Thanks Michael, excellent writing, certainly one of the best things I've seen out there, especially with the sudden sea of campist ignorance being so confidently displayed by so many with zero knowledge of actual facts, let alone class analysis. You write, in relation to the more fantastic claims that Israel is behind the rebel advance: "If Israel had any influence over the Syrian rebels, why on earth did they not instruct them to launch their offensive long time ago, before they had to settle for a ceasefire in Lebanon but only after?! Why did they wait for more than one year since the beginning of the conflict at the Lebanese-Israeli border on 7 October 2023?!" Exactly! In fact, there is little doubt that the rebels purposefully waited until the Lebanon ceasefire precisely so as not to be seen breaking any transit between Iran and Lebanon across Syria while the war lasted. Ever since last October, rebel-held Idlib has been a sea of demonstrations, seminars, donation-drives etc for Gaza (while the Assad regime bans pro-Palestine demonstrations). And it was difficult to wait, because ever since last october again, the Assad regime and Russia have stepped up their bombing of Idlib (regime shows "resistance" to Zionism by bombing pro-Palestinian populations at the opposite end of Syria, compass always wonky). That's why the name of this offensive was "Operation to Deter Aggression" - the initial aim was to push back against this ongoing aggression, but they were reluctant to wage it as long as the conflict in Lebanon continued. The only reason it changed from an operation to deter aggression to an operation to liberate as much of Syria as they could was because of the speed with which the completely hollowed-out Assad regime military collapsed.
On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:01 PM RKOB via groups.io <[email protected]> wrote: > *Syria: Notes on the Rebels’ Offensive (02.12.2024)* > > *On the collapse of Assad’s army, the uprisings’ popular and non-sectarian > character, and Israel’s as well as the UAE’s role* > > *By Michael Pröbsting, RCIT, 2 December 2024* > > The glorious offensive of the Syrian rebels is astonishing by any > standards. In the last few days, they liberated all parts of the province > of Idlib, most of the province of Aleppo – including Aleppo City, the > second largest city of the country with more than 2.3 million people – and > entered the province of Hama. The current front line is north of Hama city. > Read more at > https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/syria-notes-on-the-rebels-offensive-02-12-2024/ > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33838): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33838 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109878263/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
