💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇷🇺 Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad, is a major city located in southwestern Russia, on the western bank of the Volga River. It was the site of the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II, which is commemorated by a monumental statue called The Motherland Calls.

☝️ Volgograd is one of the largest tourist attractions in Russia. Today, thousands of visitors come to the city to explore its historical sites and admire the magnificent monuments dedicated to the victims of war.

🏞 The main city landmarks include the Motherland Calls statue, Mamayev Kurgan, the Panorama Museum, the State Historical and Memorial Preserve, the Eternal Flame, the Museum “Pamyat,” the Volgograd Planetarium, and others.

🎥 Watch video to learn more!  |media|
⭕ 🇷🇺💬Russia is close to achieving the goals of the SMO, the Russian military has seized the strategic initiative in all areas, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Naryshkin said.

At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are on the verge of collapse, and Zelensky’s regime has completely lost its legitimacy and ability to negotiate.

Other statements from the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service:

• The West may unleash a global armed conflict with its epicenter in Eurasia. But it is encouraging that more responsible countries have emerged in the world that are able to jointly resist Anglo-Saxon adventures;
• Further escalation will not only not lead to the exhaustion of Russia, but will bring closer the strategic defeat of the West itself;
• People realize that we are not fighting the Kyiv junta, but the collective West, and the price of this confrontation is our freedom and sovereignty;
• The whole world clearly sees the absurdity of attempts to resolve the Ukrainian crisis without Russia’s participation;
• The Anglo-Saxons are losing their nerve – this is indicated by their transition to open terror and attempts to physically eliminate opponents;
• Americans are facing a difficult, dramatic period of internal strife, which, out of habit, will be blamed on the “hand of Moscow.”

⭕ Zionists seize strategic mountain.

Early on in the Zionist aggression against Syria, IOF forces captured the Syrian side Mount Hermon, the highest peak in the country at 2814m (9,232 ft.) Mt. Hermon straddles the border between Syria and Lebanon, so it is a key strategic position in the Zionist war against the two countries.

The most obvious strategic advantage is that the capture of Mt. Herman puts Zionist MLRS batteries within range to shell Damascus. However, given Zionist air dominance this might not even be necessary.

The less obvious benefit is that Mt. Hermon was a major dead zone for Zionist radars, which allowed low flying drones to penetrate their airspace. Now with the summit in hand, the zionists can build a radar station which could sweep down into Lebanon, providing better coverage against future drone attacks.

So far, Assad’s defeat has been an absolute gift for the Zionists.

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ Syria no longer has an Air Force or an Air Defense network, virtually all planes, helicopters and AD systems have been destroyed by over 300 Israeli strikes in the past 48 hours

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕ The Alawites Syrian declared they stand with the new Sunni-dominated leadership of #Syria.
⭕ Just got this from a contact from inside Sayyeda Zeinab in #Damascus, #Syria where Shia are allowed to in their holy shrine. It reflects the policy of the new rulers in #Syria towards minorities which contradicts #ISIS doctrine.
[For now]
⭕ Israel destroyed all ammunition and missiles warehouses in south of #Syria, crippling all Syrian military capabilities.
⭕ Part 1:
Challenging False Narratives About Syria   |link|
⭕ Israel is destroying every single camp under the control of the Syrian army with the new leaders in power who have not revealed their position against, with or neutral towards Israel.

Soon in my article details of the Israeli intentions behind these unlimited attacks.
⭕ Sorry guys, I’ve been asleep for the last 48 hours, could you send me a link to the UN or any other country condemning Israel’s occupation of Syrian territories and bombing of Syrian locations all over the country?

Thank you very much.
⭕ Israel is reportedly facing a shortage of ammunition and is seeking additional supplies from the US. The intensive bombing campaign in #Syria, targeting hundreds of sites, appears to be taking a toll on Israel’s own military resources.

Perhaps Tel Aviv may consider starting a GoFundMe or a Buy Me a Coffee campaign to raise funds for more bombs and ammunition. After all, ensuring the continuation of an “undisturbed” bombing spree in Syria seems to require all the help it can get.
⭕ Israel attacked #Damascus, #Aleppo and several other provinces overnight. Drones are over the capital of #Syria since Israel declared unilateral war and invaded the country. Israel wants Syria to have AK-47s, which are only useful in infighting, and to seize as much territory as logistically possible.
⭕ While #Israel is bombing and invading the country, @SecBlinken : “Imperative to respect the law and human rights in #Syria.”
⭕ Israel destroyed dozens of Mig-29 and Helicopters that were staring tons of “chemical weapons”. This is why the West support Israel annexing more land, mainly Mont Hermon and Quneitra where Israel was looking for all chemical weapons manufacturers.

No chemical weapons were found so the Israeli search will continue in Syrian territories
⭕ Israel is 25 kilometres from #Damascus, still searching for more chemical weapons.
[They’re under Hunter’s bed — send the Marines!]
⭕ Israel occupation forces reached Qatana (Arabic: قَطَنَا, Qaţanā) a city in southern #Syria, administratively part of the Qatana District of Rif Dimashq, #Damascus Governorate. Qatana has an altitude of 879 meters.
⭕ Israel bombs Qamishli airport and flies over al-Raqqa, provinces under pro-US forces. It seems the US has missed all chemical weapons and depots in the area they control. The world should be grateful that Israel – not the US – can detect chemical weapons anywhere in #Syria.
⭕ No one in #Syria is asking the army to fight back, but to stay at home. #Israel has a perfect scenario where its jets fly over Syria for the first time so the Syrians can see the Israeli jets at close range so they don’t miss the show.

No need to wake up.
⭕ At the rate #Israel is progressing, I might need to brush up on my Hebrew before my next trip to the Middle East.
[Indeed. And wear the little cap when transiting Doha or Dubai]
⭕ Watch this: The moment the new leaders in #Syria say anything against #Israel, they’ll be considered jihadists and the West won’t lift sanctions.

Keep quiet and soon learn to say shalom when Israelis walk in Souk al-hamidiyeh in #Damascus

💠 @geopolitics_live:
⭕ ❗️Key comments by Sergey Naryshkin, director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR):

• The West may, in the medium term, try to unleash a global armed conflict, with the epicenter in Eurasia;
• The West is fully prepared to resort to extreme measures to hold on to its dominance;
• The United States is losing the initiative on all fronts, from the Middle East to Asia and Africa, and is suffering outright failures in the post-Soviet domain;
• The Anglo-Saxons have resorted to flagrant terror and attempts to physically eliminate opponents, a prime example of this is the assassination attempt targeting Slovakia’s PM Fico;
• Regarding the threats against Vucic and Orban: Dynamic leaders of the emerging multipolar world are under attack by the Anglo-Saxons;
• According to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the post-Soviet realm remains a priority target for attacks by American and British intelligence agencies.

About Russia’s Special Military Operation

• The Ukrainian forces are on the brink of collapse;
• Russia is close to achieving its set goals, the strategic initiative on all fronts belongs to the Russian military;
• The Zelensky regime has completely lost its legitimacy and, as a result, its ability to negotiate;
• The West plans to fight Russia down to the last Ukrainian, and then force the Balts, East Europeans, and Germans to fight in the future;
• Further escalation will not lead to the exhaustion of Russia, as Washington and London believe, rather it will culminate in the strategic defeat of the West itself.

💠 @Sputnik Africa:
⭕ Netanyahu says the Golan Heights to forever remain an integral part of Israel

Israel is actively strengthening its defenses on the Golan Heights amid the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the capture of a significant part of the country by armed opposition forces.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the agreement reached shortly after the 1973 Yom Kippur War (also known as the Ramadan War) was no longer valid because the Syrian forces had left their positions. Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces to occupy the buffer zone.

💬 “The Golan Heights will forever remain an integral part of Israel,” Netanyahu told a press conference.

The fall of al-Assad in Syria was a direct result of Israeli strikes against Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah and Iran, the Israeli prime minister added.

ℹ️ The Golan Heights is a strategic plateau in southwestern Syria that was captured by Israel from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967. In 1981, Israel unilaterally annexed the region, a move not recognized internationally. The UN and most countries consider it Syrian territory under Israeli occupation.
⭕ 🇧🇷 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had emergency surgery to stop bleeding in his skull, he is currently in ICU, the hospital says

According to a hospital statement shared by the president’s social media accounts, Lula is recuperating in the intensive care unit of a Sao Paulo hospital after the “uneventful” surgery to drain a hematoma, or pooling of blood.

Due to a headache, Lula, 79, visited Hospital Sírio-Libanês in Brasília on Monday evening. He had an intracranial hemorrhage, according to MRI. After that, he was taken to São Paulo’s Hospital Sírio-Libanês for surgery, according to the statement.

💠@Fotros Resistance:
⭕Israel also destroyed several Syrian fighter jets, including MiG-29s, today.

Russia had stationed some 20 MiG-29s at Syrian bases. It’s unclear how many have been lost so far …
⭕ 🇸🇾| Meanwhile… Israel continues to destroy any remaining & abandoned military asset above ground with absolute no worry of resistance—as air defenses are offline.

Israel bombed Syrian assets 150 times today, among them were Gazelle SA helicopters, completely gone.

They could’ve atleast land the helis in Iraq …
[this is a prudent campaign by the AZE savages. Not only does it keep the fools permanently down, but it discourages Russkies from ever re-entering these crazed lands]
⭕ This bring me so much pain to see…

People are cheering for a political change but how are you going to go further when Israel is destroying your science facilities, your bases, your defensive capabilities?

Yeah free Syria, congratulations you freed Syria from Assad, so what now? Is baba Erdogan gonna give you the lost planes? Is he going to protect you from Israeli attacks? 🤦🏽‍♂️
⭕Iran condemned Israel’s violent repeated aggression against Syrian infrastructure and the occupation of parts of the Syrian Golan Heights, urging the UNSC to take immediate action to halt the aggression and hold Israel accountable.
⭕ ❗️Israel Broadcoasting Corporation (KAN):

Tel Aviv preparing a heavy attack against Ansarallah in Yemen.
⭕ More than 350 Israeli airstrikes targeting Syrian territory in the past hours, and an Israeli occupation of Syrian territory equivalent to twice the size of the Gaza Strip, and their army is less than 40 km away from the capital Damascus.
[they’ll occupy it now. And note the incremental northern advance is separating Lebanon from Syria. After another Gaza-like Siege for a few years, the Hezbollah front can be reopened on a weakened foe]

💠@Middle East Spectator:
⭕ Israeli airstrikes on Syria continue, including Damascus and Latakia, destroying virtually all bases and equipment leftover by the Syrian Arab Republic |media|
⭕ More footage of the Israeli airstrikes in Damascus |media|

💠@DDGeopolitics:
⭕ Most of the Syrian jet fighters left over from Syrian army and those captured by HTS and SNA terrorists have been destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.

According to reports, Israel has destroyed all MiG-29 regiments of Syrian army at the airports, along with some radars and weapons depots.

According to Israeli reports in the last 24 hours; It has destroyed almost all the ballistic missile warehouses and Russian air defenses and Iran’s drone manufacturing factories in Syria.
⭕ Israeli soldiers appear to be casually strolling through the border areas in Syria with absolutely no resistance from the new authorities. |media|

💠@imetatronink:
⭕ [cont.]
‼️ Just to reiterate what I have long argued:

The Russians regard their Syrian air and naval bases as strategically imperative assets.
🔻 WS [Dec 02]: In my view, such a development would almost certainly depend upon the passing of Erdogan from the scene.

Until then, the Russians and Iranians will be compelled to prop up Assad and Syria on their own.
🔻 C1: Will I love you but this didn’t age well, Iran/Russia had to take a L on this
🔻 WS: There were Russians, Iranians, and various Axis of Resistance groups ready to join the battle … but the Syrian Army wouldn’t fight, so the plan was aborted. The only “L” goes to the SAA. The Russians and Iranians will preserve their forces to fight another day.
🔻 C2: Where did the SAA end up at? Iraq? How many are they?
🔻 C1: I agree, SAA is what altered the plan. But regardless the regime change is a L. Iran and Russia lost a strategic partner, now we have to see what awaits. Unfortunately it might be LIbya 2.0 I hope I’m wrong
🔻 C2: Erdogan and his whole apparatus were literally saved by Putin in 2016 through early warning.
This is quite sick.
🔻 WS: This is happening all around the world as the power of the reigning hegemon melts away. Old almost-forgotten disputes raise their heads once again to demand justice and restitution.
🔻 C2: I really hope it does. Trump’s rant on Assad’s fall was lies after lies and it kinda shows the situation they’re all in. He also conveniently omitted Turkey’s role. How guilty…
🔻Pleas Lucian:
The general sentiment of mankind is that a man who will not fight for himself, when he has the means of doing so, is not worth being fought for by others, and this sentiment is just. For a man who does not value freedom for himself will never value it for others |THREAD|
⭕ Retweet:
🔻 C1: Everyone seems to assume the deep state planned the Syrian government’s collapse or at least expected it…

What’s the over/under that the past few days took Washington by surprise?
🔻 C2: Probably more likely a deal with Putin/Erdogan than the Bidenites master minding anything
🔻 C3: I agree. Other countries have their plans and intrigues and agendas. Not everything that happens in the world is masterminded (or even understood) by the CIA or other Western intelligence agencies.
🔻 C4: Even if they planned it, it would come as a surprise to most of them
🔻 Armchair Warlord: This was a Turkish operation. I doubt Washington or Tel Aviv were consulted, and given the present likelihood that the Syrian Kurds will be wiped out it’s unlikely that DC would have approved of it had they known.
[disagree. Note the timed coordination with ceasefire in Lebanon, threat by Satanyahoo to Assad.. and such preparations would not have been missed, being months in the making, and visible in air and in monitored aether..]
🔻 WS: I agree, of course.

And my sense of things is that Erdoğan is now living on borrowed time. They’ll let him savor his fleeting triumph for a few days or weeks, and then he will be sent to his eternal reward.
[paradoxically agree here too. Kurds were slotted to expand dramatically (“Rojava”) during the dismemberment process of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. See Col Barnett’s map too.]
🔻 C6: Disagree. I think Washington and Israel were both fully apprised and ready with the talking points we’ve been showered with. Backroom deals were made between all the players. Turkey would never have made this move without Washington’s approval.
🔻 WS: I agree the physical preparations for a Turkish-organized HTS-led assault had to have been observed in great detail for months, by all the major players.

But part of me wonders if the collapse of the Syrian Arab Army was a somewhat spontaneous and largely unforeseen development.
🔻 C7: @imetatronink I think I have this Syria situation figured out. Let’s say you were Turkey and you had broken off diplomatic relations with Israel and wanted to somehow get at them, how would you do it? Sea? Air? Doubtful. Land? Absolutely. I think Erdogan cut a deal with Iran, Assad, Russia, HTS, to get things to this point. Assad was bought off with the genius of this plan. Now that the Turks are clearly the dominant military force, they can now start a Sunni movement to help Palestine. This is all about Gaza and the best way of getting to Israel. Everyone wins in this scenario, the Shiite Muslims are given a respite, and the the Sunni jihadis are given a new target. Russia and Iran are happy to go along with this caper, because both want to see Israel harmed or put in its place, and both need a breather for other fights elsewhere. And to prepare for further activities in the coming years.

I hope I’m making sense. I’ll be able to lay it out better, but a deal was cut. Now the Turks and their Sunni jihadi friends can quite literally close with and take under attack the nation state of Israel. First time. I know I know there are holes in this theory of mine, but double crossing is taken as a given in my world vie
[lay off the drugs, lad]
🔻 WS: Sorry, but I don’t believe for a moment that the Turks, Arabs, and Iranians give a rat’s ass about “Palestine”, or Israel going full Amalek on Gaza.

I expect things to advance from great disorder to greater disorder, in ways unforeseen.
⭕ retweet:
🔻 C1: Russia’s naval deployment in the #Mediterranean on the morning of Dec-07 as reported by #OSINT.

A large demonstration of force took place in Wk49, prior to the departure of Admiral Gorshkov. Click link for further analysis.
https://russianfleetanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/12/russian-forces-in-mediterranean-wk492024.html
🔻 Sal Mercogliano: Really confusing information coming out about the Russian Med squadron based in Syria.

The key issue is that the loss of this base will have ramifications on where Russian ships can be located in the Med with the Turkish Straits closed to them.
🔻 Armchair Warlord: Last I heard the squadron was anchored in the Tartus roadstead waiting on developments ashore.

Egypt is a BRICS member and Russia has good military relations with Algeria, so securing alternative basing in the Mediterranean should not be difficult should it become necessary.⬇️

Alternatively, a Russian squadron based on the Iranian coast (another BRICS member and a Russian ally) would be far more threatening to Western interests than one that is effectively isolated in the Eastern Mediterranean with the Dardanelles closed. Such a deployment would turn the Persian Gulf into a Russian lake most of the time and when combined with Chinese deployments in the region would meaningfully contest the Indian Ocean, given the USN’s spotty coverage in the region lately.
🔻 C4: At the end of the day, how important is the Med?
🔻 Armchair Warlord: It’s very important, but if the Russians are going to contest it in a meaningful way they need to, uh… (checks notes) conquer Constantinople first and secure the Dardanelles.
[LOL. Did he check Eschatology? All the Stars align for Russkie Bear]
🔻 C5: I think Libya is already in progress, but that is not as convenient as Tartus, which was a perfect lily pad.

If Russia wants to stay in the Med, they will need to quadruple their defenses and payoffs, and time will be of the essence. Go big or go home.

Maybe Lebanon? Not sure.
[No to both. US Pentagram brass were in Libya recently, anticipating this move. Lebanon is a slave colony]
🔻 Armchair Warlord: Yeah they could also base out of Tobruk or something.
🔻 C6: No foreign military bases are allowed in Iran, it is constitutional.
🔻 C7: LMAO you think Egypt is going to host the next Russian Naval base after this? That’s one of the funniest takes I’ve heard since this started.

Get. Real.
[Indeed. Defeat is an Orphan..]
🔻 C8: I don’t think Iran will allow a Russian base.

They might be allies but a foreign base, no matter how friendly is a loss of sovereignty.
[and not necessary for Iran. Unless it implodes like Syria, Iran cannot be assaulted conventionally without taking the aggressor down, and the region. It doesn’t even need a navy for that. Review Yemen and modern missiles/drones/targeting ISR]
🔻 WS: The more I have pondered the question in the past few days, the more I think the Russians should vacate both Khmeimim and Tartus, and as expeditiously as possible. Your idea of basing them on the Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman would be a brilliant move.
🔻 C9: Speaking of Iran … how much does this change their calculus? Surely must set them back into a more defensive posture? Is anyone in Tehran losing sleep over this or is there a “good while it lasted” mood abound …?
🔻 WS: If I were Iran, I would continue to operate from a largely defensive posture. Time is on their side.
🔻 C10: If Russia leaves their Syria bases then they won’t have any presence left in Mediterranean sea and would be hard for them to project power.
🔻 WS: The Russians can launch precision strikes against virtually any target in the eastern half of the Mediterranean.
🔻 C11: In case NATO-Russia conflict turns hot, Russia will not be able to defend Khmeimim and Tartus bases. I believe they have had plan to evacuate the bases month ago.
🔻 C12: Fine, if you just want to have no naval presence on the Med. No refueling ships, no rearming ships, no repairing ships.

It’s a long, long slog from Sevastopol, locked inside a NATO lake, to Kaliningrad, also within a NATO lake.
And even further to Murmansk.
🔻 WS: In what sense do you imagine the Baltic and Black seas are “NATO lakes”? I would argue exactly the opposite: that both the Baltic and Black are Russian lakes, just as the Persian Gulf is an Iranian pond.

In an open war, the US Navy could not operate in ANY of those three seas.
⭕ 🔻 C1: Why is Israel now bombing Syria?
🔻 WS: Because they can.
⭕ ‼️ End of Empire Axioms

ALL allegiances are transitory.
⭕ ‼️ Iran Is the Decisive Battlefield

I never cease to amazed by the misplaced idealism and realpolitik naivete of the Russian and Russophile doomer class.

“A single Russian brigade could have saved the day!”, they bitterly weep, like silly little children.

The Russians spent a decade nursing and shielding a hopeless cripple. Now they are engaged in a global war whose scope, stakes, and potential duration are unprecedented in modern times.

Attempting to “win” a war in the Levant at this point in time would be both futile and strategically indecisive.

Let the Turks, Israelis, Americans, and all their transitory friends fight for supremacy on that ancient battlefield.

The advantageous battlefield stretches from the shores of the Caspian Sea to the left bank of the Tigris to the Gulf of Oman.

Rebase the Russian Mediterranean Fleet to the Gulf of Oman; bolster Iranian air defenses and long-range strike capability.

The loss of Syria means absolutely NOTHING absent the defeat of Iran.

The Masters of Empire understand this fact.

They KNOW they cannot fight the Russians in eastern Europe.

They KNOW they cannot fight the Chinese in east Asia.

Therefore, Iran remains the only option.

IRAN IS THE DECISIVE BATTLEFIELD.

If the empire doesn’t choose to fight for hegemony there, there will be no hegemony left to fight for.
🔻 C1: What base in the Gulf of Oman would the Russian fleet rebase to?
🔻 WS: Bandar Beheshti and/or Bandar Abbas.
🔻 C2: If Iran not does not act to save Yemen, which is next in line then it deserves what’s coming.
🔻 C3: This comment you made, is it because you think they will not attack Yemen or because you think is inconsecuential?
🔻 WS: Who is going to attack Yemen, and how?
🔻 C2: Do you think that Shitrael is going to let go off Yemen without doing anything? Aren’t you keeping up with all the statements Israhellis are coming up with 🙅
🔻 WS: Israel is no threat to Yemen.
🔻 C4: Israel alone is a threat to no one but unarmed women and children. The problem is the US.
🔻 C5: But Syria was sadly a battlefield already. But Russia and Iran had put in significant resources over a decade to stabilise it. If they had taken a stand to show seriousness, decisive battlefield would have been postponed as empire will recalibrate it’s assessment of the resistance.
🔻 C6: Iran temporarily lost influence. But Israel created itself new strong enemies on its growing border; Erdogan will face resurgent Kurdish resistance; and while the Empire enjoys its Pyrrhic victory, it will soon realize it gave control to terrorists dwarfing Osama and the Taliban.
🔻 C7: broken tentacles of an octopus grows back-what’s more important is if Iran’s moderate in power considers the West their friends, they’ll be completely f-ed.
🔻 WS: The only meaningful power in Iran is the IRGC.
[Subservient to the Supreme Leader and clerics]

So….

as we pick up the pieces and study the lessons. After seeing the carpet bombing by the USAF BUFF B-52 bombers last night in Syria, we can confidently say they should have no danger whatsoever inside Iranian airspace.

The Blueprint was rolled out for Syria.

A clever Hybrid War, where the Empire of Illusions instrumentalizes a portion of the population against the other, focusing on the youth and the elite. Using the impoverished and mindwashed youth to overturn the entire cart, plus heavy bribing of the older cadre.

Whilst indecision prevails, and chaos in the streets, and loss of will to defend by the bitterly divided – the Hordes are unleashed. (for preview of Iran, see the shocking thread by Magnier below)

Thereafter, the immediate bombing campaign on the paralyzed suicidal masses to render no possibility of resumption of sovereignty or modern industrial warfare capabilities, rendering Zio-USUK air power supreme over the entire region.

Mop up on the ground to be conducted by Horde, along with continuing starvation siege until sufficient depopulation to render the survivors unimportant  futile resistance.

That appears the Blueprint anyhow, for the hapless arabs and persians. We shall see how many save themselves, and how Armageddon reshuffles the deck.

💠🌎🛡GEOPOL360🕊🌍:
⭕ Syria. Control of the territory on the evening of December 8, 2024.

💠@Marx Engels Lenin Institute:
⭕ In years to come the influence of the Gulf oligarchy funded media operations such as Al Jazeera will be seen as something wholly rotten. They mask their service of Arab reaction with their reporting on the crimes of the Israeli regime and this buys them a credibility with which they promote deeply reactionary political forces which render the liberation of Palestine ever more difficult.

💠 @Strategika51:
⭕ The Zionist army invests the Syrian town of Qunaytra in the Syrian Golan.
Never before seen.
[plenty of never seen before to come]
⭕ Part of Syria is under Turkish control, another part under US control, and the south is about to be annexed outright by the Zionist entity.

The accounts are good..
⭕ The Islamist tool used by the Empire to slaughter its enemies becomes a bargaining chip for the continuation of the war after use. Zionists have no form of loyalty or gratitude. They have turned against all their benefactors in the past. They will not hesitate to turn against their allies of circumstance.
Erdogan knows this. We’ll see how he goes about it.

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕ The new #Syria: If the #US recognises us and we respect international law, #Israel can occupy as much Syrian territory as it wants to defend itself and free the hostages in Gaza.

Biden: Got it! Exactly what I want you to show me in the years to come, and don’t worry about my mandate. All presidents will ask you the same thing
⭕ Israel, with the blessing of the #US, is advancing into Syrian territory, expanding its occupation into what it calls a “buffer zone” and occupying more high ground.
⭕ Turkey now has a border with #Israel.
⭕ In 48 hours, #Israel occupied almost twice the seize of #Gaza Strip in #Syria after declaring war on #Damascus.

War declaration: Israel has formally renounced the 1974 Disengagement Agreement with Syria, asserting its intentions to reshape the dynamics along the border.
⭕ When researchers overlook the bickering between Iran and Assad over the past 14 months, they fail to account for how such tensions can lead to theories not rooted in the ideology of the IRGC, governed by its unwavering allegiance to Wali al-Faqih, consistently overrides all other considerations. |THREAD| |Full Thread|
⭕ Israel said its “operation (occupation) in #Syria is temporarily” (for another 100 years or more perhaps?).
⭕ This is what happens between #Iran and Bachar al-Assad for 13 months.
[retweet of his message 16 hours ago:
“أما بعد، فإن الجهاد باب من أبواب الجنة. فمن تركه رغبة عنه ألبسه الله ثوب الذل، وشمله البلاء، ولزمه الصّغار، وسيم الخسف، ومنع النّصف. ألا وإنى قد دعوتكم إلى قتال هؤلاء القوم ليلا ونهارا، وسرا وإعلانا، وقلت لكم: اغزوهم قبل أن يغزوكم، فوالله ما غزى قوم قط فى عقر دارهم إلا ذلوا فتواكلتم وتخاذلتم، وثقل عليكم قولى واتخذتموه وراءكم ظهريّا، حتى شنّت عليكم الغارات.”

So he says the London ophthalmologist with the glamorous family had been trying to capitulate for almost a decade and a half.. but was constrained by bitter geopolitics, his location and heritage, and the older cadre of his father. It is noteworthy this older cadre, esp in military-intel, had been purged recently, and both the Iranians and Russians steadily marginalized for his faithful arab brethren of the Gulf]
🔻 C1: Elijah, do you see anyone from the government side forming a new faction and fighting back against Israel and Turkey? There are many former SAA soldiers out there
🔻 EM: No I don’t. ON the contrary, a peace deal with Israel is not excluded sometime ahead.
🔻 C1: Yes, if Assad had fought back against Israel, he would be still in power but in the end, he did what Erdogan and Netanyahu usually do, he looked out for his own self interests and destroyed his own country in the process.
[I’m sorry to say folks, but like Erdogan breathing fire against Zion whilst trading and supporting them to the hilt, Al Assad caved and sold out under the pressure. And the satanic side timed the open betrayal beautifully. And used to demoralize and crush additionally through the implication of having lost such a central piece without a bullet being essentially fired. This will add years to the liberation of Palestine]
⭕ The fall of Assad is a matter for Syrians to decide, and that chapter is closed. Syrians undeniably have the right to choose their leadership, free from external interference. However, the larger issue now lies in Israel’s exploitation of the situation, seizing the opportunity to occupy additional parts of Syria under the guise of “security concerns” and “right of defence”.

Will Syrians React? Can They?
⭕ Protected under the @UN flag and convoy, Several embassies evacuated #Damascus this morning: #Venezuela, #Chile, #Cuba, #Argentina, #Greece and #Spain. All left #Syria for fear of the unexpected, mainly the Israeli intentions towards the country.

💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇮🇷✊🇸🇾 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told us once what it means to lose Syria.

Hezbollah under Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s command pledged all their means to save Syria from the grave danger of terrorism, the party jeopardized everything because they understood what the fall of Syria means for the future of the region. Sadly, we witnessed this day now and we only hope for the better to come. |media|
[the betrayal of Al Assad will go down in the annals of an already storied region. And the cause may be due to insouciance, rather than rank opportunism, and misplaced adherence to “arabism” – the Baath party was a pan-arab and explicitly sectarian and outdated vehicle. The last holders of Baath power in Syria worked to return to the Arab League, and prioritized ties with the Gulf arabs. And were seduced against wiser counsel by persians and Russians and others.

This mistake will not be repeated by the few survivors. As Legion marshalls all mankind without care for creed, race, class, or affiliation – so must the last defenders of liberty and sovereignty. And above all, they must realize this is a spiritual war – which the other side understands quite well and mashals all the dark energy available in the universe]
⭕ Peskov reported that Vladimir Putin personally made the decision to grant political asylum to Assad

He also answered a question about military bases in Syria:

“It is premature to talk about preserving Russian bases in Khmeimim and Tartus; this is a subject for discussion with those who will lead Syria.”
[honorable protection granted to the honorless.. who had betrayed so much shed Russian blood and treasure and decades of trust, handing the center of the entire region over to Legion]

💠 @Fotros Resistance:
⭕ ✏️ Why Did Syria Fall So Quick & Where Was Iran?

It’s safe to say that everyone is shocked on the events in Syria. Nobody expected for this to happen now—well, that’s actually not true.

6 months ago, the leader of Iran (Imam Khamenei) had warned Bashar Assad regarding the uprise of HTS—but Assad ignored them.

Let’s examine what happened & how it happened.

When ISIS emerged in Syria and the security situation became dire, the Syrian government formally requested assistance from Iran. Iran’s presence in Syria was framed within an advisory role, meaning the Syrian army and military forces themselves were the ones fighting the terrorists, while Iranian advisors supported them.

Although Iran was at times required to send limited special forces (such as IRGCQF) due to specific circumstances, its primary role remained advisory.

At the time, ISIS was advancing in such a way that when friendly forces supporting Assad entered the battlefield, they were welcomed by the people. This public support, combined with the Syrian army’s (SAA) presence and Iran’s advisory efforts at Syria’s official request, ultimately stopped the ISIS threat. In 2017, the end of ISIS’ rule was announced, mainly due to the efforts by Qassem Soleimani.

Following the defeat of ISIS, Iran’s advisory presence naturally decreased, as the Syrian government wanted its own forces to take full responsibility for securing the country.

But what lead next is important:

1. The Transformation of Terrorist Groups — From Wahhabi to Ottomanic Centralisation

Extremist groups shifted strategies, they abandoned their overt violent “face” and adopted a more of a diplomatic facade, obviously they were still the same ISIS mentally-ill creatures. This is when the center of power influence shifted from Saudi Arabia to Turkiye, which I wrote more about in another tweet.

Meanwhile, the Syrian public began supporting the SAA less and less against these groups as they once did. In some areas, such as Aleppo, doors were opened to rebels but closed to the army. This is the direct result of a successful hybrid warfare strategy by Syria’s enemies.

2. Weakening of the SAA:

The Syrian military faced various challenges, including ideological, economic, and morale-related issues, leading to low motivation to confront terrorists. Unlike before, when Iranian advisors supported motivated Syrian forces, this time the SAA lacked the will to fight, with many units collapsing at the first sign of confrontation.

3. Bashar al-Assad’s Stance Shifted from Resistance Nexus to GCC:

The most significant change was within Assad himself. In his last meeting with Iran’s Leader on June 10, approximately 6 months ago, the Leader warned Assad:

“The West and their regional allies aimed to overthrow Syria’s political system through war and remove Syria from the regional equation but failed. Now, they seek to achieve this goal through other means [Hybrid Warfare], including false promises they will never fulfill.”

This warning reflected a deep understanding of the situation. Even before the ground war in Lebanon, Iran had repeatedly told Assad to strengthen his forces in light of the growing terrorist threat (by Turkish-backed groups) and provided formal suggestions, but Assad ignored all of these warnings. Assad also started siding with the GCC (the Gulf Arabs) & they exercised pressure on him to distance himself from Iran & the resistance.

This pattern continued until Assad was on the verge of collapse. Iran had high-ranking officials to negotiate with Assad on Iran’s commitment to strengthening Assad’s position. However, a critical strategic error pushed Assad towards his downfall: The placing of hope in promises from Arab actors in the region…

When Iran recognized Assad’s reluctance for field support, it decided against intervening directly but continued to persuade him until the last moment.

Unfortunately, Assad realised the empty promises only when it was too late.

This is only to put the timeline into perspective & doesn’t include any analysis or strategic thought.
⭕ — Some additional short bulletin points that did not fit in the post:

• Ali Larijani reportedly offered him pre-set conditions 2 weeks ago in Damascus. Bashar didn’t agree with them and even refused to meet with Larijani—Iran’s special envoy—when he returned to Damascus Friday Dec 6.

• Bashar Assad refused to open the Golan front, despite being asked to by the resistance groups.

• The Assad government, after becoming too close with the Gulf Arabs, had put a lot of restrictions on IRGCQF, this sparkled dissatisfaction.

• Ex-IRGCQF officer claimed Iran intel knew since 2 months ago that rebel groups in Idlib were up to something. He claims Iranians shared their worries with Turkey, but “Turks deceived them and assured Iranians there’s nothing to be afraid of—Should not have trusted the Turks.

• The situation in Syria has not ended and it’s going spark unrest. Especially between Kurdish SDF vs Turkish-backed rebel groups (e.g. HTS) AND inner fights among rebel groups.
⭕️ Israeli army: We struck around 100 targets inside Syria in the past few hours.

🇸🇾| Syrian “rebel” regime: We condemn Israel’s aggressive behaviour but we cannot focus on them right now. We need to free Syria from Assad.

— Literally nobody is defending Syrian airspace (or grounds) at this moment. So Israel is destroying all important infrastructure such as facilities and airports.  |media|

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ — 🇸🇾/🇮🇷 NEW: ‘Iran warned Assad two months ago that HTS was preparing to make a move, but he dismissed the threat. So the Turkish Foreign Minister gave us assurances that nothing will take place, which turned out to be a lie. After HTS entered Western Aleppo, Iran expected Assad to ask for military assistance, and we were fully prepared to oblige with troops and whatever else was needed – but no such request came. After Aleppo fell, it became clear that Assad had no real intentions of staying in power, so we started to engage in diplomatic talks with the opposition, and arranged the safe exit of our troops from Syria. If the SAA does not fight, neither will we risk our soldiers’ lives. Russia and the UAE had managed to convince him to step down, so there was nothing we could do.’ – Iranian Officials
[Wow. A proper shitshow. Arab blames Iran. Iran blames Arabs and Russia. Will blamed Russia. This is too much. Let’s call the whole thing off. Return to imperial shackles mankind! This generation may be unfit]
⭕️ Channel 12, citing sources:
Israeli security services believe that Assad prevented Iranian attacks on Israel from Syrian territory
⭕️ — It’s now widely known that Iran, Hezbollah and other Shia factions asked Assad for permission to open a front in the Golan Heights after October 7th to support the resistance in Gaza & Lebanon.

However, Assad refused, reportedly saying he did not want to drag Syria into a possible open confrontation with Israel & he did not want to risk jeopardizing his normalization progress with the Gulf States.
⭕️ Yemen’s Ansarullah reveals more about Assad: ‘He closed our embassy in Damascus, in exchange for Saudi Arabia letting him open a Saudi embassy there’

💠 @Strategika51:
⭕ Damascus security complex still ablaze after bombing by Empire fighter jets AFTER the fall of Damascus, not before…
⭕️ A source close to the Netanyahu government: “we’re all going to Damascus”.
[And to Egypt, KSA, Iraq and Iran. Simply unfit. BUT .. after the Ashes, and end of the West, it will be a new ballgame altogether. First, Russkie Bear’s date with Destiny. “The Russians are Coming” cried a man plunging 16 floors off his asylum window]
⭕ Israeli forces take control of Syrian border posts on Mount Hermon (with anti-Lebanon). The plan takes shape.
⭕ 40 years ago, we had a lively debate on the propensity of Arabs to be fooled by the partition of the Middle East in the wake of the First World War (1914-1918) and the Sykes-Picot Accords. We came to the same conclusion as we do today when we see all those masses of zombies believing that the Syrian rebellion is going to liberate the Golan Heights or help Palestine. It would be laughable if it weren’t so unfortunate.
⭕ Some of the channels we follow naively believe that Iraq is independent, whereas it is still under US protectorate. The fall of Syria will have no influence on an Iraq that is already unstructured and de facto divided.
What is likely to be interesting, however, is the fate of the Iranian regime, whose future depends on Donald Trump’s willingness to explore the murky links between one of the two Iranian powers and the US deep state. It’s a safe bet that even these links won’t save Iran from a big surprise as early as January 2025. The Iranians’ only hope is that their president will initiate a regime transition and once again tie Iran to Washington’s sphere of influence, as in the Shah’s time. Apart from this scenario, there is no chance of Iran surviving what follows.
[Oh something will survive. Both the (ostensible human-form) birth of the Moshiach in Isfahan, and the final death stroke of Zion, were prophesied to originate from Iran. Beautiful days ahead]
⭕ All military sites in Syria are under attack in a kind of major air campaign similar to that which targeted Iraq in January 1991.

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕ “أما بعد، فإن الجهاد باب من أبواب الجنة. فمن تركه رغبة عنه ألبسه الله ثوب الذل، وشمله البلاء، ولزمه الصّغار، وسيم الخسف، ومنع النّصف. ألا وإنى قد دعوتكم إلى قتال هؤلاء القوم ليلا ونهارا، وسرا وإعلانا، وقلت لكم: اغزوهم قبل أن يغزوكم، فوالله ما غزى قوم قط فى عقر دارهم إلا ذلوا فتواكلتم وتخاذلتم، وثقل عليكم قولى واتخذتموه وراءكم ظهريّا، حتى شنّت عليكم الغارات.”
 [Magnier puts in perspective the lot of the Arab today. These words were uttered by the arab Imam Ali of the Shia. The shame of Al Assad.. yet even having contempt for him, the Resistance didn’t abandon him, but it was he that opened the gates to the barbarian Hordes and stood down the men.]

☝️ already the blame game begins. Unbelievable. Arabs are doomed

As the jester Zhirinovsky said, such horrors will come as to make mankind forget about 404

💠 @Middle East Spectator:
⭕ Rebel Southern Operations Room: ‘We do not have the capacity to withstand Israeli advances. This matter does not have our priority currently. We need to work on solidifying a united Syria, free of Assad’

💠 @DDGeopolitics:
⭕ 🇷🇸🇹🇷 Turkish troops deployed as part of KFOR replace Italian units in Kosovo and Metohija.

Turkish troops from KFOR’s operational reserve forces have been deployed as part of the NATO-led military mission in Kosovo and Metohija, replacing the departing Italian units, KFOR announced.

Approximately 350 members of the Turkish 65th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, alongside other KFOR troops, will carry out various activities and will be engaged in responding to potential security disruptions.
[Wow. This is pouring gasoline on the Serbs. Their occupiers of centuries return as “peacekeepers”. Another front being primed. Europe and the Anglos have crossed too many bridges this week. They shall burn]
⭕️ 🇷🇺🇺🇳🇸🇾 Russia has requested urgent UN Security Council consultations on the situation in Syria.
[For fuck’s sake! Is there hope for Russia and Iran? They should shut up like China and stick to their lane if unwilling to fight]

💠 @ejmalrai:
⭕ Russia is leaving its bases in #Syria and removing the flag from its embassy in #Damascus, and the Kurds are doing the same in their areas in northeastern Syria.

Israel doesn’t need to coordinate with Russia in Syria.

Dark days ahead for Syria with two main players:
Israel & the US
⭕ This is what #Israel is destroying so that its air force can have a free run over #Syria.

Syria is unprotected and Israel has the support of the USA to do anything and take any land.   |media|
⭕ After a second thought, #Israel can push further than the south of #Syria, enlarging the Galilee and reach al-Kiswa (southern Damascus), after destroying all military capabilities while the revolution has managed to defeat and destroy over 60 Assad statues all over the country.
⭕ Bachar al-Assad and his family arrived to #Moscow.

💠@Alon Mizrahi:
⭕ Bear with me: if the West bet on Russia and Iran turning this into a wide and prolonged bloodfest in which they will be exhausted, softening Iran for a planned fatal blow, it makes a lot of sense for Putin to not swallow the bait, right? And make Syria the West’s headache, instead of his? Let the Americans navigate the labyrinth of interests and hostilities in Syria.
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Last week I was convinced this Syria thing was about Russia, and an attempt to put it on a collision course with Israel, as a way to force Trump into war with Russia, as a step on the way to a major attack on Iran.
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Maybe Russia and Iran could have saved Assad at the cost of many thousands of soldiers and billions in equipment and munitions. But wouldn’t that compromise their defenses elsewhere, and divert attention from the major strategic assets of the anti-Western alliance?

If this is a game of chess, this whole thing could have been an attempted check, in preparation for a checkmate – a big offensive against Teheran’s heart and head.

It may very well be that the decision by Russia and Iran to not walk into the Usraeli trap was a very elegant and wise play.

Iran and Russia did not lose one soldier or any amount of vital assets over this. They are at their full readiness. And now the West has to sort out Syria, explain to the world what it’s doing there, and pay for its rehabilitation. Does this sound like such a bad deal?
[no power can hold on to all pieces. There are finite resources and competing commitments, and necessary preparations for the real showdown with the real Antagonists of All.
“You got to know when to hold ’em
Know when to fold ’em
Know when to walk away
And know when to run”
that’s cold real politik.
It may explain the muted western response – surprised and startled at the open invitation to waltz into Syria, and the civilizational-states’ lack of response. Even Hal didn’t have a script! Equally bitter days ahead for the Antagonists. This enforced move does not signal in any way or shape a surrender by the opposing side. They discarded a sclerotic spent and cumbersome piece. Assad ceased to be suitable for the moment. And the process will be used to season and educate millions of arab footsoldiers who their true enemies are]
🔻 Alon Mizrahi[AM]: And also, politically, it would be a very unpopular move to sentence Syria to another 3 years of war. This could have ended their chances of ever reentering the region. But now, if everything fails, they may look good in comparison
🔻 C1: Interesting too that Israel, greedily & predictably, appears to be invading Syria, further extending their own forces. For the short term it may seem they’re triumphant but in time they could become even more vulnerable
🔻AM: Precisely. And internationally exposed
🔻 C2: Also it’s strange how so many seem to have forgotten about Hezbollah since the ‘ceasefire’ took effect. Sure they took significant blows but it’s not like Israel defeated them, if anything the opposite
🔻 C3: But from now on how will iran help hizbullah and Hamas with arms and logistics
🔻 AM: It will find ways. And it’s not that Syria is going to have airtight security now. It’s going to be a noman’s land for a long time. Perfect for guerrilla experts
🔻 C4: Assad was not able to play the game. What would he had lost in meeting Erdogan? Or reaching a deal with some elements of the myriad of forces that were sponsored against him using the good offices of Russia and Iran.
🔻 AM: Right. He was not a successful leader
🔻 C5: What about the implications on Gaza and Lebanon frontiers
🔻 AM: Knowing that Israel and the US are planning to attack them, it’s best for the Iranians to disengage from local clashes and focus on the big picture, and seem the peace-seekers rather than the aggressors
🔻 C6: Alon Israel is winning while Putin still has to work out it’s the enemy. All u write here is cold comfort. Retreat after retreat. Defeat after defeat. The enemy emboldened. Potential allies scared off. = Disaster.
🔻 AM: Russia is winning in Ukraine and Iran attacked Israel directly twice this year. And the Houthis block the Red Sea for Israel-bound ships. This is not nothing