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I Tried to Put Russia on Another Path
My policy was to work for the best, while expanding #NATO to prepare for the worst.
By Bill Clinton

#NatoExpansion #Otan

It is shameful to mention such a matter amidst the mass killing of unarmed civilians, but it is necessary to clarify what is happening:

The #massacres, executions, and barbaric killings carried out by the terrorist militia #HTS Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham have been accompanied by widespread looting and theft. I am not merely reporting news, I am speaking from firsthand experience. My relatives in #Baniyas, including engineers and doctors, have had their cars, money, and belongings stolen, and they were beaten and humiliated simply because they are Alawites. We thank God that their fate was not like that of other families.

But how do these so-called “Islamic mujahideen” and their supporters justify theft according to their so-called #Sharia? Theft, by all moral, religious, and legal standards, is a crime. Yet, they justify it under their ideology as “spoils” from their “conquest” of #Alawite villages, whom they consider “infidels.”

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are in the 21st century, yet #Syria today is ruled by a mindset of invasions and plunder against a minority deemed “outside God’s law.” According to their interpretations, it is permissible to kill them, murder their children, steal from them, and enslave their women.

In the face of the West’s deafening silence and the inaction of human rights organizations regarding this jihadist regime that is committing documented #genocide and war crimes against unarmed civilians of all ages, we say: You will reap what you sow.

This jihadist regime continues to attract foreign extremists from all over the world, trains and graduates a new battalion every 20 days, and receives funding from #Qatar and #Saudi_Arabia, along with logistical and intelligence support from #Turkey. Why?

Are European nations truly this naïve? What benefit does the Qatari regime gain from funding this group and polishing its image by paying for its leaders to attend conferences or shake hands with the heads of international organizations?
Has the #Assad regime not already fallen? Have Iranian forces not withdrawn from Syria?

You are facing the largest terrorist organization operating at a state level, with the resources and capabilities of a state, backed by some of the world’s most prominent supporters of extremist Islamist movements (Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey). Their future plans will extend far beyond the region.

European countries have naturalized and settled tens of thousands of “Syrian Muslim” sleeper cells, most of whom share the same ideology and applaud this group’s attacks against the #Alawites.

Your sacrifice of the Alawites today will have consequences in the future.

Yemen secures international recognition of sovereignty over key Red Sea passages:

With Yemeni forces completing their control over the entire western coastline of the #RedSea overlooking some of the most important shipping routes in the Middle East, international reactions have begun to follow. However, these reactions have largely come against Saudi Arabia, which had sought to portray the developments as a threat to international navigation. So how did the international positions unfold?

The developments began at the #UN Security Council, which held an emergency session on the situation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. #Saudi Arabia strongly pushed for the session through #France and the #UK, seeking international cover for an escalation in #Yemen. Riyadh was at least hoping for a statement condemning those it refers to as the “Houthis,” while its representative spent much of the session portraying the control of the strategic strait by the group as a threat to international navigation, rather than merely a threat to Saudi Arabia.

Contrary to Saudi Arabia’s expectations, and despite its belief that international organizations had become subject to its influence and financial leverage, the responses were different. Successive statements by representatives of major powers at the council expressed no particular concern over the control of Bab al-Mandab by wrongly described as the “Houthis.” Instead the Yemeni Armed Foces ( #YAF) , their statements focused on the need for negotiations and a diplomatic solution, precisely the path Saudi Arabia does not want.

The session ended without even issuing a statement, after which senior officials from major powers began making their positions clear. America, having experienced the costs of war several times, quickly reaffirmed its commitment to the truce and its objective of avoiding further confrontation in Yemen. #Russia presented an initiative aimed at rescuing Saudi Arabia that included returning to the implementation of the previously proposed roadmap that Riyadh had rejected. China, meanwhile, explicitly stated through its foreign minister that it categorically opposed expanding the conflict into Yemen, in a reference to Saudi military mobilizations.

According to this interpretation, the positions of the major powers carry one clear message:

Yemen has the right to assert control over its coastline and vital maritime passages, provided that it remains committed to securing maritime navigation. #Sanaa has made such commitments since the beginning of its efforts to expel the remaining coalition forces from the western coast. The positions therefore constitute indirect recognition of Yemen’s sovereignty and rejection of Saudi efforts to expand the war.

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