#Syria revolution

[emergingpakistan]

شام کی کنجی ترکیہ کے ہاتھ میں

ترکیہ ایردوان کے دور میں عہدِ رفتہ کی شان و شوکت حاصل کرنے اور دنیا میں سپر قوت بننے کی کوششوں میں مصروف ہے۔ ترکیہ نے خطے میں اپنی دھاک بٹھانے کیلئے آرمینیا کے ساتھ مغربی ممالک کے گٹھ جوڑ کو ایسے ناکام بنایا کہ آرمینیا، جس نے آذربائیجان کی سرزمین بالائی قارا باغ پر قبضہ کر رکھا تھا، بڑی خاموشی اور اسٹرٹیجی سے اپنے ڈرونز اور فوجی قوت سے اسے آرمینیا کے قبضے سے نہ صرف آزاد کروایا بلکہ اسے مجبور بھی کیا کہ وہ بالائی قارا باغ کو آذربائیجان کی سرزمین کے ایک حصے کو طور پر تسلیم کرے۔ آرمینیا جسے مغربی ممالک اور خاص طور پر فرانس کی پشت پناہی حاصل تھی، ترکیہ کی عسکری قوت کے ہاتھوں مجبور ہو کر بالائی قارا باغ کو آذربائیجان کی سرمین تسلیم کرنے پر مجبور ہو گیا۔ علاوہ ازیں ترکیہ نے لیبیا پر اپنی گرفت قائم کی اور وہاں عرب ممالک کے ساتھ ساتھ فرانس کو ایک بار پھر پیچھے ہٹنے پر مجبور کر دیا۔ ترکیہ شام میں روس ایران گٹھ جوڑ اور امریکہ اور کردوں کے گٹھ جوڑ اور شامی پناہ گزینوں کی ترکیہ میں پناہ کی وجہ سے جن مشکلات میں گھرا ہوا تھا وہاں سے بھی نکلنے میں نہ صرف کامیاب ہو گیا بلکہ اس نے اپنے ہمسایہ ملک ایران اور روس کی شام ��ر مکمل گرفت کو نہ صرف ختم کیا بلکہ سلطنتِ عثمانیہ کے بعد پہلی بار شام میں اپنے لیے راہ ہموار کر لی۔

ترکیہ اپنی فوجی قوت کے بل بوتے پر خطے میں سپر طاقت کے طور پر ابھر رہا ہے خطے میں بیک وقت متعدد قوتوں کا نہ صرف مقابلہ کرتا چلا آرہا ہے بلکہ ان تمام قوتوں کو شام میں پس قدمی پر بھی مجبور کر دیا ہے۔ ترکیہ نہ صرف خطے میں بلکہ عالمی سطح پر اہم کردار ادا کرنے والے ملک کی حیثیت اختیار کرچکا ہے۔ اس نے یوکرین – روس جنگ کے دوران اور خاص طور پر غلے کی عالمی منڈیو ں تک رسائی کے لیے جو اقدامات کیے ہیں اقوام متحدہ ہی نے نہیں بلکہ روس، یوکرین اور امریکہ تک نے ترکیہ کے اس رول کی دل کھول کر تعریف کی ہے جس سے عالمی سطح پر ترکیہ کی اہمیت ثابت ہوتی ہے۔ شام میں ترکیہ کا جارحانہ انداز اور غزہ پر اس کا مضبوط موقف مشرق وسطیٰ کی تشکیل نو کے اسکے عزائم کی عکاسی کرتا ہے۔ 27 نومبر کو شروع ہو کر 8 دسمبر کو برپا ہونیوالے شام کے انقلاب میں ترکیہ کے کردار کے بارے میں امریکہ کے نو منتخب صدر ٹرمپ نے ترکیہ اور صدر ایردوان کی ذہانت اور خطے میں ان کو حاصل بلند مقام اور گرفت کو سراہتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ ’’شام کی کنجی ترکیہ اور ایردوان کے ہاتھوں میں ہے اور امریکہ ترکیہ کے ساتھ مل کر شام کے مسئلے کو لازمی طور پر حل کر لے گا کیونکہ ترکیہ اس مسئلے کو حل کرنے کے فن سے بخوبی واقف ہےاور خطے میں ترکیہ کے کردار کے بغیر امن ممکن نہیں‘‘۔

صدر ایردوان نے گزشتہ ہفتے ترکیہ کی قومی اسمبلی میں اپنی پارٹی کے گروپ اجلاس میں پہلی بار شام کے انقلاب پر اپنی خوشی کا اظہار سورۃ الفتح پڑھ کر کیا اور انہوں نے61 سالہ بعث پارٹی کی اسد حکومت کے خاتمے پر رب کا شکر ادا کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ’’میں اپنے شامی بھائیوں کو دل کی گہرائیوں سے فتح پر مبارکباد پیش کرتا ہوں ‘‘۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ یہ حقیقت کہ 13 سالہ بغاوت کو 12 دنوں میں فتح کا تاج پہنایا گیا جو بہت بڑی کامیابی ہے۔ ایردوان نےاس موقع پر اسد کے ساتھ ملاقات کی پیشکش کو دہرایا اور کہا کہ اسد نے جواب دینے کی ضرورت تک محسوس نہ کی اور اب اسدکا شام میں نام و نشان بھی باقی نہیں رہا۔ صدر ایردوان نے علاقے میں موجود دہشت گرد تنظیموں جن میں ترکیہ کے خلاف برسر پیکار دہشت گرد تنظیم پی کے کے اور وائی پی جی پیش پیش ہیں کو وارننگ دیتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ علیحدگی پسند مجرم یا تو اپنے ہتھیاروں کو الوداع کہہ دیں گے یا اپنے ہتھیاروں کے ساتھ شامی سرزمین میں دفن کر دیے جائیں گے۔ اس سلسلے میں ترکیہ کے وزیر خارجہ حقان فیدان نے امریکہ کے وزیر خارجہ انتونی بلنکن سے ٹیلی فون پربات چیت کرتے ہوئے واضح کر دیا ہے کہ آئندہ شام میں امریکہ کی پشت پناہی کرنے والی ان دہشت گرد تنظیموں کا کوئی کردار نہیں ہو گا اور نہ ترکیہ اس کی اجازت دے گا۔

صدر ایردوان نے اپنے خطاب میں بعث حکومت کی تباہی کے بعد نئے شام کی تعمیرنو کیلئے بین الاقوامی امدادی فنڈ بنانے کی ضرورت پر زور دیتے ہوئے دنیا بالخصوص عرب ممالک سے مطالبہ کیا کہ وہ آگے بڑھیں اور شام کی تعمیر نو میں اپنا حصہ ڈالیں۔ اقوام متحدہ کی رپورٹوں کے مطابق، اسد کے جبر اور شام میں جنگ سے ہونے والی تباہی کی کل قیمت 500 بلین ڈالر کے قریب ہے۔ جنگ زدہ شام کیلئے یہ ممکن نہیں کہ وہ عالمی برادری کی حمایت کے بغیر اتنا بوجھ خود اٹھا سکے۔ صدر ایردوان نے کہا کہ جس طرح ہم نے اپنے شامی بھائیوں کو 13 سال تک تنہا نہیں چھوڑا اسی طرح اب سے ہم اپنی تمام تر صلاحیتوں کے ساتھ ان کا مکمل ساتھ دیں ۔ انہوں نے شام کے نئے رہنما احمد الشرع کا ذکر کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ انہوں نے انقلابی سے سیاستدان بننے میں حیران کن کارکردگی دکھائی ہے اور انہوں نے ملک کو بڑے احسن طریقے سے منظم کیا اور اعتدال پسند اور تعمیری پیغامات دیتے ہوئے سب لوگوں کے دل جیت لیے ہیں۔ ترکیہ شام کو توانائی سے لیکر نقل و حمل تک، شہری منصوبہ بندی سے لیکر تعلیم اور صحت تک، سلامتی سے لیکر تجارت تک ہر شعبے میں مدد دے گا۔ صدر ایردوان نے شامی پناہ گزینوں کی واپسی کے بارے میں کہا ہے کہ ہم کسی کو زبردستی شام نہیں بھجوائیں گے جو شامی باشندے ترکیہ میں رہ کر ترکیہ کی اقتصادی، علمی، سائنسی اور تجارتی زندگی میں اپنا حصہ ڈال رہے ہیں وہ ترکیہ میں قیام کر سکتے ہیں۔

ڈاکٹر فر قان حمید

بشکریہ روزنامہ جنگ

[greencarnation]

When will the revolution come?

I think it's here. A revolution isn't when everyone collectively wakes up one day and goes "time to destroy the government", a revolution is just a series of events grouped together that we will call a revolution later. They take time. French revolution? 10 years. American revolution? 7 years. We're already underway - maybe we have been since as early as the BLM protests in 2020. What we need to do now is just do our part and build momentum

[softwaring]

Syrian freedom fighters have taken control of the country

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

As Israeli forces advance into Syrian territory, Turkey continues to maneuver inside the country and the US, along with other Western nations, seek to dictate what the incoming government will look like.

Credit: @LatuffCartoons

Via MintPress News

[hussyknee]

[abla-soso]

Full thread with links

[deadpresidents]

"Bashar al-Assad left his country so secretively that some of his aides remained in the palace hours after he had left, waiting for a speech that never came, the insider said. After midnight, word came that the president was gone, and they fled in a panic, leaving the palace gates wide open for the rebels who would storm in a few hours later."

-- "Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime", New York Times, December 21, 2024.

I love fly-on-the-wall reporting of events like this. Great work from Ben Hubbard, Farnaz Fassihi, Christina Goldbaum, and Hwaida Saad of the New York Times. Here's a gift link from me to bypass the paywall and read the whole story.

[dani-pixie]

Fantasies of Revolution

As we get daily news reports of the New York police trying to find the man that killed the United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, we see a rising of the people. The unification of the lower class. The death of a man who has been the cause of countless lost lives is to the benefit of us all. The words "Deny" "Defend" "Defend" echo in our minds just as the shell casings did when they dropped to the ground. We can only hope that his fervor does not die down, though I fear it will. Syria has made its dictator flee. South Korea put a stop to tyranny before it ever began. Georgia is fighting to be heard by its government. France voted to remove their far-right prime minister.

With the incoming presidency of Donald Trump, we cannot falter now. This momentum cannot stop. We are the people. We are the employers of the politicians. Make them hear you. Deny their power. Defend the people. Depose the rulers. Vote them out. Fire them. Show them that you are angry.

Earlier this year, I wrote a short rant piece about getting my family to wake up from the delusions that the far-right were promising them. I never showed it to them because it was filled with anger that they would never listen to. Now I call to the words that were in my head for days on end, "Wake up. Get up." Do not let this momentum die. Companies are trying to hide who their upper level executive people are. They are scared of the people.

A cover of Les Mis's "Do You Hear the People Sing" by the.real.eden on tiktok has been particularly powerful for me. I've listened to it over and over. I hope that the politicians and wealthy hear the people sing the song of angry men. I hope we are loud enough. I fear that this is simply just accumulation of fantasies of revolution with nothing to back it up. I fear that this will become the "there are flowers blooming in Antarctica." I fear that this will become a left vs. right instead of the working vs. wealthy. The wealthy fear a coherent and unified working class for a reason. They fear unions. They fear us. They fear those willing to fight for what is right. Do not let this momentum die down. Do not let our angry cries be silenced.

[genlosscharliie]

Syrians celebrating independence from the French by burning French books (April 17th, 1946) / Syrians celebrating freedom from the regime by burning Ba’athist symbols (December 8th, 2024)

[moonlayl]

Ppl going “are you happy now?” “Israel is attacking Syria” 

1. Israel is scared. They’re worried the Syrian freedom fighters are gonna do something about the shared border. 

For 53 years, they didn’t have any concerns while the Assad regime was in power. This has now changed during the most difficult time for Israel (worldwide pressure, support for the Palestinian cause stronger than ever before, continued resistance in Gaza, escalations in Lebanon) 

2. Based on what I said above, people acting like the Syrian revolution succeeding is bad and therefor shouldn’t have happened,  are basically saying the Syrian people should NOT have liberated themselves out of fear for Israel. 

Since WHEN do we allow fear of the enemy to paralyze us? Since when do we allow the threat of Israel to stop us from fighting for freedom? Why are you treating Israel like some boogeyman? Should we be throwing this rhetoric at Hamas for October 7th?? No, obviously! 

3. The prisoners that were freed have literally said that 54 of them were sentenced to be executed literally that SAME DAY. FIFTY FOUR people were supposed to  be MURDERED. Syrian fighters saved their lives. HUNDREDS of people were freed from torturous prisons. They were rescued by the Syrian fighters. Should we have let them die because of an uncertain “what if”? Is their lives, and safety, and freedom irrelevant? Are they not important? Do they not matter? 

Now, if the previous statement wasn’t said out of genuine concern for the Syrian people, or fear of Israel gaining more land, meaning more power, but rather you genuinely thinking Palestine lost an ally with Assad’s defeat, then you are an idiot. 

1. The Assad regime was in power for 53 years. Not once did they attack Israel. Not once did they advance to retrieve the occupied Golan Heights. IN FACT, The Golan Heighys was practically given to Israel by Hafez Al Assad ! 

2. The Assad regime massacred hundreds of Palestinians, and destroyed several Palestinian refugee camps in Syria. They have never stood with the Palestinian people. Hundreds of Palestinians in Syria remain missing. 

3. As the most recent events revealed, dozens of Al Qassam members were imprisoned in the tortuous dungeons by the Assad regime. Some of the people that would’ve helped Gaza the most, being tortured for years by Assad. So much for solidarity. Not to mention, over 600 Palestinian prisoners being released BY the Syrian rebels these last 2 days. 

4. The Syrian freedom fighters have ALWAYS stood with Palestine. From 2011 making it clear that after Syria is freed, they plan to help out Palestine, to Idlib (one of the only Syrian cities to be liberated in Syria and remain that way all these years ago) constantly showing solidarity with Gaza (being the only Arab city to hold a funeral for Yahya Sinwar), to just a few days ago raising the Palestinian flag alongside the Syrian Revolution flag in Aleppo. They’ve on multiple occasions over the past 13 years made the stance on Palestine clear. Not sure where all your stupidity is coming from now. 

Hamas literally helped train and stood in solidarity with the Syrian Revolution. They congratulated Syria JUST TODAY. 

Yes, even Syrians are concerned for the future, just like anyone would be after a major change, and with power hungry vultures nearby, ready to take advantage, but this does not mean Syrian people freeing Syria from an Authoriatian regime that has destroyed the lives of MILLIONS, was a bad decision.  Stop consuming propaganda. You fall for the same BS you claim to be immune to. The West has always supported dictators in our countries. They’ll scramble to replace this one, that’s obvious, but that doesn’t mean we stay silent and refuse action over a “What if”. 

WHERE IS YOUR FAITH IN ALLAH? WHERE IS YOUR IMAN? 

Palestinians IN GAZA, facing a GENOCIDE RIGHT NOW, are celebrating for Syria and praying for Syria. Syrians and Palestinians have always stood together! Have ALWAYS supported each other. Have always prayed for each others’ liberation and freedom and safety.

What makes YOU think that your diaspora ass knows more than them? That their joy is somehow misplaced and that you are more concerned for them and for Palestine than they are? 

Also “Syrian Rebels are backed by Turkey, which has its own agenda, and has committed numerous atrocities over the decades. That’s why I can’t be supportive. That’s why I don’t stand in solidarity. That’s why I’m against them. They discriminate and mistreat Kurds and minorities” 

I’m sure glad the Palestinian resistance isn’t financially backed by a country with its own agenda. With dozens of proxies across the Middle East carrying out its bidding. A country that helped massacre thousands of not millions of Muslims. A country that oppressed its own citizens and discriminates against minorities, including Kurds. A country that currently occupies other regions. 

Oh wait…

[nando161mando]

Today, we proudly celebrate 12th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution. We honor our heroes and their sacrifices, which paved the way for freedom, equality and justice in Kurdistan, Syria and the Middle East. We celebrate the courage and resilience of our people.

https://ypgrojava.org/daxuyani-ar/1721360262

https://ypgrojava.org/daxuyani/bi-boneya-12emin-salvegera-soresa-rojava1721328866

https://ypgrojava.org/press-release/on-the-occasion-of-the-12th-anniversary-of-the-rojava-revolution1721360111

[ohsalome]

In 2015, Russia officially entered Syria an ally of Assad in order to kill Syrians and commit the most heinous massacres, such as bombing markets, hospitals, residential neighborhoods, city centers, and health centers. Until now, Russia and the Assad regime and its ally, Iran, are killing civilians in a semi-formal manner. daily. They committed thousands of massacres against the Syrians in many areas in Syria. As for the United States, unfortunately, it did not have a word in order to stop the criminals from killing the Syrians. The United States policy was weak in Syria and did not properly care about the civilians being killed by the Assad regime and Russia. In 2020, the Assad regime, Russia and Iran expelled me from my city of Maarat al-Numan and occupied it. They destroyed my memories, took my house and my father's shop, and stole everything we owned. Because of these criminals (the Assad regime, Russia and Iran), I became an internally displaced person without anything. I lost my memories, my city, my home, and literally everything.

To all foreign journalists interested in the Syrian issue, please be honest and forthright in everything you write about Syria. Don't forget the Syrian Revolution. Do not write “civil war.” It is not a Syrian civil war, it is a Syrian popular revolution that arose for the sake of demanding freedom and democracy. Please follow those who live on the ground (inside Syria) and take the news from them, do not trust any other source. Those who live inside Syria know all the truth and everything that is happening. Do not forget the detainees in the prisons of the Assad regime, who are subjected daily to the worst forms of torture. Research the Caesar Files [in August 2013, a military defector code-named Caesar smuggled 53,275 photographs out of Syria showing at least 6,786 detainees who died in detention or after being transferred from detention to a military hospital.] And also follow the organization I work with, Syrian Emergency Task Force, in order to know a lot of things about Syria.

[archtroop]

A mesmerizing reality in Syria today.

Curse be upon you complete PorPal garbage, for being silent mice for the past 13 years. We know what you stand for. And it ain't about freedom of Life itself.

May Syrian ppl find their way in the chaos. We do not know what will bring the next day. We, in Israel, do not know will we wake up with an ally, a foe, an enemy or a neighbor who practices a chill, open contract armistice. Which is fine. We deal.

May Kurds find a place in this turmoil aswell, sooner than later. May the various ethnic groups of the Levant have a breather, and have a chance at a better life.

Whatever will be, will be.

But Assad fell, and Iranian Hegemonic dreams of the Middle East are crippled beyond repair.

This is the winds of change.

Good Luck.

[hussyknee]

Every single person not taking the time to find actual Syrians to listen to, every person who isn't a Syrian weighing in— you are stealing voices of the colonized, suppressed and tortured and doing the work of imperialism and colonization. Your voice is not needed.

Here are some twitter accounts to follow:

Leila Al-Shami

Aymenn J Al-Tamimi

Iyad El-Bhagdhadi

Lina Sergie Attar

Zaina Erhaim

Rasha Al-Aqeedi

Sara Hunaidi

If you know the handles of Syrian Tumblrs, please add them.

Do not boost anything that doesn't come from Syrians or endorsed by Syrians— not even any other Arabs or people who happen to be Muslim. If the accounts and perspectives of Syrians are conflicting themselves then that's good because they aren't a monolith. They simply deserve to be heard with their own voices. This is how you decolonize.

[abla-soso]

This is from a book published in 2023.

I'm... speechless.