Started with protests in Daraa in 2011, the Syrian conflict rapidly turned into a war with a number of foreign powers supporting various militant groups (including al-Qaeda-linked) against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Since then, the country has been a point of instability in the Middle East.
Russia began a military intervention in Syria in 2015 after an official request by the Syrian government for military help against militant groups.This allowed the Syrian government to survive and to regain initiative in a battle against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), ISIS and other militant groups.
This terror supply must have been going on for years and is the price of President Assad’s wish to retain as much freedom of movement to conserve some semblance of normal life for peaceful citizens as possible. At least the seizure of terrorist supplies has increased in recent months.
Ma_Laoshi
8 years ago
Too bad, you could have done a lot of democracy activism with those rounds. But it clarifies how these enclaves have persisted over the years, something I’ve often wondered about.
gustavo
8 years ago
Very important to stop the supply line to terrorists. This checking must be done systematically and not allow it to be by good luck.
This terror supply must have been going on for years and is the price of President Assad’s wish to retain as much freedom of movement to conserve some semblance of normal life for peaceful citizens as possible. At least the seizure of terrorist supplies has increased in recent months.
Too bad, you could have done a lot of democracy activism with those rounds. But it clarifies how these enclaves have persisted over the years, something I’ve often wondered about.
Very important to stop the supply line to terrorists. This checking must be done systematically and not allow it to be by good luck.