- Syria is Russia’s southern flank and it is fast crumbling.
- How has a Syrian rebel lightning offensive managed to seize Aleppo from Bashar al-Assad’s regime?
- Who are the leaders, the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham?
- Could the civil war be reignited?
Damascus, Dec.3.– In a bizarre twist of fate, it is possible that the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) may be inadvertently coming to the aid of the West – and more importantly, Ukraine – by disrupting Putin’s southern flank.
Exactly eight years ago, in December 2016, Aleppo eventually fell to Assad and the Russians when the Syrian regime rained down chlorine barrel bombs for 17 days.
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Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles for the first time.
Donald Trump has won the 2024 election and will serve as president for a second time. Based on the number of votes cast thus far, the AP concluded that Vice President Kamala Harris had no statistical chance of winning, therefore they called the race early on Wednesday morning.