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[ColonelCassad] Interesting details on the topic of the overthrow of Assad in Syria.
Jackson Hinkle interviews Eli Hatem, a longtime lawyer for the Assad family, discussing key events during the coup against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
I was there a few days before the “revolution.” Everyone calls it a “revolution,” but it was actually a coup.
The coup was orchestrated by the US administration, Turkey, Israel and their intelligence services.
Turkey was threatened by the US into submission.
On November 19, 2024, a senior Israeli intelligence officer, the Shabak, met with Erdogan and together they worked to carry out this coup.
| Oy. Israel and Turkey?? It seems highly unlikely. |
The next day, we had to evacuate them from Syria through Latakia.
During such coups, the crowds behave chaotically, and we feared for their lives on the way from Latakia to the Russian air base in Khmeimim.
No one expected any movements from inside Syria.
There were the usual random Israeli bombings and some army movements. A few months before, some Iranian troops were returning to Iran.
No one wanted a coup. There were no signs of it.
| Hayat Tahrir al Sham wanted a coup, and had been rehearsing for over a year, as I recall. Y’all should be embarrassed that you missed it. |
It was a political project, carefully designed and prepared by the intelligence services - Israeli, American, which set Turkey against Syria, intimidating it with the Kurds.
Four days before the coup, Netanyahu made a threatening statement, warning Bashar al-Assad: “You are playing with fire. You will find out what will happen to you.”
The goal of this political project was to divide Syria and add fuel to the fire to provoke conflicts within all communities in the country. These conflicts were to spread throughout the region, aiming to cause a clash between Shiites and Sunnis.
This is what happened in Syria.
We are currently witnessing the massacre of Alawites and the persecution of Christians.
Al-Jolani, who was previously the second in command of ISIS, left the organization and joined Al-Qaeda. He then founded the Nusra Front in Syria as an affiliate of Al-Qaeda. He was considered a terrorist until the coup.
| He’s still a terrorist. He’s just a terrorist who conquered a country, like ISIS, but has much smoother manners, so the world is willing — nay, eager — to open relations. |
This is proof that both ISIS and Al-Qaeda are creations of Western intelligence agencies.
| A leap in logic that I can’t follow. The things jihadis say may or may not be true, and may be true only for now, but are always said for effect. Israel does not trust the HTS government, despite their pretty promises, and so Israel now has nine bases on Syrian territory in Quneitra province, as a buffer against any parties with non-benign objectives. |
| A blatant lie. Cut it out. |
| Another lie. |
| Too smart to go up aginst the IDF, perhaps. But actually, each region has its own ISIS franchise, and while they happily train one another and gain/lose jihad tourists as the local action heats up or is suppressed by the local authorities, mostly they are independent operators only interested in their local concerns. |
What happened in Syria was part of a plan to destroy all the states in the Middle East. The goal was to divide Syria into small areas of endless conflicts so that Israel could continue to implement the so-called "Greater Israel" project. They captured much more than the Golan Heights.
| Now you are becoming boring. |
These are not just my words; Netanyahu showed a "new" map of the Middle East at a UN meeting.
| Yeah, yeah. Protocols of The Elders of Zion redux, and just as stupid. |