold oil to Turkey at 10 bucks a barrel IIRC). This time they don't have that revenue. They have not entered Iraq (yet) and the oil/gas fields in Syria are mostly in the East that is under the control of Kurdish groups and United States where US is stealing that revenue.

What I also found interesting in the news is how Israeli terrorists are scared of the recent development. It is too soon to analyze that, we first have to see how the terrorist leader Al-Golani is going to handle the Zionist occupied Syrian Golan heights which is a very strategically important height...

[hellflame]

It is nice that their sponsors have coordinated their clothing with their ski masks. I don't see their usual bulk supplied white toyota pickups but they have matching footwear at least. Perhaps their backers are no longer buying their uniforms from alibaba and went with temu this time. The rent a terrorist crew have become so predictable these days that even a halfwit can see through it. These new rebranded terrorists will probably grace the front page of time magazine or the economist in the near future to give them some street cred and who knows might even sign a record label if their chanting drivel is in sync.

[pakhitheboss]

@pooya87 Syria now gone as the President left the country as per reports published on multiple media outlets. I am not sure whether he is even alive as earlier there were news that his family nhas gone to Russia and today it is confirmed he is not present in Damascus.

It was eventually going to happen and it is done. He as in the ruler/ president was only trying to make more time before he leaves the country. The Assad family ruled for more than 50 years and with this event Israel will be benefited. The hypocrisy of Turkey should make us realize geo politics is not about religion it is all about benifits.

Both Turkey and Israel will now own a certain part of Syria. This country will get divided and new countries will get named in the coming days. We will remember Syria in our history books and in our dream.
 

[pooya87]

Both Turkey and Israel will now own a certain part of Syria. This country will get divided and new countries will get named in the coming days. We will remember Syria in our history books and in our dream.

Hopefully we can learn from history. There are a lot of people who don't.
People like Libyans who are now dreaming of the days the "dictator" Gaddafi ruled over them and they were living in prosperity but those days aren't coming back. The Libyans have to live in poverty toady if they are lucky. If they aren't, they'll be traded in 21st century slave markets!
Syrians made a similar mistake over 20 years ago by believing the lie started by foreign outlets like the Qatari Al Jazeera, the same Qatar that supported many terrorist groups in Syria in the years that followed.

Syria was already broken apart but now it has fallen apart completely (my initial assessment of this being an opportunity to eliminate terrorist groups was wrong).
Israeli terrorists have already started advancing and taking more of Syrian soil. From this morning they have also been carrying out airstrikes against any Syrian infrastructure they could, military or civilian... This picture is from Syrian capital burning after Israel attacks:


I've also already mentioned the fossil fuel situation, which is the only revenue Syria has.

Erdogan screwed Turkey as well mostly because of Assad's last action (running away).
If we look at past 2 years, Erdogan has been pressuring Assad to accept terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda branches as "legitimate opposition" and enter negotiations with them. If he had done that, he would have effectively legitimized terrorist organizations as part of Syria and most importantly he would have given Erdogan direct influence/control inside Syria.
But now the al-Queda branch named Tahrir-al-Sham which is renamed from al-Nusrah continues to be seen as a terrorist organization that has now taken over Syria.... all backed by Turkey! Something that is a regional threat to Iraq as the start and Jordan and Egypt next.

And the head of this terrorist group who is now celebrating inside Damascus, Al-Golani is still on international terrorists most wanted list.

Another thing Erdogan did by destabilizing Syria was to activate the Kurds. Maybe in the near future they also want to become "rebels" and overthrow the Erdogan regime as a dictatorship that has oppressed them for many years. Remember the situation with Kurdish mayors that got sacked? The anger and potential to rise up is already there. It just needed a spark, a spark that could be provided in the chaos created by these terrorists. A spark that could be provided that with weak Turkish economy that is struggling with high inflation can provide after Erdogan being forced to fund his terrorist proxies in Syria to help them keep the country that is starving away from civil war....
All of a sudden this picture is no longer just a caricature someone drew:

[AlphaBoy]

Assad has fled Syria bringing an end to his family's 54 years rule. His fall was just too easy more than I ever imagined. It is clear that the Syrian army refused to fight for him. In some cases they practically withdrew when these terrorist groups/rebels approached some cities. This is a clear indication that Assad has lost the support of even the military. There are reports that they are poorly paid and he just increased their salary immediately this war broke out. He also failed to tackle the increasing rate of poverty which has increased to 90%. Maybe he over relaxed thinking that his battles are over.

This war was stractegically planned. Maybe the attack by Israel on Hezbollah and Iran was not the main target of the West. It was a plot to bring down Assad and build another strong ally in the Middle East. Since Russia and Iran were already distracted, the fall of Syria became cheap.

I saw Syrians celebrating and I feel sorry for them. For me it would have been better to be under Assad than under a group of terrorist and radicalized Islamic groups. It reminds me of the situation of people under the Taliban in Afghanistan. The situation also reminds me of the condition of Libya after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. I hope things turn out well for the civilians and minorities.

Not true, Assad fought for 14 years and took back more than 70% of the country. He gave up and ordered the army to stop fighting. Some of them joined the rebels, and some others threw their weapons (and were executed by the rebels), while some chose to fight to the last breath, and some had to flee.

More than half of the country was destroyed during the early years of the war, and with the sanctions, his government couldn't keep a balance between rebuilding the army or public services and facilities. He chose the latter and left the entire army section to his allies (Russia and Iran). While Russia was busy with Ukraine and Iran isn't any good at anything, he had no choice but to give up and leave, as the continuation of the fight would mean nothing but more blood, as the victory won't be as easy as it was 10 years ago. Not to mention the fact that he did not neutralize the regions that were under the rebel group's control in the past. Those regions were filled with weapons and people who hated him. He chose to give people more democracy at the worst possible time, which led to them rejoining the rebels once he got weaker again.

Those Syrians who are celebrating are fools. They are celebrating their doom.
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[pooya87]

He chose the latter and left the entire army section to his allies (Russia and Iran). While Russia was busy with Ukraine and Iran isn't any good at anything, he had no choice but to give up and leave,

A decade ago when he only had control of about 16% of Syria, he officially requested Iran's help and it was only then that the tables turned and it was Iran that defeated the ISIS-US coalition. The only reason why Russia is there is also because Iran convinced them to bring their airforce to counter the US airforce that was providing ISIS with air support.

Recently, the same Arab dictators who kicked him out of their Arab "league" many years ago started fooling him with fake promises under one condition: to kick Iran out.
FYI Iran left Syria a while ago. That is why Erdogan saw the opportunity to invade at this point, he knew the only force capable of keeping his terrorists out was gone. Otherwise if the Resistance ground forces where there, these terrorists who mostly had light weapons and were on the back of pickup trucks driving on open highways wouldn't have been able to get past Idlib.

In any case, you are right that those celebrating are fools. We are already seeing how Israeli terrorists are advancing from the west occupying more of Syrian soil, expanding their own occupied territories. All while there is constant bombardment of all Syrian infrastructure without stop...
Meanwhile Turkish al-Qaeda terrorists are sacking the cities.

[AlphaBoy]

A decade ago when he only had control of about 16% of Syria, he officially requested Iran's help and it was only then that the tables turned and it was Iran that defeated the ISIS-US coalition. The only reason why Russia is there is also because Iran convinced them to bring their airforce to counter the US airforce that was providing ISIS with air support.

Recently, the same Arab dictators who kicked him out of their Arab "league" many years ago started fooling him with fake promises under one condition: to kick Iran out.
FYI Iran left Syria a while ago. That is why Erdogan saw the opportunity to invade at this point, he knew the only force capable of keeping his terrorists out was gone. Otherwise if the Resistance ground forces where there, these terrorists who mostly had light weapons and were on the back of pickup trucks driving on open highways wouldn't have been able to get past Idlib.

In any case, you are right that those celebrating are fools. We are already seeing how Israeli terrorists are advancing from the west occupying more of Syrian soil, expanding their own occupied territories. All while there is constant bombardment of all Syrian infrastructure without stop...
Meanwhile Turkish al-Qaeda terrorists are sacking the cities.

Iran did not do much other than protecting the holy site for the Shias. Most of those on the frontlines were Syrians, and Iran also backed out when the chemical attack fuss started, and they were more than happy to condemn Assad in the ICJ. From the beginning, Assad did not think of Iran anything good due to the ancient history between Syria and Persia, and Assad is literally the first Syrian leader ever that had a good relationship with Iran, same as Iraq after Saddam.

Assad simply did not want to continue. All my friends who lived in the former Yugoslavia told me that Syria is basically a version of Yugoslavia, the only difference being that Assad knew when to stop, unlike Ratko.

He had a great chance to win this battle, but a very low chance to win the war, and even if he somehow won the war, he can't rebuild Syria with all the sanctions, boycotts, siege, and inflation. He is 61 years old and has fought for 14 years, so his lifespan is halved. Even if he won in a short time, the Party will not choose his son as the new leader of the party (which is the country's president in a one-party system), meaning his family will lose huge power and protection and rebels will seize the opportunity and take horrific revenge on them once that happens.
he gave up for his own chlidrens and mental health, leaving the rebels to explode the bomb they been planting 14 years.