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'Civil War Is Now Official' - Syria Erupts Into Worst Bloodshed Since Assad's Fall
'Civil War Is Now Official' - Syria Erupts Into Worst Bloodshed Since Assad's Fall
Any lingering delusions that Syria could emerge from its Western-imposed, regime-change victimhood and enter an era of peace and stability were obliterated on Thursday, as 48 people were killed in battles between supporters of the deposed Bashar al Assad government and the country's new radical Islamist regime. As all-out civil war looms, increasingly disturbing sectarian violence has an important minority sect asking for Russian intervention to safeguard their lives.
Insane videos coming out of Syria after the announcement of an uprising against Jolani's regime https://t.co/sizIupxiSf
— COMBATE |🇵🇷 (@upholdreality) https://twitter.com/upholdreality/status/1897837521498746904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In the town of Jableh, which lies in Syria's coastal Latakia province, https://www.dw.com/en/syria-sees-worst-day-of-violence-since-ouster-of-assad/a-71852125
.
The ambush was well-executed, according to a security official in Latakia. "[In] a well-planned and premeditated attack, several groups of Assad militia remnants attacked our positions and checkpoints, targeting many of our patrols in the Jableh area," Mustafa Kneifati told German news outlet https://www.dw.com/en/syria-sees-worst-day-of-violence-since-ouster-of-assad/a-71852125
. Those pro-Assad forces are said to have included soldiers loyal to former Syrian army General Suheil al-Hassan, though it's unknown whether Hassan himself participated in the battles. The fighting spanned over a period of hours, with regime security forces responding to the ambush with helicopter gunships and artillery.
Alawites in Jableh countryside defend themselves after Al-Jolani gangs attack their villages https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
— Al-Julani gangs (@AlJulanigangs) https://twitter.com/AlJulanigangs/status/1897660187730681874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Thursday's fighting may be just a precursor to something far more intense: There are https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1897874674769396171
moving toward the Syrian coastal region.
The combat comes alongside rising sectarian violence, with Sunni militants victimizing Alawites who had long enjoyed peace as the Alawite Assad family ruled the country from 1971 until December 2024, when https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/jihadists-reach-outskirts-damascus-amid-likely-transition-power-deal-assads-fate
fled as Sunni extremists took over. While the new government repeatedly warns against sectarian reprisals against Alawites, citizens say security forces themselves have engaged in executions, kidnappings and home seizures.
Videos are circulating on social media which purportedly show the horrors being visited on the Alawites. From a grisly video that's said to show https://x.com/DanLinnaeus/status/1897799318125285657
, to another that's described as capturing Sunnis shooting at the residences of Alawites in Homs province:
So America, Turkey and Israel helped Osama bin Laden's guys take over Syria – what's the worst that could happen, right?
Okay, I know you're remembering that time Obama and Brennan created the ISIS Caliphate 10 years ago and then Iraq War III to destroy it again. Fair point. https://t.co/LvOD8Qvb1C
— Scott Horton (@scotthortonshow) https://twitter.com/scotthortonshow/status/1897775914278154310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
...while another is said to shows an Alawite's body being dragged behind an SUV...
HTS is dragging the bodies of Alawites behind cars in Latakia. Utterly horrific. https://t.co/vE46ze7e9y
— Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) https://twitter.com/LindseySnell/status/1897791503503872376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
...and this video is described as depicting civilians "armed by the Syrian government" menacing Alawite towns with loyalties to the fallen Assad government:
Civilians 'armed by Syrian govt' rampage 'to the Alawite towns' tied to Assad — alleged social media video https://t.co/MMMLG0apAv
— RT (@RT_com) https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1897879538530423101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In addition to the Alawite ambush against regime forces, protests against the new Sunni regime erupted in several cities, including Latakia City and Tartous, with demonstrators demanding that regime forces withdraw from the area. Russia's https://x.com/RT_com/status/1897894770858504343
reports that Alawites are begging for Russia, the United Nations and the international community to protect them from attacks at the hands of regime forces and allies, whom they accuse of entering the coastal region "under the pretext of pursuing remnants of the [Assad] regime -- while in reality, aiming to terrorize and kill the Syrian people in general and the Alawite community in particular."
One of their own is saying it, The New Syrian Government is Handing weapons out to Sunnis like candy in Hama to go kill alawites in the Coast ( Lattakia and Tartous ) https://t.co/YlVJo7NWcy
— Rūm ☦︎ن (@Syrian_Rumm) https://twitter.com/Syrian_Rumm/status/1897816097992188222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
More significantly, RT said "civil war is now official," pointing to a public declaration that establishes a new "Military Council for the Liberation of Syria." Among the group's goals:
"Liberating all Syrian terrirtory from all occupying and terrorist forces"
"Rebuilding strong institutions on national and democratic foundations"
"Protecting the lives and property of Syrian citizens"
"We call on all Syrians, from different sects, regions and ethnicities, to join our ranks and stand with us in this historical stage," the new group https://x.com/RT_com/status/1897817090242793775
.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1897766326824767923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Meanwhile, to the extent that https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/why-israel-wants-syria-become-failed-state
, there are smiles aplenty in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as the chaos and bloodshed mount...
https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden
Fri, 03/07/2025 - 06:55
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/civil-war-now-official-syria-erupts-worst-bloodshed-assads-fall
'Civil War Is Now Official' - Syria Erupts Into Worst Bloodshed Since Assad's Fall
Any lingering delusions that Syria could emerge from its Western-imposed, regime-change victimhood and enter an era of peace and stability were obliterated on Thursday, as 48 people were killed in battles between supporters of the deposed Bashar al Assad government and the country's new radical Islamist regime. As all-out civil war looms, increasingly disturbing sectarian violence has an important minority sect asking for Russian intervention to safeguard their lives.
Insane videos coming out of Syria after the announcement of an uprising against Jolani's regime https://t.co/sizIupxiSf
— COMBATE |🇵🇷 (@upholdreality) https://twitter.com/upholdreality/status/1897837521498746904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In the town of Jableh, which lies in Syria's coastal Latakia province, https://www.dw.com/en/syria-sees-worst-day-of-violence-since-ouster-of-assad/a-71852125
.
The ambush was well-executed, according to a security official in Latakia. "[In] a well-planned and premeditated attack, several groups of Assad militia remnants attacked our positions and checkpoints, targeting many of our patrols in the Jableh area," Mustafa Kneifati told German news outlet https://www.dw.com/en/syria-sees-worst-day-of-violence-since-ouster-of-assad/a-71852125
. Those pro-Assad forces are said to have included soldiers loyal to former Syrian army General Suheil al-Hassan, though it's unknown whether Hassan himself participated in the battles. The fighting spanned over a period of hours, with regime security forces responding to the ambush with helicopter gunships and artillery.
Alawites in Jableh countryside defend themselves after Al-Jolani gangs attack their villages https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
— Al-Julani gangs (@AlJulanigangs) https://twitter.com/AlJulanigangs/status/1897660187730681874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Thursday's fighting may be just a precursor to something far more intense: There are https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1897874674769396171
moving toward the Syrian coastal region.
The combat comes alongside rising sectarian violence, with Sunni militants victimizing Alawites who had long enjoyed peace as the Alawite Assad family ruled the country from 1971 until December 2024, when https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/jihadists-reach-outskirts-damascus-amid-likely-transition-power-deal-assads-fate
fled as Sunni extremists took over. While the new government repeatedly warns against sectarian reprisals against Alawites, citizens say security forces themselves have engaged in executions, kidnappings and home seizures.
Videos are circulating on social media which purportedly show the horrors being visited on the Alawites. From a grisly video that's said to show https://x.com/DanLinnaeus/status/1897799318125285657
, to another that's described as capturing Sunnis shooting at the residences of Alawites in Homs province:
So America, Turkey and Israel helped Osama bin Laden's guys take over Syria – what's the worst that could happen, right?
Okay, I know you're remembering that time Obama and Brennan created the ISIS Caliphate 10 years ago and then Iraq War III to destroy it again. Fair point. https://t.co/LvOD8Qvb1C
— Scott Horton (@scotthortonshow) https://twitter.com/scotthortonshow/status/1897775914278154310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
...while another is said to shows an Alawite's body being dragged behind an SUV...
HTS is dragging the bodies of Alawites behind cars in Latakia. Utterly horrific. https://t.co/vE46ze7e9y
— Lindsey Snell (@LindseySnell) https://twitter.com/LindseySnell/status/1897791503503872376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
...and this video is described as depicting civilians "armed by the Syrian government" menacing Alawite towns with loyalties to the fallen Assad government:
Civilians 'armed by Syrian govt' rampage 'to the Alawite towns' tied to Assad — alleged social media video https://t.co/MMMLG0apAv
— RT (@RT_com) https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1897879538530423101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In addition to the Alawite ambush against regime forces, protests against the new Sunni regime erupted in several cities, including Latakia City and Tartous, with demonstrators demanding that regime forces withdraw from the area. Russia's https://x.com/RT_com/status/1897894770858504343
reports that Alawites are begging for Russia, the United Nations and the international community to protect them from attacks at the hands of regime forces and allies, whom they accuse of entering the coastal region "under the pretext of pursuing remnants of the [Assad] regime -- while in reality, aiming to terrorize and kill the Syrian people in general and the Alawite community in particular."
One of their own is saying it, The New Syrian Government is Handing weapons out to Sunnis like candy in Hama to go kill alawites in the Coast ( Lattakia and Tartous ) https://t.co/YlVJo7NWcy
— Rūm ☦︎ن (@Syrian_Rumm) https://twitter.com/Syrian_Rumm/status/1897816097992188222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
More significantly, RT said "civil war is now official," pointing to a public declaration that establishes a new "Military Council for the Liberation of Syria." Among the group's goals:
"Liberating all Syrian terrirtory from all occupying and terrorist forces"
"Rebuilding strong institutions on national and democratic foundations"
"Protecting the lives and property of Syrian citizens"
"We call on all Syrians, from different sects, regions and ethnicities, to join our ranks and stand with us in this historical stage," the new group https://x.com/RT_com/status/1897817090242793775
.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/1897766326824767923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Meanwhile, to the extent that https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/why-israel-wants-syria-become-failed-state
, there are smiles aplenty in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as the chaos and bloodshed mount...
https://cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden
Fri, 03/07/2025 - 06:55
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/civil-war-now-official-syria-erupts-worst-bloodshed-assads-fall