Russia Begins Operations in Syria: End Game for the US Empire?

[Jebra]

My predictions - within 3 months all the Christians would have 'dissappeared' from Syria and all the churches destroyed. All the women wear burkas and the whole country will be a Jihadi terrorist war-zone and training ground eventually being the source of most terrorist activity that will be plaguing Europe and bringing fear and misery to everyone there. Meanwhile Israel has gotten alot bigger and taken over large portions of the country. Isn't that nice for Israel? This is End Times stuff.

 

[loreta]

This, according to Galloway, is the reason for the end of Syria: the dismantling of aid to Hezbollah, the only ones to help the Palestinians. Now Israel has invaded Syria. And Syria is unable to defend itself. The road to Iran is cut off. Russia is no longer there. It's all over.

The tragedy is terrible. And the next invasion will be Iran. And Galloway says: Iran will regret, now isolated, not having helped Syria. Now there is no Syrian state, and terrorists are in power, with all the consequences that imply to have a terrorist as a leader of the country.

 

[Aeneas]

And the next invasion will be Iran. And Galloway says: Iran will regret, now isolated, not having helped Syria.

Well perhaps not, as Iran has nuclear weapons, which Galloway may not be aware of. Iran did help Syria a lot as did Russia, but certain offers from both Russia and Iran were not accepted by the Syrian governement which for some reason put their trust in the Arab League with whom they started to be accepted. Yet, when it came to it, the Arab League did very little or at least that is how is looks.

 

[Ennio]

Iranian official media has released explanations on why Iran did not go all the way in for Assad.

[...]

But the main change took place in Bashar al-Assad himself. During his last meeting with him on June 10, 2024, Rahbar Ali Khamenei gave the Syrian president an important and justified warning.

In addition, before the Lebanon war, Iran repeatedly warned Assad about the strengthening of terrorists and even made him necessary proposals, but they were not heeded.

This process continued until the last hours of Assad's fall. The presence of the highest level Iranian officials to negotiate with him showed Iran's serious determination to strengthen Damascus. But Assad made the strategic - and fatal for himself - mistake of relying on promises from other Arab countries and the West.

Upon learning of this, Iran decided not to intervene, but tried to persuade Assad to the last. However, he realized too late the emptiness of his enemies' promises.

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Seems like part of the reason Syria fell was because Assad tired of fighting. If Iran was issuing warnings of just such an outcome as we're seeing in Syria now, and willing to send new forces to Syria up until just a few days ago even - and Assad said no, or was ambivalent about it, then there was no way Syria could or should reasonably expect to survive a new and well planned insurgency.

Haven't seen anything yet to suggest that this was something Russia "allowed" to happen; they did all they could, and much more, to turn the tide of the war since 2015, and bombed opposition forces up to only a few days ago as well. For economic and military purposes Russia had every reason to help Syria remain free of the "moderate" headchoppers but was probably limited in what it could do given its commitments in Ukraine. Would be interested in hearing any other takes on this however.

Though we know the fall of Syria was a long-term project put in motion by the US and Israel another big culprit of this disaster would seem to be Erdogan. Prof. Mohammed Maranadi says in the interview below that "Erdogan did Israel's dirty work" (by propping up the opposition). Erdogan is so blinded by his ambition to grab land and grow his fiefdom that he not only continues to do business with Israel (despite rhetoric to the contrary), but has effectively helped destroy the country just south of his and make for even greater regional instability - and in doing so has also now managed to weaken the Resitances' efforts to thwart Israel's agenda and greatly undercut Russia's work in the region for the last 10 or so years.

As we know, Russia saved Erdogan's butt from a NATO-planned coup some years ago, so his recent maneuvers must seem particularly galling to Putin, and one wonders if Erdogan will ever be on the receiving end of some justice for his latest act.

 

[Olivierlejardinier]

This is End Times stuff

From the bible (Isaiah 17), to consider :

A prophecy against Damascus:

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.
The cities of Aroer will be deserted
and left to flocks, which will lie down,
with no one to make them afraid.
The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory of the Israelites,”
declares the Lord Almighty.

“In that day the glory of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste away.
It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
gathering the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain
in the Valley of Rephaim.
Yet some gleanings will remain,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

In that day people will look to their Maker
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
They will not look to the altars,
the work of their hands,
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[<a href="BibleGateway.com: Search for a Bible passage in 71 languages and 226 versions.
and the incense altars their fingers have made.

9In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth. And all will be desolation.


You have forgotten God your Savior;
you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress.
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,
though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest will be as nothing
in the day of disease and incurable pain.

Woe to the many nations that rage—
they rage like the raging sea!
Woe to the peoples who roar—
they roar like the roaring of great waters!
Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters,
when he rebukes them they flee far away,
driven before the wind like chaff on the hills,
like tumbleweed before a gale.
In the evening, sudden terror!
Before the morning, they are gone!
This is the portion of those who loot us,
the lot of those who plunder us.

More recent prediction, by Baba Vanga :

This unsettling development echoes the foreboding prophecy of Baba Vanga, who ominously declared: "As soon as Syria falls, expect a great war between the West and the East. In the spring, a war in the East will begin, and there will be a Third World War. A war in the East that will destroy the West."

Furthermore, in an enigmatic statement, Baba Vanga said: "Syria will fall at the feet of the winner, but the winner will not be the one."

More Israeli's strike in Syria (telegram) :

Israeli airstrikes began in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Ammunition depots of the Syrian military are mainly targeted here.

But the most unusual aspect of the operation was the burning of the HQ of the Syrian intelligence agency General Intelligence Directorate (GID) by IDF warplanes.

It is believed that the GID headquarters had Top Secret files which, if it fell into the hands of HTS or the Turks, could have been as devastating as an ammunition depot for Israel. So, in order to protect the secrecy, Israeli warplanes attacked it and tried to destroy all the documents.

Evidence of all the dirty deeds of a country resides in the headquarters of the country's intelligence agencies. If Israel had been Bashar al-Assad's worst enemy, they would not have been horrified by the disclosure of secret documents at the headquarters of Bashar's intelligence agency. Rather, they were expected to be revealed.

And some 'after the fact' allegations :

Reuters, citing two sources says that the "Syrian opposition" had informed Türkiye of its plans to launch an offensive six months ago and felt it had received tacit approval from them.

 

[Scottie]

I found it interesting that while Assad left Syria, the prime minister stayed and said, "Well, whatever! We'll cooperate with whomever the people choose!"

Sounds to me like a bunch of "leaders" in Syria were in cahoots with the terrorists/Israel/USA, and Assad left while Syria fell because there was no more holding it together.
Trump has also been gunning for Iran a bit, and so is Israel... So Iranian nukes or not, I don't see the Middle East lasting much longer. Which means the World's Gas Station is going down, which means the economy as it exists now is going down.

 

[loreta]

Syria | Russia's Lavrov Sends Shockwaves to the U.S as Assad regime ends!​

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives a press conference following the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Malta on Thursday, December 5.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivered a strong statement on Syria at the Doha Forum, emphasizing that it is "unacceptable for terrorist groups to seize control of territories in violation of UN Resolution 2254." The resolution underscores the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and unity of the Syrian Arab Republic. Lavrov also criticized Western powers, accusing them of "repeating an old pattern of creating chaos and then exploiting the resulting disorder for their own benefit." Watch the full exchange here.

 

[Andrian]

I found it interesting that while Assad left Syria, the prime minister stayed and said, "Well, whatever! We'll cooperate with whomever the people choose!"

Sounds to me like a bunch of "leaders" in Syria were in cahoots with the terrorists/Israel/USA, and Assad left while Syria fell because there was no more holding it together.
Trump has also been gunning for Iran a bit, and so is Israel... So Iranian nukes or not, I don't see the Middle East lasting much longer. Which means the World's Gas Station is going down, which means the economy as it exists now is going down.

Maybe i'm just seeing too much into this situation but it seems to me that the following crisis in the Middle East has the potential to start a domino effect of worldwide chaos by triggering other factors such as a partial or total real economy collapse in the West and elsewhere (in the not too distant future), increasing earth changes and celestial phenomena (human-cosmic connection), a plandemic perhaps.

What one gets is worldwide instability and chaos which someone may think to be able to control it or use it to its own advantage.

Are we approaching the famous "Triple bad day" timeline the C's mentioned several times in the past?

Will wait and see, though, the current geopolitical situation doesn't look reassuring at all.

 

[Corvus]

From the bible (Isaiah 17), to consider :



More recent prediction, by Baba Vanga :



More Israeli's strike in Syria (telegram) :



And some 'after the fact' allegations :

I watched the video by history legends and it sums up whole
operation by rebels, and they had elite units with gear and equipement like modern armies, night and thermal vision, and uses of drones that gave very big advantage like in azeri vs armenia war and that syrian army is mostly conscripts that earn 20 30 dollars a day and not very motivated. One reason is western sanctions that caused lack of fuel and spare parts for tanks, and many where evading duty, but against drones it would not help much, they did not adapt to times.

Also elite units like Tiger were pulled to south, and it is mentioned bibery and treason among some ranks but it could also be they thought Israel could attack so they pulled them.

Also there were turkish flags that were put by some rebels on buildings and they had turkish armored cars so it tells you whose enough about Erdogan playing both sides for self gain.

If Assad was fed in his protected place how was then people and army that fought for 12 years since insurgency.....

 

[ApotheosisMMC.]

Seems like part of the reason Syria fell was because Assad tired of fighting. If Iran was issuing warnings of just such an outcome as we're seeing in Syria now, and willing to send new forces to Syria up until just a few days ago even - and Assad said no, or was ambivalent about it, then there was no way Syria could or should reasonably expect to survive a new and well planned insurgency.

Haven't seen anything yet to suggest that this was something Russia "allowed" to happen; they did all they could, and much more, to turn the tide of the war since 2015, and bombed opposition forces up to only a few days ago as well. For economic and military purposes Russia had every reason to help Syria remain free of the "moderate" headchoppers but was probably limited in what it could do given its commitments in Ukraine. Would be interested in hearing any other takes on this however.

Though we know the fall of Syria was a long-term project put in motion by the US and Israel another big culprit of this disaster would seem to be Erdogan. Prof. Mohammed Maranadi says in the interview below that "Erdogan did Israel's dirty work" (by propping up the opposition). Erdogan is so blinded by his ambition to grab land and grow his fiefdom that he not only continues to do business with Israel (despite rhetoric to the contrary), but has effectively helped destroy the country just south of his and make for even greater regional instability - and in doing so has also now managed to weaken the Resitances' efforts to thwart Israel's agenda and greatly undercut Russia's work in the region for the last 10 or so years.

As we know, Russia saved Erdogan's butt from a NATO-planned coup some years ago, so his recent maneuvers must seem particularly galling to Putin, and one wonders if Erdogan will ever be on the receiving end of some justice for his latest act.

Perhaps people were bought as part of the operation itself, this purchase has surely been brewing for months if not years as infiltration operations usually are.
In 2023, estimates of Syrian army strength were around 170,000 men; with 100,000 you could already fight in superior numbers and the advantage should be even greater if you took defensive positions, in the end Assad after certain negotiations saw the lack of support and has not even tried; if there had been some support he could have stopped the advances and stalled the conflict, even with possible attacks from Israel and Turkey they could have resisted long enough to give time for help from foreign allies (you may doubt that Russia was sufficiently busy with Ukraine and its help would have been limited (although there would certainly have been some), but Iran was free).

 

[dredger]

My lone and main thought about this sad story is that the difference with Irak and Libya is that they didn't kill the leader.
It's a good thing, one of the most important i would say.

 

[KJS]

(...) the World's Gas Station is going down, which means the economy as it exists now is going down.

Yields seem to follow oil prices, so this would blow up the bond market as well...

Probably that's why we see such a pump in cryptocurrency prices. Just a random company from the latest news that suddenly decided to invest in BTC:

Worksport (Nasdaq: WKSP), a publicly traded company that manufactures tonneau covers, has made an unorthodox move to add crypto to its corporate treasury. Apart from Bitcoin, the company also decided to adopt the Ripple-affiliated XRP cryptocurrency. According to a recent resolution adopted by the company's board, Worksport will be able to buy up to $5 million in the two aforementioned cryptocurrencies.

Nasdaq-Listed Company to Buy XRP and Bitcoin

 

[Aeneas]

More recent prediction, by Baba Vanga

According to Dima on Military Summary TG, Baba Vanga also said that Damascus would fall in the year of the Dragon, which is this year.

I saw this on X which would be a spanner in the Israeli works if it actually came true.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1866058339282567501

It was certainly a surprise to me but who knows, ISIS might get tired of having been given the position now of being bombed every so often by Israel. Syria had enough problems before this happened and chaos will not help to feed hungry people, which only make for more unrest and discontent.
With Turkey attacking the US supported Kurds and also supporting the US supported ISIS forces, Syria could well be a powderkeg for some time to come.

Another thing is Jordan,a country of 11million people, which has never defended Syria but has been in the US/Israeli pocket. They look very vulnerable with Israel in control to the west and ISIS/Israel in control to the north. With no recent battle experience, Jordan could collapse overnight.

Here is a map for guide:

 

[Seamus]

Seems like part of the reason Syria fell was because Assad tired of fighting. If Iran was issuing warnings of just such an outcome as we're seeing in Syria now, and willing to send new forces to Syria up until just a few days ago even - and Assad said no, or was ambivalent about it, then there was no way Syria could or should reasonably expect to survive a new and well planned insurgency.

Haven't seen anything yet to suggest that this was something Russia "allowed" to happen; they did all they could, and much more, to turn the tide of the war since 2015, and bombed opposition forces up to only a few days ago as well. For economic and military purposes Russia had every reason to help Syria remain free of the "moderate" headchoppers but was probably limited in what it could do given its commitments in Ukraine. Would be interested in hearing any other takes on this however.

This is close to how I see it at this point FWIW. Perhaps there were backroom deals made, something like "don't interfere in Syria and we'll stop funding Ukraine" but I would be surprised if the Russians did something like that given that the US is "not agreement capable".

Whatever the case may be this certainly seems to be part of the "program change" we were recently told about as it seemed Assad would never fall and now it happened suddenly and quickly.

Though we know the fall of Syria was a long-term project put in motion by the US and Israel another big culprit of this disaster would seem to be Erdogan. Prof. Mohammed Maranadi says in the interview below that "Erdogan did Israel's dirty work" (by propping up the opposition). Erdogan is so blinded by his ambition to grab land and grow his fiefdom that he not only continues to do business with Israel (despite rhetoric to the contrary), but has effectively helped destroy the country just south of his and make for even greater regional instability - and in doing so has also now managed to weaken the Resitances' efforts to thwart Israel's agenda and greatly undercut Russia's work in the region for the last 10 or so years.

As we know, Russia saved Erdogan's butt from a NATO-planned coup some years ago, so his recent maneuvers must seem particularly galling to Putin, and one wonders if Erdogan will ever be on the receiving end of some justice for his latest act.

Erdogan seems like an opportunist to me and I doubt Putin will be upset by it, although maybe he won't help him if there's another coup attempt.

I found it interesting that while Assad left Syria, the prime minister stayed and said, "Well, whatever! We'll cooperate with whomever the people choose!"

Sounds to me like a bunch of "leaders" in Syria were in cahoots with the terrorists/Israel/USA, and Assad left while Syria fell because there was no more holding it together.

Looks that way!

Trump has also been gunning for Iran a bit, and so is Israel... So Iranian nukes or not, I don't see the Middle East lasting much longer. Which means the World's Gas Station is going down, which means the economy as it exists now is going down.

Maybe.... then again the spice must flow!

 

[Aeneas]

I saw this on TG on the channel DD Geopolitics where it says:

JUST IN! The Palestinian Hamas movement welcomed the change of power in Syria, describing the recent events in the country as "a success for the Syrian people on their path toward achieving freedom and justice."

In a way it is surprising as one would have thought that HAMAS had learned few things over the years. Hamas did support the Al-qaeda/ISIS attack on Syria when it started in 2011. Ismail Haniyeh was the leader then and he later made up with Assad when the tide turned in the favour of Assad.
Now that Israel has been instrumental in destroying Syria apart from Gaza and Lebanon, one would have thought that Hamas had learned something, but it appears as if they are happy Israel's work in destroying the resistance movement. It is almost as if some in the Hamas leadership still are pro-Israel which gives food for thought about what really happened on October 7 2023 and who was the prime driver of that event. An event which kick started the war for Greater Israel and for the genocide and destruction that we witness.

The head is spinning with the speed and twists of the events unfolding.