{"id":282085,"date":"2024-12-09T12:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=282085"},"modified":"2024-12-08T05:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T05:20:47","slug":"syria-assad-is-out-woke-al-qaeda-is-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/12\/syria-assad-is-out-woke-al-qaeda-is-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria: Assad Is Out, Woke Al-Qaeda Is In"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A screenshot from CNN on YouTube (Fair Use)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Empire Notches Another Win<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

8 Dec 2024 <\/em>– Well, it looks like the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is on its way out, likely to be replaced by one or more US puppet regimes depending on whether the nation maintains its current borders or is carved up into separate states. The empire notches another win.<\/p>\n

I am not a military analyst, but analysts who are normally supportive and optimistic in favor of Assad like Elijah Magnier<\/a> and Pepe Escobar<\/a> are saying this is the end. Assad\u2019s whereabouts are unknown<\/a> as Turkish-backed fighters and al-Qaeda-linked forces with a history of western backing have swept through the country<\/a> with alarming speed<\/a>, and now Russia and Iran have joined with the governments<\/a> of US-aligned nations like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey in calling for an end to the fighting in favor of a political solution. CNN reports<\/a> that opposition forces have entered Damascus in search of Assad, and footage<\/a> reportedly shows Assad forces retreating from the area where the president\u2019s main residence is located.<\/p>\n

The US proxy warfare in Lebanon and Ukraine makes a lot more strategic sense now; by tying up Hezbollah and Russia in other conflicts, the path was opened up for another run on Damascus and a chance to further cut off Hezbollah from supplies. Many pundits on my end of the commentary spectrum had been calling those proxy wars self-defeating and framing them as the desperate flailings of a dying empire which will only accelerate its demise, but now here we are watching the empire score a victory it\u2019s been chasing for years, with the western\/Israeli stranglehold on the middle east growing tighter than ever.<\/p>\n

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