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Last I checked Assad was still in power. This is despite significant foreign involvement. Is NATO going to start funding armed opposition in Russia?
by unmole 5y ago
Last I checked Assad was still in power. This is despite significant foreign involvement. Is NATO going to start funding armed opposition in Russia?
- 2rsf 5y ago(ex Israeli here) I actually don't think Syria is a good example for the Arab Spring,they were attacked by ISIS and Curds, Iran got involved on the way and then Russia, the US and Israel through some more fire into the mix. It was not an attempt to throw Aasad and start a democracy.
- unmole 5y agoThe street protests and the initial armed insurrection most definitely claimed they wanted to bring down Assad. How much of it was motivated by a a desire for democracy versus the resentment of the Sunni majority against perceived Alawite domination, I don't know.