Syrien in Trümmern – und was die Medien verschweigen
Von Karin Leukefeld
9.12.2024
Redaktion: Unsere Nahostkorrespondentin Karin Leukefeld – sie schreibt nicht aus dem bequemen Büro in Deutschland, sondern lebt im Nahen Osten – macht in einem hochaktuellen Bericht deutlich, wie die Medien einmal mehr mit der Unterdrückung wichtiger Fakten die geopolitische Situation einseitig beschreiben und Schuldzuweisungen in die falsche Richtung machen. Vor allem wird die maßgebliche Beteiligung der USA und der EU mit ihren Sanktionen am bisherigen wirtschaftlichen Elend in Syrien schlicht verschwiegen.
Weiterlesen: https://globalbridge.ch/syrien-in-truemmern-und-was-die-medien-verschweigen/
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Das Ende des Pluralismus im Nahen Osten
Ein wahrhaft epochaler Wandel im Nahen Osten scheint sich sehr schnell zu vollziehen. Im Kern handelt es sich um einen Pakt mit dem Teufel: Die Türkei und die Golfstaaten akzeptieren die Vernichtung der palästinensischen Nation und die Schaffung eines Groß‐Israel im Gegenzug für die Vernichtung der schiitischen Minderheiten in Syrien und im Libanon und die Durchsetzung des Salafismus in der gesamten ostarabischen Welt.
Von Craig Murray
6.12.2024
Original:
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2024/12/the-end-of-pluralism-in-the-middle-east/
Übersetzung:
https://tkp.at/2024/12/10/das-ende-des-pluralismus-im-nahen-osten/
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Umwälzungen in Syrien (I)
Die Sanktionen Deutschlands und der EU haben zum Sturz von Bashar al Assad und zum Siegeszug der Jihadistenmiliz Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) beigetragen, die ihren Weg zur Macht in Damaskus damit auch Europa verdankt.
Von German-Foreign-Policy.com
10.12.2024
https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/9792
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Nach dem Umsturz in Syrien: Melancholie in Moskau
Russland habe nie die Absicht gehabt, die Regierung in Syrien mit allen zur Verfügung stehenden Mitteln militärisch zu unterstützen. Diese Botschaft verbreiten Moskauer Medien in diesen – für Russland bitteren – Tagen wie ein Trostpflaster. Moskau hofft derweil, dass es seine syrische Luftwaffenbasis Hmeimim und den Marinestützpunkt Tartus behalten kann, denn sie machen eine Luftbrücke nach Afrika möglich. Auch dort hat Russland Interessen.
Von Ulrich Heyden (aus Moskau)
10.12.2024
https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=126006
PDF: https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=126006&pdf=126006
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„Syrische Stelle für Menschenrechte“ usw.: Die Rückkehr der Syrien-Propaganda
In manchen deutschen Medien ist momentan eine Rückkehr von Vokabular aus der Syrien-Propaganda zu beobachten: Fragwürdige Ausdrücke wie der „Krieg gegen das eigene Volk“, die „Syrische Stelle für Menschenrechte“ oder die „gemäßigten Rebellen“ sind wieder präsent in Nachrichtentexten. Was noch aussteht, ist der erneute Bezug auf Weißhelme, Fassbomben, Giftgas oder Bana aus Aleppo.
Von Tobias Riegel
9.12.2024
https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=125971
PDF: https://www.nachdenkseiten.de/?p=125971&pdf=125971
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Gewinner und Verlierer in Syrien
Von M. K. Bhadrakumar
8.12.2024
https://afsaneyebahar.com/2024/12/09/20703210/
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Warum der Fall Syriens deprimiert und warum die Hoffnung jetzt nicht sterben sollte
Die Niederlage des globalen Freiheitskampfes in Syrien zu leugnen oder herunterzuspielen wäre unaufrichtig, die darauf gerichteten Versuche wirken auch sehr unbeholfen. Es gibt nichts daran herumzudeuteln: Es ist eine schallende Ohrfeige und ein schwerer Schlag mit noch unvorhersehbaren Folgen.
Von Alexej Danckwardt
9.12.2024
https://gegenzensur.rtde.world/meinung/228943-warum-fall-syriens-deprimiert-und-warum-hoffnung-lebt/
PDF: AD9.12.2024
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Der Westen stürzt Syrien in ein kontrolliertes Chaos
Die Ära Assads ist zu Ende, und die syrische Opposition hat die Kontrolle über Damaskus übernommen. Die Niederlage von Baschar al-Assad könnte das Bild des Nahen Ostens radikal verändern. Wer hat bei den Ereignissen am meisten zu gewinnen und wer am meisten zu verlieren?
Von Jewgeni Posdnjakow
9.12.2024
https://gegenzensur.rtde.world/der-nahe-osten/228926-westen-stuerzt-syrien-in-kontrolliertes/
PDF: JP9.12.2024
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Syria’s post-mortem: Terror, occupation, and Palestine
The NATO-Israeli cabal cheering on Damascus’s fall will get more than they bargained for. Power struggles and infighting among extremist militias and civil society, each backed by different regional and foreign actors who want a piece of the pie.
By Pepe Escobar
December 10, 2024
https://thecradle.co/articles/syrias-post-mortem-terror-occupation-and-palestine
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Syria after 13 years of U.S. state terrorism… what do you expect?
The destruction of Syria is another vast crime by the U.S.-led imperialist West.
By Finian Cunningham
December 10, 2024
The final collapse of Syria did not come after a 13-day blitzkrieg. It came after 13 years of non-stop state terrorism by the United States and its European NATO allies. The earlier phase of U.S.-sponsored proxy terrorism (2011 to 2020) was checked by the intervention of Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah. But the West’s proxies weren’t defeated definitively. In retrospect, that may be seen as a fateful strategic blunder.
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Syria after Assad: The winners for now are Turkey and the West
By Seyed Hossein Mousavian
December 9, 2024
„… In April 2017, at the Carnegie Conference in Washington, I proposed 10 principles for resolving the Syrian crisis: 1) Resolving the Syrian crisis through diplomacy, not war; 2) A face-saving solution for all the main parties involved; 3) Serious and collective cooperation to eradicate terrorism from Syria; 4) Preserving Syria’s territorial integrity and sovereignty; 5) Preventing the collapse of the Syrian army and security institutions; 6) Forming an inclusive government in Syria; 7) Building a new Syria based on the will and vote of the majority of the Syrian nation; 8) Ensuring the protection of minorities in Syria; 9) Holding free elections under the supervision of the United Nations regarding the new government and constitution of Syria; 10) A comprehensive package of economic aid for Syria’s reconstruction, the return of refugees, and other humanitarian issues. …“
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/syria-fall-assad-winners-turkey-west-for-now
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10 points on the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s Syria
By Vijay Prashad
December 8, 2024
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/12/08/10-points-on-the-fall-of-bashar-al-assads-syria/
On Sunday, December 8, after over a week of intense fighting between the Syrian government and the terrorist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allied factions, who gained control over key cities in the country, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria. The news was announced by the Russian Foreign Ministry which also informed that with his resignation, al-Assad instructed his prime minister to stay in charge of the state to oversee a peaceful transition of power to opposition forces.
The development happens 14 months into Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and weeks after signing a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. Below are reflections from Vijay Prashad regarding the takeover and key elements to understand it.
- The Syrian state had been devastated by the war which began 2011, and then by the sanctions placed on the country by the United States and its allies. The Syrian Arab Army (the official state army) had never fully recovered in the aftermath of the major fighting and was incapable of taking back the main cities of Hama, Homs, and Aleppo.
- The Israeli bombardment of Syrian military facilities had weakened the Syrian armed forces’ logistical and ordinance capabilities. These attacks had been sustained and painful for the Syrian armed forces.
- Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the assassination of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had weakened the ability of Hezbollah to operate even within Lebanon’s south, which forced the recent ‘ceasefire’ agreement with Israel. This demonstrated that Hezbollah was not in any position to enter Syria again to defend the Syrian government against any armed incursion on the Hama to Damascus road (highway M5).
- The attacks on Iranian supply depots and military facilities in Syria as well as the attacks by Israel on Iran had prevented any build up of Iranian forces to defend the Syrian government. The weakening of Hezbollah also weakened Iran’s role in the region.
- The nearly three years of conflict in Ukraine had certainly denied Syria the ability to call upon further Russian assistance for the protection of Damascus or for the Russian naval base in Latakia.
- Therefore, Syria’s government no longer had its Iranian and Russian military allies for assistance against the reinforced rebels.
- The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formed in 2017 out of the al-Qaeda formations, drew together various military forces from Turkey to the Uyghurs – with a large number of other al-Qaeda influenced fighters – and built up its forces in Idlib over the past decade. HTS has received aid and support from Turkey, but also covertly from Israel (this information came to me from a highly placed intelligence official in Turkey).
- What will the new HTS-led government do regarding the many social minorities in Syria? What will the new HTS-led government do regarding the Golan Heights and Israel? How will the new HTS-government regard the Israeli military incursion in Quneitra?
- This story is not over yet. There will be much further unrest in the country led by ISIS as well as the Kurdish groups in the north; already Turkish-backed groups are in combat against the Kurdish YPG (People’s Defense Units) and PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) forces in Manbij; US forces are already in eastern Syria, where they say that they will remain as a buffer against ISIS (and will therefore retain control of the oil); Israel also announced that it took over the Golan buffer zone. There will be tension between the governments of Turkey and the US regarding what the new HTS-led government must, and must not do.
- I hope very much that the statements made by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, that retribution must not be the new culture, will come true. The real fear is regarding the treatment of the minority populations. There is no word yet if the militia groups in Iraq will enter Syria. Much of this depends on what happens to places such as the Sayyida Zaynab shrine in Damascus.
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Amir Mortasawi (alias Afsane Bahar) (امیر مرتضوی (افسانه بهار 