Siria: la Russia non riesce a fermare l’offensiva di Aleppo con aerei da guerra dirottati in Ucraina

Russia and Assad fought 5 years to take back Aleppo from rebels, and they just lost it in 2 days

this is a city of 2 million people or roughly 10% of Syria’s population

this is the most embarrassing defeat I’ve seen for a conventional army in my lifetime

technically ,it wasn’t even much of a fight, the Syrian government forces just folded and left behind a large number of tanks ,armored vehicles ,artillery pieces etc. to the rebel forces. Russian equipment got left behind as well, including a fucking T-90

before everyone dismisses the Syrian offensive as ” Al Qaeda Islamists” people have to realize that

* the Islamist faction, HTS, is one of the factions involved in the current operation, the other factions like the secular SNA are attacking from the North
* HTS might be considered Islamist ,but to what extent they actually enforce their morality laws is questionable

>Since taking control of Idlib in 2017, HTS has [refrained](https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/06/07/religious-governance-in-syria-amid-territorial-fragmentation-pub-84652) from imposing Islamic practice in line with its Salafist, or ultra-conservative, ideology. “Governance should be consistent with Islamic Sharia, but not according to the standards of ISIS or even Saudi Arabia,” Jolani [told](https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/eastern-mediterranean/syria/syrias-idlib-washingtons-chance-reimagine-counter-terrorism) Khalifa during a visit to Idlib in 2021. **HTS enforced gender segregation in schools and universities but did not impose its own curriculum, Khalifa said. HTS leaders boasted that a high percentage of university students were women. The group has also not banned smoking or compelled women to veil their faces. Morality police stopped p**atrolling the streets by January 2022, *The Washington Post* [reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/02/syria-idlib-hts-qaeda-militants/). HTS, however, reportedly monitors social media and has [detained](https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/05/turkish-backed-syrian-factions-target-tiktok-influencers-aleppo) TikTok users who post purportedly immoral videos.

so they have gender segregation in schools ,but women can go to university and serve in public positions, administration etc. Still Islamist as fuck, but compared to getting killed in chemical gas attacks by Assad its 1000 times better

also, before people claim that the new win will lead to a new refugee wave towards Europe, this is just pure horseshit ,as there are already taking in Syrian refugees that would have otherwise have gone to Europe

[https://www.newarab.com/analysis/why-syrias-kurds-and-hts-are-offering-host-refugees](https://www.newarab.com/analysis/why-syrias-kurds-and-hts-are-offering-host-refugees)

Syria showing that the whole Russian, Iran, and so forth alliance is falling apart.

All the main and minor groups involved are getting their asses kicked.

I guess we will see how far the rebel groups go with Syria. Once Turkey starts pushing its influence more and more is going to happen and most likely will turn into a multi front conflict not just Aleppo.

This is a signal to all of those subjected to repression y Ruzzia affiliated leaders to restart your revolutions NOW! Get out there and bring it on.