Twin Tiers Living 525 Posted December 9, 2024 Quote BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers. The exit of the 59-year-old Assad stood in stark contrast to his first months as Syria’s unlikely president in 2000, when many hoped he would be a young reformer after three decades of his father’s iron grip. Source Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twin Tiers Living 525 Posted December 11, 2024 Quote The Israeli military on Tuesday said it had carried out about 480 strikes across the country over the past two days, hitting most of Syria’s strategic weapon stockpiles, while Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli navy had destroyed the Syrian fleet overnight, hailing the operation as “a great success.” Just a day earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had hailed the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime as “a new and dramatic chapter.” “The collapse of the Syrian regime is a direct result of the severe blows with which we have struck Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran,” he said during a rare press conference Monday. “The axis has not yet disappeared but as I promised – we are changing the face of the Middle East.” Israeli officials have reveled in the downfall of Assad, a staunch ally of Iran who allowed his country to be used as a resupply route for Hezbollah in Lebanon. But they also fear what could come from radical Islamists governing Syria, which borders Israel in the occupied Golan Heights. Source Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twin Tiers Living 525 Posted January 8 Quote CNN — President-elect Donald Trump warned that if the hostages whom Hamas is still holding in Gaza are not released by his inauguration on January 20, “all hell will break out in the Middle East” – offering one more stark indication of how much the incoming president would prefer to avoid inheriting the Israel-Hamas war as he prepares to take office in less than two weeks. “It will not be good for Hamas and it will not be good, frankly, for anyone. All hell will break out. I don’t have to say anymore, but that’s what it is,” Trump said in remarks at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Tuesday, adding that “there should have never been” the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel. Source Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 3,379 Posted January 9 23 hours ago, Twin Tiers Living said: All hell will break out. Yeah that'll help. And besides, it's Hell already for the people there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 3,379 Posted 3 hours ago When after spekaing about the possible cease fire and agreement in Gaza, a reporter asked President Biden who got credit for the deal, him or President Trump? I wont lie man, I laughed my ass off at his response. I thought it was perfect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
