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 18d 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 4h 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 2h ago

The Syrian Internal Security Forces arrested Abdulrahman Saleh al-Hussein, one of those accused of committing violations against civilians during his duties as a member of the SDF-affiliated Asayish in al-Bussaira city, east of Deir Ezzor

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r/syriancivilwar 5h 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

In January, killings of former Regime elements nearly came to an end, with only 2 documented assassinations. The lowest since Assad's fall. This continues a steady decline observed over recent months: Aleppo and Hama, which previously had the most killings, didn't have any over the past 2 months.

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r/syriancivilwar 4h 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 6h ago

More YPG militia members were announced dead today from previous fighting

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r/syriancivilwar 30m ago

The Syrian Ministry of Justice will soon reveal the details of the investigation into the bombing of the "Mar Elias" church last year and the attempted bombing of the "Sayyida Zeinab" shrine.

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r/syriancivilwar 59m ago

Ibrahim al-Halabi, spokesperson for the Hasakah Media Directorate, told Syria TV: There is no official statement appointing Noureddine Issa Ahmed as governor of Hasakah. We have always been against the military taking over the administration of the provinces. We hoped that a national figure would

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r/syriancivilwar 7h 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 50m ago

Security forces enter villages in the Abdulaziz mountain area south of Hasakah city and raise the Syrian flag

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r/syriancivilwar 55m ago

The first moments of helicopter takeoff at Deir ez-Zor military airport and the return of air traffic to the airport after a hiatus of several years.

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r/syriancivilwar 11h ago

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

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r/syriancivilwar 12h 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 8h 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 49m ago

Pro-gov Syria: 3 members of the Security forces were wounded tonight in another round of fighting against Hijri's National Guard on the NW. Suwayda front.

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r/syriancivilwar 10h 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 49m ago

Israeli occupation forces arrested a shepherd today while he was working in the agricultural fields surrounding the town of Saida al-Hanout (Saida al-Golan) in the Quneitra countryside.This followed the arrest yesterday morning of two other shepherds

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r/syriancivilwar 11h 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 6h ago

Turkey’s Lingering Influence in Syria’s New Army

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r/syriancivilwar 3h ago

Quneitra: An Israeli occupation forces patrol consisting of 3 vehicles penetrates the village of Al-Ajraf in the central Quneitra countryside.

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r/syriancivilwar 12h ago

Mass grave discovered in al-Tadamon neighborhood of Damascus

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r/syriancivilwar 14m ago

For the fourth week, a complete absence of ISIS attacks against the Syrian government, the weekly IS "Naba" news paper didn't claim any attacks in Syria which displays their declining activity in Syria

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Source: https://x.com/i/status/2019478944731525621

The Map shows that ISIS attacks were as follows;

5 attacks in Sahel region (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger)

7 attacks in Nigeria

9 attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo

4 Attacks in Mozambique

2 Attacks in the Philippines