The End of Assad? Syrian Rebels enter the outskirts of Aleppo for the first time since 2016

Do the Americans ever wonder when the Irish will head home? Are the Syrians obliged to return back to Syria if they’ve forged a new life in Ireland?

From Tartous, 6 hours ago:

An announcement from the operations command in Tartous:Petrol is available in open quantities today after 6 pm, in all casings, at 10,000 pounds per litre.To confirm once again: there is no curfew, either day or night.

Waiting for more info.

Israel hasn't missed its opportunity here. Very unlikely Tartus meet the same fate. So the equipment of the liberators/terrorists/rebels gets bombed while the equipment of the previous enforcers is granted safety. Tis a tangled old web.

They have also taken Mount Heron.

Too late for that. Since new claimants wont be deported back to Turkey where they mostly coming from on a way to the EU they will have to put them somewhere so this "stopping new claimants" is just PR stunt. There will be much more coming simply because Syria is in for civil war for the next decade at least. Also depends on how Syrian would like to live in newly annexed regions as it will be hard for Turkey to consolidate gains while on a Kurds genocide campaign. Even though Asad was a dictator they at least kept some resemblance of order and civil society which will not be possible if (or rather when) it all descend to tribal warfare. Libyan type of disaster on steroids since Syria does have strong neighbors who are not wasting time and exploiting chaos with a neat landgrab.

Be ready for millions of refugees pouring in as Syria will become just another gateway to get to the EU - land of milk and honey.

You didn't appear to read the bit where I suggested we just leave the middle east to get on with it themselves and don't intervene and if they want to turn into into a hell hole let them.I want nothing to do with the middle east at all, leave them to it as far as I'm concerned.Western intervention always tends to make things worse in the end over there so I thin we should just keep out of it.

VIdeo of people in a cell, gone, nothing left of who they once were, and I'd guess never to come back from it. Destroyed.

Sharia law incoming. There is nothing moderate or tolerant with this group which is just renamed al-Qaida offshoot currently on Qatari and Turkish payroll.

Israel is a thuggish bully state run by religious freaks and right wing loons and Netanyahu won't stop till he's at war with the entire region it seems, while screaming "anti-Semitism" the whole time , fully backed up by his American cheerleaders.

The whole region is absolutely insane, it's the women caught up in these man-made wars I feel sorry for

It's a real shame especially when Ukraine is crying out for weapons.

Or they are preparing to thieve more land and thus don't want much resistance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Syrian_Army

Syria possesses a vast quantity of Russian, Iranian, and North Korean equipment. I am not surprised that Israel is going to try and destroy as much of it as possible. Once the Islamist groups establish control, Israel is the most likely target.

There's an interesting dilemma here I hadn't considered. Will the west be willing to supply weapons to the new Syrian regime? Even if they were, would Syria be able to afford it? Perhaps it's the case that the regime has no choice but to stick with Russia in the short/medium term for arms.