In the messy patchwork of conflicts raging across the Middle East, one country has been absent from the spotlight: Syria.
That he has survived was largely because of the intervention of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, Iran’s Lebanon-based proxy.
In all, the U.N. has documented more than 350,000 deaths but says this is “certainly an undercount.”Today, however, Russia, Iran and Lebanon are distracted and depleted.
All of this “puts Assad in a much weaker position.”But “the Syrian regime, in coordination with the Russians and less so the Iranians, will hit them with everything they’ve got,” he added.
“Much as I oppose the Assad regime, its atrocities and abuses, what is happening in Aleppo right now is terrifying.
Persons:
Bashar al, ”, Omar Haj Kadour, Assad, It’s, Abu Mohammed al, Robin Yassin, “ It’s, “, Aaref Watad, Abbas Araghchi, Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s, Aleppo . Omar Haj Kadour, Hellyer, they’ve, Donald Trump, —, Charles Lister, ” Chris Doyle
Organizations:
Royal United Services Institute, Getty, Pentagon, Syrian, Human Rights, United Nations, State Department, ISIS, Observatory, Syrian Civil Defence, Middle East Institute, Foreign Relations, Council, Arab
Locations:
Syria, Syrian, Aleppo, Russia, London, AFP, Idlib, Hama, U.K, Qaeda, U.S, Golani, Russian, Aaref, Iran, Iraq, Iran’s Lebanon, Omar, Homs, moonscapes, ”, Lebanon, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Washington, Kyiv, Moscow, Assad, Aleppo . Omar, Israel, Gaza, Cairo, Washington, Deir el, Monday, British
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