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51. Assad was apparently already in Moscow when the attack started.

Sat Nov 30, 2024, 11:38 PM

Nov 30

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/30/syria-rebels-assad-aleppo

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The attack on the city took place while Assad is visiting Moscow ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

Driving the news: Armed rebel groups opened a surprise offensive on Aleppo on Wednesday and quickly overran the Syrian army, pro-Iranian militias and some Russian forces in the area.

The offensive is led by Hayʼat Tahrir ash-Sham (HTS), a Sunni Islamist opposition group backed by Turkey and designated a terrorist organization by the U.S.

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Assad fled to Moscow - has Assad regime fallen? [View all] Dennis Donovan Nov 29 OP

Maybe Tulsi will let him stay at her place. Lunabell Nov 29 #1

Holy fucking hell!!! 😮 Blue_Tires Nov 29 #2

Oh, fuck. Lunabell Nov 29 #3

No, these are the Turkish backed Sunni HTS - haele Nov 29 #10

Oh. Lunabell Nov 29 #12

No, ISIS is Sunni . . hatrack Dec 1 #59

These details are good to know! Thank you for adding them here! liberalla Nov 29 #13

HTS is US designated terrorist organization n/t kirby Nov 29 #16

The Southern Poverty Law Center is about to be designated as a terrorist organization Prairie Gates Nov 29 #40

They're a spin off of al Qaeda soandso Nov 29 #21

Yup. Their leader is actually an ISIS member Arazi Nov 29 #24

I didn't know that soandso Nov 29 #36

Great clipping Lulu KC Dec 1 #55

Everything over there soandso Dec 1 #56

There are credible reports Mosby Dec 1 #69

Not surprised at all Arazi Dec 1 #70

They are 100% anti-Iran and it is a virtual certainty that Mossad co-funded this operation Prairie Gates Nov 29 #39

I think they are the jihadists that were linked to ISIS. karynnj Nov 30 #52

They probably... 2naSalit Nov 29 #11

Wait...what? Iggo Nov 29 #14

LOL No Prairie Gates Nov 29 #41

May Trump join them soon Sanity Claws Nov 29 #4

My first Rebl2 Nov 29 #19

Who is going to fill that vacuum? n/t Blaukraut Nov 29 #5

ISIS Lunabell Nov 29 #6

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham hopes to soandso Nov 29 #23

Would have liked to see Assad get the Ceaucescu treatment. nt The Unmitigated Gall Nov 29 #7

He knew either he was going to get the Mussolini or the Gadhafi... Dennis Donovan Nov 29 #9

So ... now he gets the Amin, or pretty close to it. eppur_se_muova Nov 29 #20

The Baby Doc JoseBalow Nov 29 #26

I'd have preferred he'd shared the fate of Edward II. Marcuse Nov 29 #29

Seems like things still be bad no matter what happens JI7 Nov 29 #8

What? LeftInTX Nov 29 #15

My *yippee* wiĺ only be bigger when it's Drumpf falling - UTUSN Nov 29 #17

Same! Dem4life1234 Dec 1 #66

Wow electric_blue68 Nov 29 #18

Isn't Assad in Damascus? Diraven Nov 29 #22

Agreed. This is dubious Prairie Gates Nov 29 #42

If he did go to Moscow duncang Nov 29 #46

That would be my bet. eom BComplex Nov 30 #50

Biden winning all the way to Jan 20th Johonny Nov 29 #25

This is GREAT news if it true! JoseBalow Nov 29 #27

Not if ISIS replaces him n/t Polybius Nov 29 #32

ISIS is a less formidable enemy than Assad JoseBalow Nov 29 #33

I think ISIS is worse Polybius Nov 29 #34

The rebels who are leading right now in the fight are Sunni Lulu KC Nov 29 #37

ISIS was Sunni, including many from Iraq who were karynnj Nov 30 #53

Yikes! Lulu KC Nov 30 #54

You got that right soandso Nov 29 #38

Didn't have "Celebrate the diversity of the Assad regime" on my Saturday bingo card Prairie Gates Nov 29 #44

Well, as bad as the Assad regime is soandso Nov 29 #45

We like secular states because they tend to be less murderous Prairie Gates Nov 30 #47

Yeah, well soandso Nov 30 #48

Assad is not an Islamist LeftInTX Dec 1 #57

He murders people in large num,bers Prairie Gates Dec 1 #58

You support ISIS? LeftInTX Dec 1 #60

Uh, no, I don't. Do you support Assad? Prairie Gates Dec 1 #61

No. But you are supporting ISIS because that LeftInTX Dec 1 #62

I'm not supporting ISIS, and Assad is a genocidal murderer who you are supporting Prairie Gates Dec 1 #63

No, but that is who is trying to oust Assad LeftInTX Dec 1 #64

Assad is a genocidal murderer Prairie Gates Dec 1 #65

Sorry you didn't get the memo about ISIS LeftInTX Dec 1 #67

You don't have the slightest idea of what's going on Prairie Gates Dec 1 #68

Are there any news outlets that confirm this? RainCaster Nov 29 #28

Like, don't news outlets just get their news from social media? usonian Nov 29 #30

It's all over except for Assad in Moscow Lulu KC Nov 29 #35

Oh shit! Polybius Nov 29 #31

Me watching the panicky Putinites come out in droves Prairie Gates Nov 29 #43

Maybe Tulsi can visit him in Moscow. Qutzupalotl Nov 30 #49

Assad was apparently already in Moscow when the attack started. Celerity Nov 30 #51

May they rule better, be kinder, more humane, more open to change. I doubt it, but well, hope springs something. mucholderthandirt Dec 2 #71