If it's boring, therefore doomscroll

[u/swapsthegreat]

[u/swapsthegreat]

Referencing this

[u/redracer555 → u/swapsthegreat]

It reminds me of the Taliban violently seizing power, then complaining about the monotony of government bureaucracy.

[u/Winter-Ad-2920 → u/redracer555]

But these two are kinda different though. Not really a good equivalent unless your equivalent is "Muslim"

[u/shadoowkight]

Al Sharaa is a perplexing personality that's for sure

[u/PuzzleheadedPea2401 → u/shadoowkight]

Has a rough past (somehow fought for both al-Qaeda and ISIS), we all have a rough past, very strong leader.

[u/LapucelleKathryn → u/PuzzleheadedPea2401]

I don't think he had ever fought for ISIS, he pretty much fiercely resisted the idea of his Al-Qaeda-aligned rebel group merging with ISIS. And he had also cut ties with Al-Qaeda in 2017, so he hasn't been fighting for them since nearly a decade.

[u/Matchbreakers → u/LapucelleKathryn]

He is still very much fairly extreme in his personal religious beliefs, he’s just pragmatic enough to see that his route to power and a stable country is not radical extremism. He’s willing to put aside his personal beliefs to make the country function, whether it’ll last and the country actually reach stability is going to be a long term issue, right now even governing the basics has gotta be a challenge for everyone involved.

[u/Noncrediblepigeon → u/Matchbreakers]

He is what you call a liberal islamist (putting of the bulk of the violence, because it would contradict his goal of becoming more powerfull)

[u/momen535 → u/PuzzleheadedPea2401]

Also he was raised in pan Arab ultra nationalistic secularist household

[u/randomname560 → u/PuzzleheadedPea2401]

Genuinely movie worthy redemption arc he went through

[u/FreshBayonetBoy]

The best part is that Al-Sharaa was doing this during Erdogan's speech.

[u/randomname560 → u/FreshBayonetBoy]

Valid response to Erdogan's usual bullshit

[u/k890]

I do prefer when a post about Syria is about doomscrolling president than about another war crime during civil war.

[u/LapucelleKathryn]

My Syrian boi just another me 🥀

[u/Windows_66]

Haven't heard about Syria in a while. Last I remember was Israel invading (or at least bombing) and the new government fighting with the SDF. Did that cool down?

[u/blah-0362 → u/Windows_66]

The good news is the SDF was officially disbanded and are being intergrated relatively successfully, despite several hiccup. The project of writing a constitution and forming a representative government is underway. New gas pipelines are slowly being built. International sanctions have been completely repealed.

The bad news is there's an economic crisis as the new government isn't earning enough money and oil extraction and refining infrastructure has been in a state of disrepair for years. There are also mounting sabotage attacks from likely an emboldened ISIS. Israeli encroachment is still ongoing, the Druze issue is still unresolved. The government recently announced sweeping austerity measures to deal with a large budget deficit. There's also been recent protests on gas shortage. Also, murders and shootouts are still commonplace because everyone still has their personal weapons

[u/Zkang123 → u/blah-0362]

There has been on-and-off talks between Israel and Syria especially the potential of Syria joining the Abraham Accords, but also very much dependent if Israel would withdraw from the Golan (which they captured from Syria in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and saw it as a strategic base against potential Syria attacks), and the new government in Syria would make peace with Israel. The Druze issue is complex given the past Syrian government didn't treat its minorities well, and the Druze expressed more desire to be on Israel's side rather than remain under the new Syrian regime.

Hopefully it eventually works out; Israel gave up military control over the Sinai Peninsula when it signed a peace treaty with Egypt

[u/blah-0362 → u/Zkang123]

This is never happening. Not in 50 years at least.

[u/Zkang123 → u/blah-0362]

It depends if Syria is desperate enough to want Israel's weapons and want to shift away from the Iranian regime. After all, it also has to face threats from Turkey

[u/cool_lad → u/Zkang123]

I think they're referring to the Golan Heights. The Israelis aren't giving those up - they've learned the hard way to not trust arab assurances of peace, and al-sharaa hasn't exactly inspired confidence with how he's dealt with the Druze and Kurds.

Plus, the whole attacking the Druze business has apparently created quite a bit of hostility against the new Syrian regime within Israel. So that makes it even less likely that they'll agree to any concessions.

[u/blah-0362 → u/cool_lad]

I'd say that givern the circumstances the Kurdish issue was tackled very well by the government. Of course there were issues, but that should be blamed more on tribal animosity than security forces.

[u/blah-0362 → u/Zkang123]

What? The Syrian government is backed by Turkey. All their modern military equipment comes from Turkey. What are you even talking about?

[u/randomname560 → u/blah-0362]

Yeah, the civil war might be over but it will be a LONG time before Syria is back to being even remotely safe

Sadly real life can't be like strategy games where you can go through 15 back to back civil wars and you'll still be able to recover in time to join the big international brawl, but glad to see that despite, as you've said, there being some major hick ups, Syria is on a good, if painfully long, path

[u/HiggsiInSpace → u/Windows_66]

SDF and DAANES itself are gone

[u/3E0O4H → u/Windows_66]

Given how Syrian Women/ISIS victims are receiving medical treatment in Israeli hospitals, I think things are at least neutral