@pashadelics This seems to be an indicator that they will eventually hand off the Lebanon file to Syria as they have failed to dismantle the lranian Axis.
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The old paradigm for thinking about the Middle East - Israeli axis vs Iranian axis - is quietly being undone in ways that will determine the future trajectory of the region. Those stuck on the old paradigm will not be able to understand this.
Charles Lister@Charles_Lister
Today, #Syria, #Jordan & #Lebanon confirmed a strategic trilateral gas & electricity interconnection deal -- via the Arab Gas Pipeline & a transnational electricity network. #Syria's Energy Minister said all pipelines & electricity infrastructure is repaired & ready.
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@DerekPederson3 They preferred a weak, divided state run by a minority dictator, not because it would create instability. It was already unstable, just internally. Now, as things stabilize internally, they fear it will one day project power outwards against you-know-who to the south.
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People who opposed toppling Assad because of the risk of instability really should concede that they were wrong, and keeping him in power was just far more destabilizing than getting rid of him was.
Conflict@ConflictTR
🔴 Suriye'de son bir yıldaki bitki örtüsü yoğunluğundaki fark görüntülendi. ▪2026 yılında Suriye'deki yeşil ve tarımsal alanlar, 2025 yılına kıyasla %173 oranında iyileşme gösterdi.
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@sfrantzman What most are ignoring is that Jordan needs water and the West's military coIony has historically weaponized water against Jordan to get it to submit to its interests. New Syria has pledged to help instead. Jordan's not going to risk that by supporting a minority narco-statelet.
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Interesting point re: Jordan’s role
What it also paints a picture of is that the two key friends of Damascus, one on the northern border and one on the southern border; are both also western partners and allies such that their views are taken seriously in chanceries in Europe and the Gulf too. This matters as well
محمود علوش - Mahmoud Allouch@mahmoudallouch
الموقف الأردني الحازم ضد مشروع فصل السويداء عن سوريا يُعدّ من بين العوامل المؤثرة التي أضعفت هذا المشروع وغيّرت الحسابات فيه. وتتعدد أشكال هذا الموقف (معارضة فكرة المعبر، ورعاية خريطة الطريق لحل ملف السويداء، وصولاً إلى الضغط المهم الذي تمارسه على واقع اللادولة، وتفريغ الحماية الأمنية الإسرائيلية لهذا الواقع من مضمونها من بوابة استهداف تجارة المخدرات والأسلحة). وهذا الموقف، علاوة على أن متطلبات الأمن القومي للأردن تفرضه، فإنه عزّز الموقف السوري في هذه القضية بشكل كبير. وكما كان دور تركيا محورياً في إفشال مشروع تفكيك سوريا في الشمال، فإن دور الأردن محوري كذلك في إضعاف هذا المشروع في الجنوب. أحسنت سوريا اختيار حلفائها الجدد، وأحسن حلفاؤها إدارة مصالحهم معها.
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@chitowngirl1982 They want to debt trap or aid trap Syria like Jordan and Egypt so it will always be subject to their influence. Unfortunately for them, the West let things get so bad in Syria to protect their military coIony to the south that every day is better than the next.
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And they actually whined about not taking out World Bank/ IMF loans to rebuild private homes. The same people whining about this will whine when Syria has to pay back the loans... Good grief.
Foreign Policy@ForeignPolicy
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa may be putting investment over the dire needs of the many Syrians who lost their homes in the war, writes Frederick Deknatel. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/30/syr…
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Which is why, when people say to me “why are you optimistic about Syria, it’s run by jihadists”…I don’t reply. I just wait
Wait and see
Still optimistic
I believe in Syria
Syrian Ed-itor@ALPtoYYZ
"Syria's gonna become Afghanistan" Meanwhile Syria:
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@chitowngirl1982 I see like 3 Kuwaiti officials/analysts on my timeline daily praising Syria since the war started for blocking the movements of lranian militias.
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@RamiAhmed117851 @Nothingnety @celinekasem Over a million Syrians returning to their land is more than you could do in a thousand lifetimes. And much more. God and the 90% Syrian Sunni majority know what he's done. You can keep slandering and whining from behind your phone.
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@quantinarianize @Nothingnety @celinekasem And I’m supposed to believe that he’s done more just because you said so??
Give me an example of what has changed to the better between then and now from prices to safety to health to education.
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@RamiAhmed117851 @Nothingnety @celinekasem Clearly you have no idea what you're talking about and are blinded by ideology. Jolani has done more for Syria than you and every politician and scholar you support have done in their entire lives a thousand times over. You and your kind lost. No one wants to hear your barking.
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@quantinarianize @Nothingnety @celinekasem How are you supposed to fight al-nusra and Isis? Throw flowers at them?? Your country was completely safe before terrorist people like al-julani and others came from Iraq, Jordan and turkey.Why is the country now wlrse than the worst time during the 14 years? Expensive and unsafe
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@charrad_loulou It's how people posture in an attempt to gain revolutionary legitimacy.
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يتحمل ما يسمى بالحقوقيين مسؤولية عدم تفسير مفهوم العدالة الانتقالية للجمهور
Rami SD@SyrianShabab
People say that transitional justice in Syria isn’t happening or is taking too long. But why would Syria be any different from other countries that have gone through similar processes? It usually takes decades, at a minimum. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be improved, but we should at least set realistic expectations.
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هذا تحريض لا علاقة له بحقوق الإنسان فعلا شيء مقرف
المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان@syriahr
مدير #المرصد_السوري : "الشرع وحكومته لا تثق بالعلويين ولا تريدهم أن يكونوا جزءاً من #سوريا وكذلك الكرد تريد الكرد الجيدين الذين يحملون الفكر الإسـ ـلامـ ـي المتطرف والمطبلين ولو تملك الإمكانية سيقومون بذات الشيء مع الدروز ، ما يجري العمل عليه اليوم هو ترسيخ ديكتاتور جديد في #سوريا بدعم من" توم باراك "والمجتمع الدولي الذي يهلل ويصفق لكذبة انتخابات مجلس الشعب" youtube.com/shorts/Se3eqUB…
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@TheAnalysisMan Sharaa is trying to create a powerful state militarily and economically, not police hair or dancing. Let them do it in some corner of the city. Hardcore policing backfires hard. You should be smarter than that.
فذكر إنما أنت مذكر، لست عليهم بمسيطر
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There's a big debate in Islam on what freedom an individual has to sin.
For example, when the sahabah ruled over the sassinian empire, they allowed the magian class the freedom to keep having their incestuous marriages.
Another example is: There's the freedom to choose not to go pray Friday jumuah.
As for dancing, I don't believe this particular freedom to sin should be allowed in the public sphere.
This has harmful affects on society, unlike not choosing to pray.
The most lenient approach (worth entertaining) is allowing these people to dance in private settings and gatherings, but nothing open to the public.
Obviously, the best thing possible is to have a complete ban on all this disgusting 🤢 clownery 🤡.
But we are not in a position to do this when 90% of our population lives in abject poverty and our state is extremely fragile in terms of power dynamics and international integration.
Syria Pinterest@_Syria963
يوم الرقص العالمي في دمشق💚🇸🇾 💚International Dance Day in Damascus🇸🇾
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@charrad_loulou If he has half a brain, he realizes that the Kurdish separatist project is doomed as they're now literally wedged between the Syrian and Turkish armies without Western soldiers to "protect" them. He should be looking for money and retaining some decent rank in the army.
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@Military_OSTX شو هذه الفكرة؟ الغرب حاول بالميليشيات على أيدي الكيان عدة مرات أن تقسم الدولة وهي فشلت. الظاهر أنك تقدس قوتهم والحرب الحديثة أكدت ضعفهم للحصول على ما يسمى انتصارات استراتيجية رغم قوتهم الجوية
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💬 // رغم تشديدنا على مسألة الإنضباط لمنتسبي الجيش السوري إلا أنه من المهم الإشارة أن المجند العادي لا يشكل أهمية كبيرة بالنسبة لأجهزة الإستخبارات الأجنبية هو بالنهاية مقاتل معه سلاح قائده ومكان المقر التابع له معروف
في سوريا خصيصاً سهل الإختراق فضلاً عن أسلحة جمع المعلومات المتطورة أما بالنسبة للآداب والسلوك فالجيش كالشعب به الصالح والطالح وليسوا جميعهم نسخة عن بعضهم
ما يهمني أن يعلم السوري أن سوريا دولة هشة بتركيبتها السكانية وموقعها الجغرافي وقدراتها التكنولوجية والإقتصادية لذلك عندما تريد الأجهزة الغربية تفكيك الدولة ستفعل وهذا كلام يعرفه القادة ومهمتهم كسياسيين أن يحول الوضع دون وقوع ذلك .
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@RamiAhmed117851 @Nothingnety @celinekasem Of course, it was the sanctions and not the completely destroyed cities and millions dead and refugees lost as workers and brain drain because of minority rule supported by foreign actors. 🤡
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@Nothingnety @celinekasem Yes she and other Syrian American women campaigned to put sanctions on Syria just to weaken bashar but what the sanctions ended up on the Syrian people.
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@Levant_24_ They're getting oil in exchange for allowing Russian bases that the West's military coIony in the region advocated for keeping over Turkish bases.
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𝗦𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗶𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁
📌 Russia has become the main oil supplier to Syria, with shipments rising to around 60,000 barrels per day in 2026.
📌 Moscow replaced Iran as Damascus’s top supplier following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in late 2024.
📌 Syrian officials cite economic necessity and limited alternatives, despite efforts to diversify supply, including outreach to Turkey.
📌 The reliance risks straining relations with the European Union and United States, and could expose Syria to future sanctions.
📌 Most shipments are handled through sanctioned tanker networks using ship-to-ship transfers to obscure origins and bypass restrictions.
📌 Domestic production remains far below demand, leaving Syria dependent on imports and vulnerable to geopolitical shifts.
Source: Reuters
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@SyrianShabab It only seemed peaceful because the military operation was carried out swiftly and effectively. They're still publishing obituaries for their soldiers who were KIA to this day as the government gradually returns their bodies.
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Syrians don’t realize how significant an achievement the “forced” integration deal with SDF was, especially considering it was carried out relatively peacefully. The SDF were prepared to destroy northeastern Syria.
Qalaat Al Mudiq@QalaatAlMudiq
#Syria: SDF prepared one of the largest booby-traps ever documented in the war. Video filmed inside the tunnel dug under the M4 Highway (N. #Raqqa) shows a large section of it was prepared for detonation with dozens of IEDs. Alongside 100s of kilometers of tunnels uncovered, the footage highlights the scale of preparations made for years by SDF/YPG - most of these defenses were ultimately abandoned following the rapid collapse of mid-January.
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@software98539 @Polymarket The point is that it reflects how great powers perceive the foolishness and failure of "the world's greatest power" in its recent actions and that only smaller powers, likely looking for handouts, are willing to "lend a hand". Don't let your nationalism blind you from the truth.
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@Polymarket To all the retards in the reply section: It's better to have an ally that has lower military power helping out, than allies who have big military powers but choose not to help, like a bunch of pussies
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JUST IN: Lithuania reportedly plans to join a US-led naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz.
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@chitowngirl1982 How do you even get these on your TL? A journalist that has 1 like on his post for his new article.
"Crony reconstruction agenda" These people are mentally deranged propagandists.
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Because there is no money to give it to people for free.
Frederick Deknatel freddydeknatel.bsky.social@FreddyDeknatel
While millions are still displaced and living in ruins in Syria, Sharaa is selling reconstruction as an investment opportunity, courting shady business ties in the region. But his crony reconstruction agenda could backfire. My new piece in @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/30/syr…
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@FreddyDeknatel @ForeignPolicy 1 like is humiliating. Just because he didn't submit like a dog to the West's military outpost in the region? He's done more for his country and his people than you could do in a thousand lifetimes.
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While millions are still displaced and living in ruins in Syria, Sharaa is selling reconstruction as an investment opportunity, courting shady business ties in the region. But his crony reconstruction agenda could backfire.
My new piece in @ForeignPolicy: foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/30/syr…
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@thoughtflblonde Huh? Light weapons will always be relevant. If anything, recent conflicts have shown the limitations of advanced and new technologies in creating strategic victories without meaningful ground forces with light weapons in hand.
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This isn't worth it Syria imo. Military technology is changing so fast. Don't even bother with the 3 months of interruption of young people's lives. If a major war broke out, just take all the new volunteers first who know how to handle a gun. The rest will be in the way.
Levant24@Levant_24_
𝗡𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 Riad al-Asaad, member of the Ministry of Defense advisory committee, said during a public session (in his personal, unofficial view): 📌 During the transitional period, there will be no mandatory military service in the Syrian army. 📌 After a new constitution is drafted, a three-month training program for young people may be introduced. 📌 The training would be a short, non-burdensome course, up to three months, to teach basic weapons handling. 📌 The trainees would serve as a reserve force to respond in case of any emergency or threat to the country.
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