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I still don’t see how it can be good for the axis of resistance. I don’t see a state being formed that allows the movement of weapons and supplies through Syria to hezbollah now

 

Also "very unique pistol" in cop terms means it is not traceable. No serial number. Very smart.

 

Ehhh, Syria has some of the smallest natural gas reserves in all of the Middle East, in the billions of cubic meters, compared to trillions for its neighbors. Just about all they produced in the past was used for the domestic market anyways. Highly, highly doubt any of the neighboring countries will put much effort into building any gas infrastructure in the country, especially with reserves so small. Most countries in the region are already building up their own gas fields to take advantage of Russia mostly leaving the European market, so it wouldn’t make much sense to shift resources to Syrian fields.

 

Iran seems to be engaging with optimism, hopefully the possibility isn't foreclosed yet. It seems very unlikely but again this is Syria. Who knows

 

Unless the new Syrian government wants to keep relations with Russia, I doubt they have any presence in the Med going forward

 

all I know is capital, especially international capital will seek monopoly

 

There has been pitiful to no resistance to the Israeli invasion so far but if Israel keeps being greedy like this who knows how this could turn. For all the support from the west and Israel it's hard to imagine HTS rank and file love Israel

 

Syria doesn't have great natural resources. Agriculture makes up like 75% of their exports, and phosphate, stone, iron copper, ect makes up the remainder.

Syria's main value is it's geography.

 

From LinkedIn

“Recently, I had to explain the US healthcare system to a French publisher
"In France, you walk into a clinic or hospital, flash your Carte Vitale, and voilà—your medical care is handled like a maître d’ ushering you to a table. In the United States? Not so much. Health care here is a sprawling, profit-driven enterprise where the first thing they ask for isn’t your symptoms but your insurance card. That’s assuming you have insurance, because, unlike in France, health coverage isn’t guaranteed. It’s a perk you either pay for out of pocket, get through your employer, or, if you’re down on your luck, hope the government offers you a lifeline through Medicare or Medicaid.

Insurance itself is a game of strategy. You pay a monthly premium to a private company, and in return, they agree to cover a portion of your medical expenses—after you meet your deductible, of course. The deductible is what you pay out of pocket before insurance kicks in, and it’s often high enough to make you think twice about seeing a doctor at all. Once you’ve hurdled that, there’s still the matter of co-pays (flat fees for visits) and co-insurance (a percentage of the bill you cover). It’s a system that ensures everyone—from hospitals to pharmaceutical companies to insurance executives—gets paid something and that your health is a secondary concern.

And if you’re uninsured? Brace yourself. A hospital stay for something routine could leave you with a bill that reads like a down payment on a house. Even insured Americans live in fear of the fine print: denied claims, surprise charges, or being told their network doesn’t include the doctor they just saw. To Americans, this is normal. To a French person, it probably sounds dystopian, like a Kafka novel set in a hospital. But hey, at least the coffee in the waiting rooms is free—sometimes.
Everyone hates the health insurance companies.

In December of 2024, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, one of the largest health insurance companies in the US was gunned down in New York City.
The public reaction: mostly unabashed joy.
The shooting of the United Healthcare CEO wasn’t just another act of senseless violence. It was, for many Americans, a darkly cathartic moment, a kind of collective exhalation of long-held frustrations.

You can’t tell millions of people they have to choose between bankruptcy and chemotherapy and not expect a backlash. He wasn’t seen as a person; he was a symbol, a walking ledger of corporate greed. The glee wasn’t about the man himself but about what he represented—a health care system so broken it leaves people in despair, debt, and, too often, graves they can’t afford to be buried in.

In America, a hospital bill can cost more than a mortgage, a prescription more than groceries for a month. It’s a system where life and death are commodities, where illness isn’t a tragedy but a revenue stream. And when someone at the top of that pyramid gets knocked off, the people at the bottom see it as justice."

 

75 targets?????? Have they just been sitting on a bunch of these for a long time?

B-52, F-15 and A-10: US aircraft strike ISIS camps in Syria

 

Nice try. I’m not looking at LinkedIn content

 

Really tho, i think Jolani is being intentional with his appearance change

 

So is this going to turn into a war against the Kurds now?

 

Don’t think we can predict anything accurately at the moment

 

probably. My understanding is ISIS' MO in Syria since like 2018 has been just hiding in these camps and popping out for raids periodically, usually when other things are also going on. If this had dragged out longer you probably would've heard a lot more about them again.

 

It depends. It's the SNA, which is essentially an explicitly Turkish organized rebel force, which has been fighting in Manbij. HTS is also Turkish supported but SNA would not exist at all without Turkey. So the question is does the SNA keep fighting and if so what does HTS do? Seems like they'd prefer SNA to not do that and reach some kind of diplomatic solution with the Kurds but Turkey will not want that or anything else giving any kind of Kurdish autonomy. Also not only what will HTS do but what can they do? How much does HTS owe Turkey for this victory, can HTS military confront the SNA? What does Turkey do? Who knows

 

you could live in the Kensington neighborhood in Philly for years and nobody would ever find you, hundreds of forgotten people roam those streets daily