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SvennoJ 6 days ago
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Ryuu96 said:


I guess scared (mildly worried) that they would lose their impunity to bomb Syria, hence Israel stepped it up...


What ???

Trump lauds ouster of Syria’s al-Assad as ‘unfriendly takeover’ by Turkiye

United States President-elect Donald Trump has described the toppling of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad as an “unfriendly takeover” by Turkiye, which had aligned itself with several of the opposition groups that led the lightning offensive on Damascus.

Trump made the remarks – in apparent praise of Ankara – during a wide-ranging news conference on Monday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. His comments offered a window into his foreign and domestic policy weeks before he is to re-enter the White House on January 20.

“I think Turkey is very smart… Turkey did an unfriendly takeover without a lot of lives being lost. I can say that Assad was a butcher, what he did to children,” Trump said, referring to the December 8 ousting of the longtime Syrian leader.

Al-Assad’s forced departure followed a surprise offensive across the country by rebel groups, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had long opposed al-Assad’s rule and supported the Syrian National Army (SNA) opposition group, based in northwestern Syria.

I think Trump is very dumb.


Trump has been in constant contact with Netanyahu

A strong statement from the US president-elect has implied that he will be taking action from the time he takes office on January 20th.

Donald Trump spoke as early as yesterday on the telephone with the Israeli prime minister. He has also appointed Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, who has been travelling in the region. He’s been to Saudi Arabia and Israel.

So the president-elect is keeping up to date with what is happening, staying in direct contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and also making very clear that he is going to take action in terms of those captives should they not be released by January 20th.

There’s been speculation that Netanyahu is waiting until Trump takes office before acting or agreeing to any form of move to get the captives out of Gaza. Trump himself denies it, as do the Israeli prime minister and his assistant, saying they want the captives out as soon as possible.

Netanyahu with Trump in his pocket? This nightmare is not going to end any time soon.

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