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The long-overdue downfall of the Assad regime is now at hand.

After almost 14 gruesome years of civil war, the diverse Syrian people of all corners of the country have now finally changed the situation on the ground - by themselves.

The Kurdish SDF is coordinating with the HTS, liberating Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor province. A vital Syrian-Iraqi border crossing has been taken as Assad‘s Syrian Arab Army is in full retreat from the Northeast of the country. Previously confined to areas north of the Euphrates, the SDF has crossed the river and approaches the central desert city of Palmyra from the North. Meanwhile, US supported rebels operating from their base at Al Tanf converge on the city from the South.

In Southern Syria the Druze minority areas around Daraa and Suwayda are being liberated by once dormant rebels groups that could soon threaten Damascus from the South.

The main axis of the advance is directed at Homs which is led by the HTS. With the fall of Homs, the path to Damascus from the North would be cleared and the regime would also be effectively cut off from the Russian forces located to the West along Syria‘s coastline.

It‘s time to assist this incredible advance through the re-supply of weapons, humanitarian and economic aid, by sharing intelligence on the regime‘s positions and to neutralize any SAA defensive lines through sustained USAF arial bombardment.
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PeterF15 · 13-15, M
I am not an expert but what if the fall of Asad regime will be followed by eruption of violence and relegious intolerance. This happened in iraq...
CedricH · M
@PeterF15 The Assad regime has been consistently marked by religious intolerance, political violence, instability and chaos. It is why this revolution is taking place.

Much will depend on how the HTS and other rebel groups are going to conduct themselves. And If they can avoid certain mistakes that were made after the downfall of Gaddafi in Libya or Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

But in the end, strategically the replacement of Assad in and of itself is its own reward.
PeterF15 · 13-15, M
@CedricH I am sorry but from what I read before the civil war Asad regime was known for religious tolerance, very rare and unique in this region...
CedricH · M
@PeterF15 Things have changed during the civil war, the prosecution or discrimination against Sunni Muslims by the regime is an undeniable fact.