Institute for Political and International Studies- Feasibility of Reviving the Qatar-Syria-Turkey Gas Pipeline Project After the Fall of Bashar al-Assad | 12/2024
Secret cables and reports by the U.S., Saudi and Israeli intelligence agencies indicate that the moment Assad rejected the Qatari #pipeline, military and intelligence planners quickly arrived at the consensus that fomenting a Sunni uprising in Syria to overthrow the uncooperative #BasharAlAssad was a feasible path to achieving the shared objective of completing the Qatar/#Turkey gas link. In 2009, according to WikiLeaks, soon after Bashar Al Assad rejected the #Qatar #pipeline, the #CIA began fundingopposition terrorist groups in #Syria.”
#Assad further enraged the Gulf’s Sunni monarchs by endorsing a Russian approved “Islamic pipeline” running from Iran’s side of the gas field through Syria and to the ports of #Lebanon. The Islamic pipeline would make Shia #Iran instead of Sunni Qatar, the principal supplier to the #EU energy market
Reminder :Secret cables and reports by the U.S., Saudi and Israeli intelligence agencies indicate that the moment Assad rejected the Qatari #pipeline, military and intelligence planners quickly arrived at the consensus that fomenting a Sunni uprising in Syria to overthrow the uncooperative #BasharAlAssad was a feasible path to achieving the shared objective of completing the Qatar/#Turkey gas link. In 2009, according to WikiLeaks, soon after Bashar Al Assad rejected the #Qatar #pipeline, the #CIA began funding
#Assad further enraged the Gulf’s Sunni monarchs by endorsing a Russian approved “Islamic pipeline” running from Iran’s side of the gas field through Syria and to the ports of #Lebanon. The Islamic pipeline would make Shia #Iran instead of Sunni Qatar, the principal supplier to the #EU energy market
Sectarian murder in Syria: rogue militias or policy from Damascus?
Following the fall of former Syrian president #BasharAlAssad, #HayatTahrirAlSham ( #HTS)set up a transitional authority in #Syria, whose elements have been waging a violent campaign against the #Alawite community and other minority groups. Extrajudicial #killings and #kidnappings have become the norm in several regions.
Sources recently disclosed to The Cradle that Ahmad al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-#Julani) is well-informed about the massacres and killings of #minorities. One source reported that Sharaa told him point blank that he considers this violence to be a legitimate act of revenge that will go unchecked for the foreseeable future. “This (the killings) is normal and may continue for two or three years," Sharaa reportedly said.
#EthnicCleansing #Alawites #Christians
Following the fall of former Syrian president #BasharAlAssad, #HayatTahrirAlSham ( #HTS)set up a transitional authority in #Syria, whose elements have been waging a violent campaign against the #Alawite community and other minority groups. Extrajudicial #killings and #kidnappings have become the norm in several regions.
Sources recently disclosed to The Cradle that Ahmad al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-#Julani) is well-informed about the massacres and killings of #minorities. One source reported that Sharaa told him point blank that he considers this violence to be a legitimate act of revenge that will go unchecked for the foreseeable future. “This (the killings) is normal and may continue for two or three years," Sharaa reportedly said.
#EthnicCleansing #Alawites #Christians
The Genesis of Sectarian Violence in Syria - Antiwar
How did the situation get to this point?
The ongoing humanitarian crisis and severe sectarian violence in Syria are direct outcomes of policies dating back to the “Clean Break” doctrine of 1996, by a D.C. think tank which counseled Benjamin #Netanyahu to make a “clean break” from “the previous government’s ‘peace process’.” (their quotes) which it saw as a serious weakness.
The “#CleanBreak” approach was further advanced by #HillaryClinton, who, as Secretary of State, together with CIA Director #DavidPetraeus, proposed arming Syrian rebels.
The White House rejected the plan, but, somehow, the momentum generated to overthrow #Assad was propelled by the #CIA, President #Obama’s 2012 presidential directive, which explicitly called for the overthrow of Syrian President #BasharAlAssad, merely authorized what was underway without his permission.
#Syria
How did the situation get to this point?
The ongoing humanitarian crisis and severe sectarian violence in Syria are direct outcomes of policies dating back to the “Clean Break” doctrine of 1996, by a D.C. think tank which counseled Benjamin #Netanyahu to make a “clean break” from “the previous government’s ‘peace process’.” (their quotes) which it saw as a serious weakness.
The “#CleanBreak” approach was further advanced by #HillaryClinton, who, as Secretary of State, together with CIA Director #DavidPetraeus, proposed arming Syrian rebels.
The White House rejected the plan, but, somehow, the momentum generated to overthrow #Assad was propelled by the #CIA, President #Obama’s 2012 presidential directive, which explicitly called for the overthrow of Syrian President #BasharAlAssad, merely authorized what was underway without his permission.
#Syria
🇸🇾 Turkiye confirms long-term presence in Syria, 'deeper cooperation' with Damascus | The Cradle
"The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on 21 March that its military forces will continue their presence in #Syria, as well as the possible appointment of military advisors to the Syrian army
"Turkiye is a strong backer of Syria's new government, led by former #AlQaeda commander Ahmad al-Sharaa. The new government was formed after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (#HTS), the former Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, ousted former president #BasharAlAssad's government in December.
Turkish forces occupy a so-called buffer zone in northern Syria, while Turkish-backed armed factions known as the Syrian National Army (#SNA) control additional territory in the country on #Ankara's behalf.
Several SNA factions have been incorporated into the Syrian Ministry of Defense and took part in the horrific massacre of #Alawite & #Christian civilians in the coastal areas of #Latakia and #Jableh starting on 7 March."
"The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced on 21 March that its military forces will continue their presence in #Syria, as well as the possible appointment of military advisors to the Syrian army
"Turkiye is a strong backer of Syria's new government, led by former #AlQaeda commander Ahmad al-Sharaa. The new government was formed after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (#HTS), the former Al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, ousted former president #BasharAlAssad's government in December.
Turkish forces occupy a so-called buffer zone in northern Syria, while Turkish-backed armed factions known as the Syrian National Army (#SNA) control additional territory in the country on #Ankara's behalf.
Several SNA factions have been incorporated into the Syrian Ministry of Defense and took part in the horrific massacre of #Alawite & #Christian civilians in the coastal areas of #Latakia and #Jableh starting on 7 March."
🇮🇷 After Ukraine, Iran?, by Thierry Meyssan | Voltaire Net
For the "revisionist #Zionists" (that is, the successors of Ze’ev #Jabotinsky and Benzion Netanyahu—not to be confused with #TheodorHertzl’s "Zionists"), the time has come, after the victory over #Hamas, #Hezbollah, and #BasharAlAssad in #Syria, to crush Iran.
On the contrary, for Donald #Trump (#US), after the pacification of the Ukrainian conflict, the priority must be to pacify the one surrounding #Iran. The press has its eyes on #Palestine, but it is around #Tehran that peace in the Middle East (#ME) is being played out.
US boosts military presence in Indian Ocean ahead of possible escalation against Iran | The Craddle
Iran in the Crosshairs. Avoiding War. The Start of World War III? | Global Research Podcast
Bombing Iran's Nuclear Program: Implications of Preventive Action | The Washington Institute ( #Zionist US Think Tank)
For the "revisionist #Zionists" (that is, the successors of Ze’ev #Jabotinsky and Benzion Netanyahu—not to be confused with #TheodorHertzl’s "Zionists"), the time has come, after the victory over #Hamas, #Hezbollah, and #BasharAlAssad in #Syria, to crush Iran.
On the contrary, for Donald #Trump (#US), after the pacification of the Ukrainian conflict, the priority must be to pacify the one surrounding #Iran. The press has its eyes on #Palestine, but it is around #Tehran that peace in the Middle East (#ME) is being played out.
US boosts military presence in Indian Ocean ahead of possible escalation against Iran | The Craddle
Iran in the Crosshairs. Avoiding War. The Start of World War III? | Global Research Podcast
Bombing Iran's Nuclear Program: Implications of Preventive Action | The Washington Institute ( #Zionist US Think Tank)
🇸🇾The Evolution of the Syria Chemical Weapons Narrative and the Road to Ghouta | UKColumn –
In 2019, whistleblower scientists from within the (#OPCW) organisation testified to the manipulation of the investigation of one of these alleged attacks, in order to reach a “pre-ordained conclusion” that the Syrian Government was responsible. In fact, the entire history of alleged chemical weapons (CW) incidents in Syria, dating back to as early as 2012, is controversial.
This series explores the history of these allegations and sets out a preliminary case that the entire #CW narrative is, in fact, a strategic deception designed to underpin a policy of “regime change” by delegitimating the Syrian Government.
The Censored Scientific Issue at the Heart of the OPCW-Douma Cover Up | UKColumn
#Syria #BasharAlAssad #RegimeChange #US #Fr #UK #Nato #UAE #KSA #Turkey #Israel #HTS #Ghouta
In 2019, whistleblower scientists from within the (#OPCW) organisation testified to the manipulation of the investigation of one of these alleged attacks, in order to reach a “pre-ordained conclusion” that the Syrian Government was responsible. In fact, the entire history of alleged chemical weapons (CW) incidents in Syria, dating back to as early as 2012, is controversial.
This series explores the history of these allegations and sets out a preliminary case that the entire #CW narrative is, in fact, a strategic deception designed to underpin a policy of “regime change” by delegitimating the Syrian Government.
The Censored Scientific Issue at the Heart of the OPCW-Douma Cover Up | UKColumn
#Syria #BasharAlAssad #RegimeChange #US #Fr #UK #Nato #UAE #KSA #Turkey #Israel #HTS #Ghouta
🇸🇾 Syrian state forces continue sectarian killings of Alawites
Over 40 Syrian #Alawites have been killed in the past two weeks, while over a dozen young women have been abducted and remain missing
TheSyrian #HTS government, led by former #AlQaeda in Iraq commander Ahmad al-Sharaa, has justified the killings, characterizing them as “mistakes” committed as part of a counterinsurgency crackdown on so-called “Assad regime remnants.”
However, an Alawite who lives in the Latakia area told AP there are still regular attacks targeting Alawites, most of whom had nothing to do with the government of former Syrian president #BasharAlAssad or his security forces.
Many young Syrian women have also been abducted and remain missing.
#Syria is witnessing a disturbing wave of enforced disappearances and kidnappings at the hands of unknown militants, #SOHR reported on Tuesday.
At least 17 women, among them minors, have recently disappeared in mysterious circumstances, and their fate is still unknown, according to SOHR.
Over 40 Syrian #Alawites have been killed in the past two weeks, while over a dozen young women have been abducted and remain missing
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However, an Alawite who lives in the Latakia area told AP there are still regular attacks targeting Alawites, most of whom had nothing to do with the government of former Syrian president #BasharAlAssad or his security forces.
Many young Syrian women have also been abducted and remain missing.
#Syria is witnessing a disturbing wave of enforced disappearances and kidnappings at the hands of unknown militants, #SOHR reported on Tuesday.
At least 17 women, among them minors, have recently disappeared in mysterious circumstances, and their fate is still unknown, according to SOHR.