The Syrian Civil War Resumes
https://crimethinc.com/Syria2024The Syrian civil war has remained frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran has been tied down by conflict with Israel while Russia has been distracted in Ukraine, the anti-government forces Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have seized Aleppo and intensified their campaign against the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad.
While Assad has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and his downfall would be welcome, this development poses new dangers.
The situation in Syria is complex; the same events look different from different vantage points. In order to triangulate the reality, we present here a perspective from expatriate participants in the revolution in western Syria alongside a report from anarchists in Rojava, northeastern Syria.
