The fall of Syria and the struggle for Palestine
Watch our EI discussions of the rise of sectarianism in Syria -- with guest Helena Cobban.
On the last two weeks of The Electronic Intifada livestream, we discussed events in Syria: the new US-backed insurgent offensive, the subsequent downfall of the government, as well as the new Israeli invasion and bombing campaign against Syria.
In the video below — from two weeks ago — we discussed the historic background to the new insurgent offensive and how the US has been funding and arming al-Qaida-led rebels for 13 years, in a vicious proxy war against Syria.
In the video above — from last week — we discuss the downfall of the Syrian government with our guest Helena Cobban, a veteran expert on the region.
What are the implications of events in Syria for Palestine? What will happen now the US proxy war against Syria finally succeeded? How will the overthrow of one of its members impact the Axis of Resistance? And how has sectarianism been used to mobilised against Syria and the Palestine solidarity movement?
We discussed all this and more — watch the segment in the video above.
The 'new Syria': no borders, no territory, no water, no crude oil, no army, no air defence and no weapons (except for those held by murderous al-Qa'ida gangs and foreign proxies).
Just ISIS-in-suits, lots of Mossad, thousands of American troops, French Special Forces, German spies, Turkish asset-strippers, British 'diplomats',Zionist troops and constant Zionist airstrikes.
The 'Blessed Revolution', which took one of the Arab world's most economically productive, stable and culturally sophisticated states and turned millions into refugees or vanished them into dust.
First they told you it was for 'democracy'. Then they told you it was about removing a 'brutal tyrant' (unlike the very genteel Gulf rulers funding the regime change). Then they dared to tell you it was about 'Syrian agency', while all those telling you so were working for US intelligence front organisations. Now the ISIS-in-suits regime is in charge, they tell us it was about Iran and Hizballah all along.
A sectarian war to smash Muslim unity; smash the Resistance; hand Syria over on a plate to the Zionists; and turn it into a playground for the financial interests of everyone who paid for the dirty war, all now jostling for their piece of the pie.
And those who never understood — or lapped up the sectarian bloodlust — clap along like seals.
https://x.com/Tracking_Power/status/1870030865469956387
Putin Thinks Al-Qaeda in Syria Is Reformed Too 💡
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/12/20/putin-thinks-al-qaeda-in-syria-is-reformed-too/
As soon as you called Assad a dictator I stopped listening. I appreciate Jon Elmer's piece in the beginning of the video. If you want to be a journalist you should be unbiased since you are not a Syrian. Many Syrians loved Assad, I suggest you take a look at the voter turnout and the percentage of votes he won with in the last elections.