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A community for everything related to West Asia, wrongly referred to as "The Middle East", and the imperialism currently underway by the imperialist force known as the United States of America.

We always take the sides of West Asia revolutionary forces and are unapologetic about it. The United States is an imperialist power that undermines the right of self-determination of West Asia, and has murdered millions of people in the area.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28327147

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28236128

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28057726

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28056146

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This video shows the situation for Palestinian students on a mild day, i.e. when their town isn't being actively invaded by Israeli forces using lethal force.

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A brief Syria update. The Western-backed “HTS” fascist murderers have now massacred over 500 civilians over the past 72 hours: https://thecradle.co/articles/government-forces-commit-nearly-two-dozen-massacres-hundreds-of-field-executions-on-syrias-coast

However, I am reading even more recent reports which state that over 1,000 civilians have been massacred. Meanwhile, armed resistance continues, the "HTS" regime admitted to losing another gunman in an ambush in Latakia province today: https://tass.com/world/1924453

Edit to add, the resistance also killed around a dozen "HTS" gunmen near Baniyas in Latakia province (18+ footage): https://southfront.press/rebels-are-still-fighting-on-syrias-coast-18-videos/

Are the Assadists in the room with you right now? https://xcancel.com/eu_eeas/status/1898487797348225207

The European Union strongly condemns the recent attacks, reportedly by pro-Assad elements, on interim government forces in the coastal areas of Syria and all violence against civilians.

Besides the Endless Massacres there are news of the Resitance in the Coast , still ambushing the Al-Jolani Gangs EDIT: Battles in Tartous

In my view, it appears that the Syrian resistance has retreated to the mountains and other previously established bases of operations, while the regime takes out its failure on ordinary Syrians. The men who attacked yesterday were armed and wearing camouflage while the victims of the current pogroms are wearing civilian clothing and showing no resistance as they’re forced to kneel or lie down and be killed. The gag order on photos and videos of atrocities that was been put out on the day of the takeover has either been lifted or overridden by the bloodlust of HTS, I’m frankly overwhelmed by the amount of footage that has dropped in the last 48 hours. Nothing has concluded but the energy has shifted from a resistance offensive to a regime assault. A stated goal of the resistance was to take hostages and exchange them for a withdrawal from the coast, but the regime has responded with overwhelming brutality directed against civilians (stop me if you’ve heard this one before). Now they’ve moved on from the resistance entirely and are looting and burning shops and homes, in addition to the massacres

Syrian civilians have allegedly been let into the Khmeimim Airbase under Russian protection https://t.me/Alomhoar/59832 Show

Last tranche of atrocities I'm posting, whatever the official number of killed, it is likely 5 times that, minimum. https://t.me/Alomhoar/59838

In case you think the “door to door executions” is an exaggeration https://t.me/nayaforiraq/22761

Finally, a channel I’ve been relying on for firsthand news has had several of its workers killed by the government https://t.me/Alomhoar/59847

Still wary of misinfo but some more images alleged to be from within the airbase

Western press calling those protesting HTS "Assad loyalists". HTS are killing Alawite civilains.

https://xcancel.com/joshua_landis/status/1898002469017247853

More massacre aftermath and active executions with the same cw. Hopefully we can stop playing the “alleged” game now

https://t.me/DarEQuds/9534 https://t.me/voiceof_syria/2322 https://t.me/thecradlemedia/31235 https://t.me/FotrosResistance/12021 https://t.me/thecradlemedia/31238 https://t.me/DarEQuds/9574 https://t.me/khalill82/5433

Rania Khalek’s alleged conversation with a Syrian citizen with a mother in Latakia

“HTS fighters are going door to door. The husband of my friend’s cousin went to open the door, they shot him outside. He died in front of his wife and two daughters yesterday night and nobody dares to even move his body. There’s tens of bodies in the streets and HTS has forbidden people from burying their dead.” https://t.me/DarEQuds/9568

Also they’ve moved on to burning down homes of suspected alawites https://t.me/arabiasocialism/20541

HTS throwing bombs out of a helicopter (barrel bombs, anyone?) https://t.me/thecradlemedia/31224 https://t.me/voiceof_syria/2340

Targeted killing of farm workers https://t.me/thecradlemedia/31225

90-year old Alawite community leader Sheikh Shabban Mansour was executed with his son, are these the “regime affiliates” I’ve heard so much about? https://t.me/voiceof_syria/2349

Military enjoyers, is this how you respond to an ambush? https://streamable.com/7lgnrz

New advances in selfie video and anti-drone technique https://t.me/syrianchristian/1562

MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, comrade/them] 11· 17 hours ago If only these brave soldiers fought on the ground in Russia and Ukraine, there would be no more casualties from drones, such immaculate technique!

Credit to Socialism_is_the_Alternative, bbnh69420, boise_idaho, etc. for the linky

https://hexbear.net/post/4473314

You might have better luck getting to direct source on Telegram

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Israel has been killing Palestinians in the West Bank in a wholesale manner, while massacring tens of thousands in the Gaza strip on the pretext of cracking down on armed resistance.

However, the statements by Israeli officials and posts on […] media outlets make it clear that these crimes against Palestinians have been systematically committed to displace the Palestinians out of their homeland in order to achieve the “Greater Israel” Project. Israel’s recent expansion into the Syrian Golan Heights, and reports about its intention to remain in parts of southern Lebanon, reinforce the concerns that Israel has already begun to implement its intended project.

On Tuesday, Jordanian and Palestinian officials, alongside the Arab League, condemned Israel’s publication of what it called the map of “the biblical kingdoms of Israel and Judea” on social media pages run by its government. The publication of the map sparked the rage of Arab countries as it included territories within Jordan, Syria and the occupied West Bank claiming that they were part of the alleged “Kingdom”.

The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday that the shared map aligns with the “inflammatory remarks” of Israel’s Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, calling for the annexation of the West Bank and the establishment of settlements in Gaza. The ministry reiterated Jordan’s “unequivocal rejection of such actions”, considering them a “blatant attempt” to undermine the right of Palestinian people “to establish their independent and sovereign state on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

The ministry also said that such “inflammatory actions and baseless claims, promoted by extremists within the Israeli government, perpetuate violence and instability”, and constitute a “flagrant violation of international law and norms”. Moreover, Jordan urged for a “strong international response to condemn and counter” the repercussions of these actions and claims for regional security and stability”. Jordan further warned that such provocative actions “exacerbate tensions and threaten international peace”.

The Palestinian presidency’s official spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, condemned these actions, stating that they “constitute a blatant violation of all international legitimacy resolutions and international law”, and that they reflect “extremist Israeli policies”, which have “ignited the region and led to ongoing wars”.

Abu Rudeineh pointed out that these provocations, perpetrated by the Israeli authorities, have been accompanied by violent settler attacks in the West Bank, ongoing incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, and continued incitement against the Palestinian people and their leadership. The Palestinian official called for an international response to stop the war, destruction, and killing of the Palestinian people. He also urged the next US administration “to work to stop all Israeli policies, actions and procedures that do not serve security and peace in the region”

Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, released a statement on Wednesday, warning that “the international community’s failure to address such provocative actions and irresponsible rhetoric risks exacerbating extremism and counter-extremism on all sides.”

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Israeli occupation forces are stationed across all strategic hills and military sites in Quneitra province in southern Syria, Sputnik reported citing Syrian sources.

It is believed that the [...] occupation army now controls 95 per cent of the area.

Additionally, Al-Mayadeen channel reported that occupation forces had taken control of the Yarmouk riverbed and the Al-Wahda Dam, which supplies water to Jordan for drinking and agriculture, and hydroelectric electricity to Syria. Taking control of the dam gives Israel control over one of the main water sources in Syria.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR): “Israeli forces entered the village of Koya and the historic Al-Wahda Dam near the Syrian-Jordanian border, and were stationed in strategic locations, after warnings to residents to surrender their weapons in the area.”

Al-Mayadeen also stated that the Israeli army has seized 440 square kilometres of Syrian territory. Reports further indicated that, within the past week alone, the Israeli military carried out 450 air strikes targeting 50 military sites in Syria.

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At least nine people were killed and three others injured in Israeli air strikes on Yemen in the early hours today, the strikes targeted the capital Sanaa and the western Hudaydah governorate, according to local reports.

Seven fatalities occurred at Salif Port following strikes on the facility, while two others died, and one person was injured in attacks on the Ras Isa oil terminal, Al Masirah reported. The strikes also targeted key infrastructure in Sanaa, with multiple raids hitting the Haziz and Dhabhan power stations. Fires were extinguished, but local services remain impacted.

Israel confirmed the strikes, claiming they targeted “military assets” used by Yemen’s Houthi-aligned armed forces after intercepting a missile fired towards the occupation state. “The targets attacked are used by the Houthi forces for their military operations,” Israel’s military stated.

In response, the missile unit of the Yemeni armed forces carried out a retaliatory military operation, targeting two sensitive and strategic Israeli military sites in the occupied Yafa (Tel Aviv) region using two Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missiles. “Our response comes within the framework of a legitimate and natural reaction,” said military spokesman Yahya Saree.

In a post today on X (formerly known as Twitter), Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, a member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council condemned the attacks and reiterated Sanaa’s solidarity with the Palestinian resistance.

“The attacks of the Israeli-American enemy on civilian objects are condemned terrorist war crimes. The crimes of the temporary Israeli and American entity on Yemen are a continuation of the series of crimes in the region,” Al-Houthi said.

“The terrorist crimes of Israel and America will not deter Yemen from carrying out its duty of supporting Gaza. Yemen’s operations against their terrorism continue,” he added.

Hamas, also weighed in, branding the Israeli escalation a “dangerous development” and calling for increased Houthi strikes against the occupation entity. The resistance movement’s armed wing stated: “We commend the missile attack carried out by our loyal brothers, the Ansar Allah in Yemen, targeting the heart of the Zionist entity.”

“We praise their steadfast support for Gaza and call on them to escalate their attacks until the occupation submits and ends its genocidal war.”

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday asserted that Israel and the United States are “completely mistaken” in thinking that the Iran-backed “axis of resistance” collapsed following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria.

In a televised speech, Khamenei said: “With the developments in Syria, the crimes committed by the Zionist entity, the crimes committed by America, and the assistance provided by some to them, they thought the resistance had ended … They are completely mistaken.”

On 8 December, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fled the country after armed opposition factions entered the capital, Damascus.

Since Al-Assad’s fall, Iran has sought to distance itself from the ousted president, emphasising the historic ties between Tehran and Damascus.

Khamenei stressed that Al-Assad’s ousting would not weaken Iran.

“The Zionist entity imagines it can encircle and eliminate Hezbollah forces through Syria, but the one to be eliminated will be Israel.”

Israel has long claimed that Lebanon’s Hezbollah receives weapons and other vital support through Syria from Iran.

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For the Israeli far right, as represented by the notorious Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the ideology of “Greater Israel” puts Israeli expansionism in a religious context. But for Israel’s secular majority, its designs are much more grounded in simple dominance, aiming at an unprecedented level of hegemony in the Middle East.

During testimony at his trial on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his view of the current regional situation clear, saying, “Something tectonic has happened here, an earthquake that hasn’t happened in the 100 years since the Sykes-Picot Agreement.”

Plainly, Netanyahu sees this moment as an opportunity to redraw the entire political map of the Middle East.

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Syria's rapid collapse is a trap and a prelude to the West's impending downfall.

The unholy alliance of the United States, Israel, the United Kingdom, and their occasional accomplice, Turkey under Erdogan, has orchestrated one of the most destructive calamities in modern history: the deliberate devastation of Syria.

This reckless, hubristic intervention—thinly veiled as a mission for "democracy" and "stability"—has not only obliterated a nation but has set the stage for a cascading series of disasters that will reverberate across the Middle East, Europe, and ultimately accelerate the decline of Western hegemony.

A Calculated Assault on Sovereignty

From the beginning, Syria’s destruction was no accident.

The U.S., driven by its insatiable appetite for control, partnered with Israel, ever eager to eliminate resistance in its neighborhood, and the UK, nostalgic for its imperial days of meddling in the region.

Under the guise of supporting "moderate rebels," this coalition funneled billions of dollars, arms, and propaganda to jihadist factions that unleashed unrelenting chaos on Syria.

The result? A once-prosperous nation reduced to rubble, its people displaced, and its sovereignty trampled.

Let’s not pretend this was about humanitarianism. The goal was clear: to dismantle a government that stood as a bulwark against Western and Israeli dominance in the region.

By backing extremist proxies and fueling sectarian divisions, the Axis of Evil—for that is what they truly are—deliberately destabilized Syria, hoping to turn it into another failed state ripe for exploitation.

The Erdogan Factor: Turkey’s Costly Gamble

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, blinded by visions of neo-Ottoman grandeur, played a key role in this debacle.

By allowing his borders to serve as conduits for jihadists and weapons, Erdogan gambled with his country’s future.

Turkey’s complicity will not only backfire but leave it vulnerable to the very chaos it helped unleash.

Refugee crises will increase, economic strain, and growing regional isolation now will haunt Erdogan’s regime, underscoring the shortsightedness of his strategy.

Moreover, Erdogan’s betrayal of Syria—a nation that was once an ally—has further alienated Ankara from its neighbors.

The Kurdish question, fueled by the power vacuum in northern Syria, now poses an existential threat to Turkey’s territorial integrity.

Erdogan’s dreams of dominance have instead sown the seeds of instability that will plague his nation for decades.

Catastrophic Ripple Effects

The consequences of this reckless campaign extend far beyond Syria. The refugee crisis will intensify and strain Europe to its breaking point, fueling political extremism and eroding the European Union’s cohesion.

Meanwhile, the Middle East has become even greater tinderbox of proxy wars, with Iran, Russia, and China stepping in again to fill the void left by Western incompetence.

The U.S. and its allies have unwittingly strengthened their geopolitical rivals, accelerating the multipolar world they so desperately sought to prevent.

As for Israel, its shortsighted strategy of weakening neighboring states will only deepen its isolation and fuel resentment.

The West’s blind support for such aggression further delegitimizes its claims of moral authority on the global stage.

The Decline of Western Hegemony

This calamity has also laid bare the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of Western powers. The narrative of "human rights" and "democracy promotion" has been exposed as nothing more than a cynical pretext for imperialism.

The world watches as the U.S., UK, and Israel flounder in their hubris, their actions sowing the seeds of their own downfall.

The Middle East’s turmoil is no longer confined to its borders. The West, weakened by its own overreach and internal divisions, is ill-equipped to handle the blowback.

Economic crises, political fragmentation, and the erosion of global influence are now the hallmarks of a fading empire.

Lessons Unlearned, Consequences Unfolding

The destruction of Syria stands as a testament to the catastrophic consequences of arrogance and greed.

The Axis of Evil has made the gravest miscalculation of our time, one that will haunt the world for generations. The Middle East will not forget.

The displaced millions will not forgive. And history will judge the U.S., Israel, the UK, and Erdogan’s Turkey as architects of a tragedy that reshaped the world—to their own detriment.

Their recklessness has not just failed; it has ensured their decline. The question is not if, but when, the tides of history will sweep away these architects of chaos.

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The Israeli invasion on Sunday appears to have been in preparation for some time.

Only one week before the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham offensive was launched, Israeli media reported that the chief of the Shin Bet, Israel’s secret police, had been in Turkey for a meeting with the head of a Turkish intelligence agency.

Also one week before the offensive, Israel began new illegal construction in the demilitarized zone between the Syrian-controlled and the Israeli-occupied sectors of the Golan Heights in violation of the 1974 disengagement agreement.

According to UNDOF, the United Nations peacekeeping force which monitors the ceasefire, these were “severe violations.”

Syrians, regardless of their political outlook, will want to see their country back on its feet, united and independent as soon as possible. No supporter of Palestinian liberation has anything to fear from a truly sovereign Syria.

That is precisely why there are many powerful outside forces, principally Israel and the United States, who want Syria to remain weak and become subservient to their agenda. If division, dependency and chaos are the only ways to achieve that, then that is what they will foster and foment.

Israel, for its part, is wasting no time capitalizing on the tumultuous and historic events to seize more land and consolidate its genocidal grip on the region.

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