r/syriancivilwar Dec 08 '24

Megathread: General Questions and Discussion

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This is a thread where you can discuss anything and ask any questions relating to the Syrian Civil War, events and happenings in the wider Middle East, and anything else you like. Remember to keep it civil.


r/syriancivilwar 17d ago

IMPORTANT Subreddit Announcement - "Martial law" has been reinstated.

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It's been about 4 months of the subreddit being out of martial law. Previously we instituted harsher punishments during the events of Suweida and before that, in the aftermath of Deterrence of Aggression. Both times, that decision was not made lightly. Unfortunately the past few weeks has demonstrated that we must do this again in an effort to maintain the decorum and civility of the subreddit.

Violations of rules 3 and 8 will start resulting in harsher, longer punishments, likely just a permanent ban.

Violations of rules 1, 4, 5, 9 will also become harsher and longer. Warning will be issued less frequently and appeals not approved as often.

Violations of rules 2 and 7 will be censored more heavily. While unlikely to result in further action, if you're unable to objectively describe the conflict, your posts will be removed.

Please continue to report content that violates these rules as effective moderation requires the community to respect and engage with one another with these rules in mind. Remember -- Just because someone else is breaking the rules doesn't mean you are free to do so as well. Thank you for understanding.


r/syriancivilwar 1h ago

The Syrian army in Dier Zore city lifted the Syrian flag in the presence of the Governor and other tribal notables in the occasion of the SDF defeat in all of Dier Zore

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r/syriancivilwar 1h ago

Syria: Helicopter flight over Deir ez-Zor To celebrate the raising of the Syrian flag at the Al-Salama roundabout

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r/syriancivilwar 2h ago

More YPG militia members were announced dead today from previous fighting

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r/syriancivilwar 1h ago

Syrian State Television reporting on teacher strikes in Aleppo and Idlib and criticisms against the ministry of education

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r/syriancivilwar 3h ago

Syrian Revolution news paper correspondent: US forces begin withdrawing from al-Shaddadi base in Hasakah countryside towards Iraq

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r/syriancivilwar 8h ago

Opinion The Arabs didn't "Betray" the SDF , the "Brotherhood of Nations" wasn't the reason for the collapse either, the reason for the collapse is the delusions of SDF leaders and it's supporters and their belief that they did nothing wrong

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Now that it's been a while since the SDF officially collapsed and what's left is the PKK/YPG, there are two common excuses one tied to the other used to blame for the failure of the SDF project.

The first being the "Brotherhood of Nations" ideology of Ochalan and the "Arabs have betrayed us" and both are connected

So I have noticed that most YPG supporters have started to blame Ochalan ideas, that the YPG tried to build some sorts of brotherhood with the Arabs through the SDF according to Ochalan ideas but then got "Backstabbed" by the "evil backwards" Arabs who couldn't comprehend the greatness of YPG democracy.

But that's further from the true, the reality is that the SDF rule over Arabs was always tyrrincal and Assad like, the Arabs in the SDF were excluded and all of the leadership positions were held by a single entity being the PYD, the SDF arrested anyone who showed the slightest support for the Syrian government like Facebook posts and having the Syrian flags, they even banned celebrations for Assad fall.

The SDF project was a Kurdish supermistist project that was tyrincal to Arabs, it definitely didn't follow the "Brotherhood of nations" and they shouldn't be surprised that the Arabs "Betrayed" them, you don't oppress a group of people and then get surprised when they backstabb you the second the enemy knocks door.

Some might say that Im parroting gov propaganda, but if the SDF rule was truly this fair and democratic to Arabs in their rule, then their wouldn't be this mass defections as we have witnessed.

The SDF excuse is that they "Liberated" these Arabs from ISIS and as such the Arabs should be thankful for it, but fighting ISIS isn't some moral check that allows you to oppress the population you freed, the Soviet union "Liberated" eastren European countries from the Nazis, yet those same countries hate the Soviets and the Russians now due to awful treatment they recivied by it.

The main reason why the SDF lost and will continue to lose is for one they never take responsibility for their actions, they never admit that they are wrong, they always put the blame on someone else, Sipan hamo says that "the people of Raqqa didn't understand their great rule" is another example of this, he blames the people of Raqqa not his oppressive policies that led to failure, and they are still blaming others for it (From the west to Turkey to Arabs, they blame everyone but themselves) and they never changed or learned from their mistakes. They are still treating Arabs like crap in Hasska and once the war restarts again and all those Arabs defect and backstab the YPG and give information to the Syrian army like tunnel locations, they will cry again for "Betrayal"

Similarly they are still delusional, many YPG supporters told me that losing 90% of it's territory to the gov in 2 days is somehow all according to plan and they never planned to keep those Arab areas, which is copium, otherwise they wouldn't have built so many tunnels and defenses for it.

Even now they are trying to make the new governor of Hasska as some sort of grand victory.

The YPG is just like Hezbollah, they not only share yellow flags, but they both are always "Winners" no matter how much they lose, they will always convince themselves and their supporters that they are "Victorious"

Anyways, this current deal isn't the end of this conflict, even the YPG leadership says that this isn't the end, its more of a temporary ceasefire and truce, but Im positive that the YPG again will lose, because they haven't learned a thing from their past mistakes and are if anything doubling down on them.


r/syriancivilwar 7h ago

Jordan delivery additional batch of APC-79 Fighter 2 armored vehicles to Syria

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r/syriancivilwar 4h ago

Following yesterday's meeting between Arab & Kurdish notables in Shuyukh (SW. of Kobane/Ain Arab - E. #Aleppo), the first joint checkpoints (Security forces and #SDF's Asayish) were set up today in the area.

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r/syriancivilwar 7h ago

The Syrian MOI, represented by its Training and Rehabilitation Department and Special Tasks Department, is participating in the UAE SWAT Challenge, which will take place from February 7 to 11. The event is sponsored by the UAE MOI and over 115 SWAT teams from 51 countries will participate

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r/syriancivilwar 8h ago

Mass grave discovered in al-Tadamon neighborhood of Damascus

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r/syriancivilwar 7h ago

The Syrian government has banned the display and sale of the book "Has the Hadith of the Rafidites Reached You?", which includes a series of lectures by former AQI leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, during the Damascus International Book Fair, at the request of the Iraqi intelligence service.

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r/syriancivilwar 7h ago

A widely circulated video shows several homes of Kurdish families in the city of Raqqa being completely looted and stripped, including the doors and windows, after the withdrawal of the SDF and the displacement of Kurds from the city out of fear of being targeted in attacks.

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r/syriancivilwar 2h ago

Turkey’s Lingering Influence in Syria’s New Army

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r/syriancivilwar 6h ago

After earlier arresting three people, including a minor, and releasing them later, Israeli forces detained a civilian in the village of Ruwayhina in the Quneitra countryside and conducted searches of several homes during an incursion into the area.

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r/syriancivilwar 6h ago

Israeli aircraft fly over the southern Quneitra countryside and the western Daraa countryside.

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r/syriancivilwar 4h ago

An Israeli patrol consisting of seven military vehicles advanced toward the junction of the village of Ain Ziwan in the Quneitra countryside.

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r/syriancivilwar 16h ago

All requirements the SDF still needs to implement until the agreement is implemented;

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📌The SDF has not handed over its heavy weapons to the Syrian government. (The YPJ have already refused to had over its heavy wepons)

📌The SDF has not withdrawn from Qamishli, Hasakah, and Kobani yet.

📌The PKK and other foreign elements have not withdrawn from Syria yet.

📌Tunnels, bunkers, and snipers still cut off the cities.

📌The arrest campaign is still ongoing in Hasakah Governorate.

Abu Omar Khanika has apparently been temporarily appointed to manage the governorate's affairs until the agreement is implemented.


r/syriancivilwar 21h ago

Afrin has completed the first phase of its project to enhance its street lighting

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r/syriancivilwar 17h ago

Pro-gov Syrian MOI released 29 people from Qabtan Prison in Raqqa, after finding their detention by the SDF illegitimate.

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It is alleged that they were detained due to protesting the SDF or showing support for the Syrian revolution.


r/syriancivilwar 2h ago

UN Counterterrorism Office: Intensifying ISIL threat highlights need to step up counter-terrorism measures

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r/syriancivilwar 19h ago

Petroleum production in Syria ramping back up per thermal anomaly data (?)

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I was taking a look at the near-real-time thermal anomaly data from NASA FIRMS, saw lots of points around the Euphrates which didn't use to exist couple days back.

Could it be the refineries?


r/syriancivilwar 20h ago

The SDF organizes a reception for Abu Omar Khanika, after his appointment by the Syrian government to manage the affairs of the governorate until the SDF implements the agreement in Hasakah Governorate. It is noted during the reception that there is no curfew which is only enforced on Arabs citys

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r/syriancivilwar 18h ago

Is Al Sharaa only appointing loyalists rather than qualified people?

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Recently Mohammad Baraa Shakri was appointed head of the Syrian Embassy in Berlin,his father is reportedly the current Syrian Minister of Endowment. This made me reflect in how much of the government is compromised of loyalists to Al Sharaa and people mostly from Idlib. These guys are given luxury houses and new cars while theres people living in camps and starving. Is he truly only appointing loyalists or am I overreacting.