JERUSALEM—President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday weighed in for the primary time on the Syrian Islamist revolt towards the nation’s dictator Bashar al-Assad who’s holed up in his palace in Damascus.
The novel Islamist motion reached the suburbs of the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Saturday and are getting ready to storm the primary bastion of Assad’s fledgling regime.
Trump warned on the social media platform Reality Social: “Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!”
He took former President Obama to process for failing to implement his “red line” in 2013 to launch navy strikes towards Assad after the Syrian strongman executed a stunning mass chemical weapons strike on civilians, by which greater than 1,400 individuals have been killed.
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Critics accused Obama’s administration on the time of reneging on its promise to take navy motion towards Assad for his crimes towards humanity.
“This is where former President Obama refused to honor his commitment of protecting the RED LINE IN THE SAND, and all hell broke out, with Russia stepping in. But now they are, like possibly Assad himself, being forced out, and it may actually be the best thing that can happen to them. There was never much of a benefit in Syria for Russia, other than to make Obama look really stupid,” wrote Trump.
He added “Opposition fighters in Syria, in an unprecedented move, have totally taken over numerous cities, in a highly coordinated offensive, and are now on the outskirts of Damascus, obviously preparing to make a very big move toward taking out Assad. Russia, because they are so tied up in Ukraine, and with the loss there of over 600,000 soldiers, seems incapable of stopping this literal march through Syria, a country they have protected for years.”
Additionally on Saturday, the Israeli navy, which is on excessive alert, introduced, “A short while ago, an attack was carried out by armed individuals at a U.N. post in the Hader area in Syria. The IDF is currently assisting the U.N. forces in repelling the attack.”
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A Syrian opposition fighter takes an image of a comrade stepping on a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Aleppo, early on Saturday Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photograph/Ghaith Alsayed) (AP Photograph/Ghaith Alsayed)
The IDF added that it has deployed “reinforced forces in the Golan Heights area and will continue to operate in order to protect the State of Israel and its citizens.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke together with his Turkish counterpart on the scenario in Syria. Turkey is the principal backer of the Islamist coalition in search of to topple the Assad regime.
The U.S.-designated terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Islamist former Al-Qaeda affiliate that’s a part of the insurgent forces, is the important thing pressure that has secured massive swaths of Syrian territory over the previous couple of days.
U.S. State Division Spokesperson Matthew Miller stated in a press release that “Blinken spoke today with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss developments in Syria. Secretary Blinken emphasized the importance of protecting civilians, including members of minority groups, across Syria.”
An anti-government fighter covers his ears as a multi-barrel rocket launcher fires towards regime forces within the northern outskirts of Syria’s west-central metropolis of Hama on December 4, 2024. Syrian authorities forces pressed a counterattack towards Islamist-led rebels round the important thing metropolis of Hama on December 4 after struggling a string of staggering losses additional north, a struggle monitor stated. (Bakr al Kassem/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Miller added, “The Secretary discussed the need for a political solution to the conflict, consistent with U.N. Security Council Resolution 2254. Secretary Blinken also extended his congratulations to Foreign Minister Fidan on the selection of Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu as the OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation] Secretary General and looks forward to continued cooperation in the region.”
The United Nations Safety Council handed Decision 2254 in 2015, which known as for a cease-fire, UN-run elections and a brand new structure. Assad rejected the decision’s implementation.
Aug. 31, 2013: President Obama with Vice President Biden as he makes a press release about Syria within the Rose Backyard on the White Home in Washington. (AP)
The State Division has categorized Assad’s regime as a state-sponsor of terrorism. Phillip Smyth, an knowledgeable on Iranian regime proxy teams and Syria, who’s with the Atlantic Council, advised Fox Information Digital concerning Trump’s remark, “I do not see a huge deviation from his previous policy points. He is staying the course. Realism with what is going on.”
Trump’s message to [the] Assad regime and the HTS coalition is “I wish them both luck. It is essentially that,” stated Smyth. He termed Trump’s submit a “statement of the reality” concerning the Syrian civil struggle.
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FILE – On this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 citizen journalism file picture offered by the United Media workplace of Arbeen, which has been authenticated based mostly on its contents and different AP reporting, members of a chemical weapons investigation crew take samples from sand close to part of a missile that’s more likely to be one of many chemical rockets, based on activists, within the Damascus countryside of Ain Terma, Syria. The Group for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons gained the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, for working to eradicate the scourge that has haunted generations from World Battle I to the battlefields of Syria. (AP Photograph/United Media workplace of Arbeen, File) (The Related Press)
When requested whether or not he thought Assad would use chemical weapons on the Islamist rebels, Smyth stated, “It would not surprise me if he did. There is risk of it.” Smyth expects a bit extra anarchy within the battle of Damascus. “You will have different factions wrestling for control.”
Given the lightening seizure of main Syrian cities akin to Aleppo and Hama during the last week, Smyth stated, “I think the writing is on the wall. His mobilization attempts have not been successful. There is this lackadaisical haze over the Assad regime. You can see internal corruption on full display in how they are mobilizing and acting. The rapid collapse says everything. There is a lot of paper tiger posture. There was no expectation that there would be an advance like this.”
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