>>>Russia backed Assad in Syria, who attacked his own citizens with chemical weapons That position is suspect given the growing number of whistleblowers coming

>>>Russia backed Assad in Syria, who attacked his own citizens with chemical weapons That position is suspect given the growing number of whistleblowers coming out from the OPCW stating that evidence pointing to the rebels behind the worst attacks was suppressed while compiling their reports.[1][2] >>>Their main strategy was to target the moderate anti government factions The main strategy was to secure the major population centers of Damascus, Homs, and Aleppo, and secure the highway that links them and runs North-South through the whole country. These areas were largely held by a mix of moderates as well as al-Qaeda-adjacent jihadists (Jabat Al-Nusra, HTS, etc.). The least-moderate factions were largely near the Turkish border in Idlib (no surprise, this is how foreign hardline fighters were flooding into the country), or deep in the eastern desert (ISIS spilled over from Iraq). The Syrian Army was in no position to bypass its biggest cities, extend its supply routes (given the Army's non-existent logistical capability), and expose its flanks to attack the "REALLY bad guys" first instead of the "just kinda-bad guys". [1]https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/opcw-losing-credibility-as-even-more-revelations-surface-on-douma-755a0621710b https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/opcw-losing-credibility-a... [2]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/new-opcw-leak-further-vindicates-skeptics-establishment-syria-narrative https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/new-opcw-leak-further...