@joshua_landis@TheMediaLine "He can sign a deal which gives the Golan Heights to Israel,"
In a security agreement, but inconceivably in a peace treaty, methinks.
@joshua_landis يُقال أن الأسباب الرئيسية للتوتر هي شعور قطاعات من القبائل العربية بأن تمثيلها في إدارة المناطق التي تشكل فيها غالبية السكان قد تراجع، بالإضافة إلى اعتراضها على السياسات الأمنية والإدارية المتعلقة بعمليات الاعتقال وإدارة الموارد المحلية، وخاصة النفط والزراعة.
@Aleppo2024 Your argument about Assad's decisive reason he thought he would survive is speculative. It's doubtful that he believed the West would have come to his rescue when needed, given his outright hostile standing against the West.
@subyroy Because nothing says 'top secret' like showing it to foreign royals before your own citizens. Or maybe the princes promised not to touch anything, unlike the Pakistanis. 😁
@Pyrmha@joshua_landis@Loubnamrie@FareedZakaria 1. There is no credible public evidence or official verification that Qatar or Turkey paid key Syrian officials to betray the Assad regime during the rapid military offensive and collapse of the government.
@Pyrmha@joshua_landis@Loubnamrie@FareedZakaria 2. Instead, the regime's sudden downfall resulted to a great extent from the internal collapse of demoralized state and military structures.
@JoJo98105823590@F623373012118 Wrong assumptions lead to wrong conclusions.
I may agree with them in opposition to the things they protested against on that billboard, but not by defacement.
A political analyst: "After careful monitoring of the sensitive circumstances, objective analysis of various positions, and an in-depth study of actions and reactions ... it has become evident to us beyond any doubt that the current situation is open to all possibilities!"
No matter what we know, we must look at it comprehensively. Not only should we see its front side, but also we need to see its reverse side. Otherwise, a relatively complete and correct understanding cannot be achieved.