Syrian Rebels Topple President Assad, Prime Minister Calls for Free Elections (Connecting the Dots: Bashar al-Assad, The Syrian Electronic Army, ISIS, Al Jazeera, Al Gore, Deutsche Bank, Asma al-Assad & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax.com
Sunday,
08 December 2024 01:45 PM EST
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/syria/2024/12/08/id/1190772/
Syria rebel
fighters raced into Damascus unopposed on Sunday, overthrowing President Bashar
al-Assad and
ending nearly six decades of his family's iron-fisted rule after a lightning
advance that reversed the course of a 13-year civil war.
In
one of the most consequential turning points in the Middle East for
generations, the fall of Assad's government wiped out a bastion from which Iran
and Russia exercised influence across the Arab world. Moscow gave him and his
family asylum.
His
sudden overthrow, at the hands of a Turkish-backed revolt with roots in
jihadist Sunni Islam, limits Iran's ability to spread weapons to its allies and
could cost Russia its Mediterranean naval base. It also may pave the way for
millions of refugees scattered for more than a decade in camps across Turkey,
Lebanon, and Jordan to finally return home.
For
Syrians, it brought a sudden unexpected end to a war that had been in deep
freeze for years, with hundreds of thousands dead, cities pounded to dust, an
economy hollowed out by global sanctions, and seemingly no resolution in sight.
"How
many people were displaced across the world? How many people lived in tents?
How many drowned in the seas?" the top rebel commander Abu Mohammed
al-Golani told a huge crowd at the medieval Umayyad Mosque in central Damascus,
referring to refugees who drowned trying to reach Europe.
"A
new history, my brothers, is being written in the entire region after this
great victory," he said. It would take hard work to build a new Syria
which he said would be "a beacon for the Islamic nation".
The
Assad police state - known since his father seized power in the 1960s as one of
the harshest in the Middle East with hundreds of thousands of political
prisoners in its gulag - melted away overnight.
Bewildered
and elated inmates poured out of jails after rebels blasted away the locks on
their cells. Reunited families wept and wailed in joy. Newly freed prisoners
were filmed at dawn running through the Damascus streets holding up the fingers
of both hands to show how many years they had been in prison.
"We
toppled the regime!" a voice shouted and a prisoner yelled and skipped
with delight.
EYES
RIPPED OUT
As
the sun set in Damascus without Assad for the first time, the roads leading
into the city were mostly empty, apart from motorcycles carrying armed men and
rebel vehicles caked with brownish mud as camouflage.
Some
men could be seen looting a shopping centre on the road between the capital and
the Lebanese border, stuffing goods into plastic bags or into pick-up trucks.
The myriad checkpoints lining the road to Damascus were empty. Posters of Assad
had been torn at his eyes. A burning Syrian military truck was parked
diagonally on the road out of the city.
A
thick column of black smoke billowed out from the Mazzeh neighbourhood, where
Israeli strikes earlier had targeted Syrian state security branches, according
to two security sources.
Throughout
the evening, intermittent gunfire rang out throughout the city in apparent
celebration.
Shops
and restaurants closed early in line with a curfew imposed by the rebels. Just
before it came into effect, people could be seen briskly walking home with
stacks of bread.
Earlier,
the rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments.
Thousands of people in cars and on foot congregated at a main square in
Damascus waving and chanting "Freedom".
People
were seen walking inside the Al-Rawda Presidential Palace, with some leaving
carrying furniture from inside. A motorcycle was parked on the intricately-laid
parquet floor of a gilded hall.
'THE
FUTURE IS OURS'
Golani,
whose group was once Syria's branch of al Qaeda but has since softened its
image to reassure members of minority sects and foreign countries, said there
was no room for turning back.
"The
future is ours," he said in a statement read on state TV.
The
Syrian rebel coalition said it was working to complete the transfer of power to
a transitional governing body with executive powers.
"The
great Syrian revolution has moved from the stage of struggle to overthrow the
Assad regime to the struggle to build a Syria together that befits the
sacrifices of its people," it added in a statement.
Mohammad
Ghazi al-Jalali, prime minister under Assad, called for free elections and said
he had been in contact with Golani to discuss the transitional period.
The
pace of events stunned Arab capitals and raised concerns about a new wave of
instability in a region already in turmoil following the spread of conflict
after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing Gaza war.
Jubilant
supporters of the revolt stormed Syrian embassies in a number of cities around
the world, lowering red, white and black Assad-era flags and replacing them
with the green, white and black flag flown throughout the war by his opponents.
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Assad's fall was a direct result of
blows Israel had dealt to Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah, once the
lynchpin of Assad's security forces but pounded by Israel over the last two
months.
French
President Emmanuel Macron said "the barbaric state has fallen" and
paid tribute to the Syrian people.
DAUNTING
TASK
When
the celebrations fade, Syria's new leaders will face the daunting task of
trying to deliver stability to a diverse country that will need billions of
dollars in aid to rebuild.
During
the civil war, which erupted in 2011 as an uprising against Assad, his forces
and their Russian allies bombed cities to rubble. The refugee crisis across the
Middle East was one of the biggest of modern times and caused a political
reckoning in Europe when a million people arrived in 2015.
In
recent years Turkey had backed the rebels in a small redoubt in the northwest
and along its border. The United States, which still has 900 soldiers on the
ground, backed a Kurdish-led alliance that fought Islamic State jihadists from
2014-2017.
President
Joe Biden's administration was monitoring developments but has not adjusted the
positioning of the U.S. troops, officials told Reuters.
The
biggest strategic losers were Russia and Iran, which had intervened in the
war's early years to rescue Assad, helping him recapture most territory and all
major cities. The front lines were frozen four years ago under a deal Russia
and Iran reached with Turkey.
But
Moscow's focus on its war in Ukraine and the blows to Iran's allies following
the war in Gaza - particularly the decimation of Hezbollah by Israel over the
past two months - left Assad with scant support at the end.
Even
after Assad had fled, Israel continued to strike targets associated with his
government and its Iranian-backed allies, including one in Damascus where
Israel had previously accused Iran of developing missiles. Netanyahu said the
toppling of Assad could make it easier for Israel to reach a ceasefire deal to
free hostages in Gaza.
On
Sunday rebels stormed Iran's embassy, Iran's English-language Press TV
reported. Iran's foreign ministry said Syria's fate was the sole responsibility
of the Syrian people.
Hezbollah
had pulled all its remaining forces from Syria on Saturday, two Lebanese
security sources said.
Connecting
the Dots:
Bashar al-Assad is
the president of Syria, supporting Russia politically
& militarily, supporting the Syrian Electronic Army a
hacker group, married to Asma al-Assad and permitted the rise of
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in Syria.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human Rights Watch.
Gara LaMarche was
an associate director at the Human Rights Watch and a VP &
director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder
for the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty
International.
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a benefactor for
the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human Rights Watch, Amnesty
International and Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera acquired Current
TV.
Current TV was
a division of the Current Media, LLC.
Albert A. Gore Jr. was
the co-founder & chairman for Current Media, LLC, sued Al
Jazeera and is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Climate Reality Project.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
William J. Clinton is
the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation
and led team for the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea.
Laura Ling’s release
from North Korea in the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea
was negotiated by William J. Clinton and is a journalist for Current
TV.
Euna Lee’s release
from North Korea in the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea
and was a journalist for Current TV.
Al Jazeera acquired Current
TV.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked Al Jazeera.
Bashar al-Assad is
supporting Russia politically & militarily, supporting
the Syrian Electronic Army a hacker group, the president
of Syria, married to Asma al-Assad and permitted the
rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in Syria.
Asma al-Assad is
married to Bashar al-Assad and a banker for the Deutsche
Bank.
Paul M. Achleitner is the
chairman for the Deutsche Bank and a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Dina Dublon is an
overseer for the International Rescue Committee and a supervisory
board member for the Deutsche Bank.
ONE Campaign is
a partner with the International Rescue Committee.
Michelle Obama was
an advocate for the ONE Campaign.
Sheryl K.
Sandberg is a director at the ONE Campaign and was a
trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala is a director at the ONE Campaign and was a
visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Helene D. Gayle is
a director at the ONE Campaign and a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Paul M.
Achleitner is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) and the chairman for the Deutsche Bank.
Asma al-Assad is
a banker for the Deutsche Bank and married to Bashar
al-Assad.
Bashar al-Assad is
married to Asma al-Assad, the president of Syria, supporting Russia politically
& militarily, supporting the Syrian Electronic Army a
hacker group, and permitted the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIS) in Syria.
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Sunday,
April 9, 2017
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View: Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian Army Once Again Close to Collapse (Past Research on Syria)
Monday,
September 5, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/09/world-view-bashar-al-assads-syrian-army.html
IDF
exposes another Al Jazeera reporter as a Hamas terrorist (Connecting the Dots:
Al Jazeera, Palestine (Hamas), Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Obama, Sidley Austin LLP
& Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research
on Al Jazeera)
Monday,
June 10, 2024
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2024/06/idf-exposes-another-al-jazeera-reporter.html
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is Extremely Organized (Past Research on the Deutsche
Bank)
Thursday,
March 27, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/03/evil-is-extremely-organized.html
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Shooting Outside Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay; 50+ Dead, 406 Sent to Hospital (Past Research on the ONE Campaign)
Monday,
October 2, 2017
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