Syria: What now?

[Rightguide]

After 13 years of civil war, Bashar al-Assad and his government are gone. The ascendant rebel force are Islamists with (past) ties to al-Qaeda, backed by Turkey (Assad was backed by Iran). Meanwhile, the northeast is still controlled by the mostly Kurdish state of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, a/k/a Rojava. The Israelis have occupied a swathe of Syrian territory around the Golan Heights, ostensibly to keep any hostile forces away from Israel's border.

And apparently Assad's Prime Minister, Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, is still Prime Minister for the moment, heading a transitional government.

So what happens next? Can a situation like in post-Hussein Iraq, with religious/ethnic strife and ethnic cleansing, be avoided?

Turkey will take the lead. Syrian borders as we know them today may be redrawn.

 

[Politruk]

Turkey will take the lead. Syrian borders as we know them today may be redrawn.

What, an independent Rojava? Or Rojava annexed to Turkey?

 

[RoryN]

Turkey will take the lead.

You are so wise.

Except for 99.9% of the time, when you aren't:

There is no comparison between [Pete Buttigieg], and the national hero Pete Hegseth...Pete Hegseth was a decorated soldier.

So was Pete Buttigieg, you whimpering simp.

Post in thread 'Our Pete vs Their Pete' https://forum.literotica.com/threads/our-pete-vs-their-pete.1624313/post-100105432

 

[Politruk]

There's gotta be some way an independent Kurdistan can come out of all this.

 

[Rightguide]

What, an independent Rojava? Or Rojava annexed to Turkey?

The original borders was a mistake to start with. There are too many different cultural and religious groups with opposing views to be governed in the same space by a single government.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Even if the oilfields are threatened?

Oilfields in Syria? What fantasy world are you playing in?

 

[Politruk]

The original borders was a mistake to start with. There are too many different cultural and religious groups with opposing views to be governed in the same space by a single government.

You could say the same of Iraq, but it has been preserved as a unit.

 

[Politruk]

And now Netanyahu says Israeli forces will remain in Syria "indefinitely."

 

[Politruk]

Oilfields in Syria? What fantasy world are you playing in?

Syria exports oil -- for now.

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Syria exports oil -- for now.

Fun fact, even Italy produces more oil than Syria. Not even in the top 40. No one cares about Syria's oil.

 

[Rightguide]

Oilfields in Syria? What fantasy world are you playing in?

He's speaking of those northern Syrian oilfields that we have combat troops defending.

 

[Politruk]

He's speaking of those northern Syrian oilfields that we have combat troops defending.

Officially they're there to fight ISIS, but, well, you know . . .