The Syrian rebels, HTS, are absolutely Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda and ISIS. The US, the UK, NATO, Israel, Turkey, and Qatar all directed this war out of a control room in Turkey. Though the war was run out of Turkey, the ultimate control room was in Israel.
The US and Israel overthrew Assad and installed Al Qaeda. Way to go. Assad was bad but he was better than Al Qaeda. Apparently Assad killed 30,000 people at Sednaya Prison, usually by hanging.
Most were killed in the context of a civil war with ISIS and Al Qaeda. The vast majority had taken up arms against the state. The choice was always Assad or Al Qaeda, and I always picked Assad. although I always thought he was a tool.
The rebels are strong Zionists, love Israel, and are passionately pro-US. They hate the Palestinians. They tear down Palestinian flags and posters of Arafat. I think they think the Palestinians are pro-Iran. Or they’re so pro-Israel that they hate the Palestinians.
The rebels are roaming through the streets of Damascus m…
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