Oh no, he was a Russian puppet and he was definitely jailing his opponents. He’s no saint. But minorities weren’t getting massacred and women had some rights. Now there’s an US IS guy in charge and it’s going about as well as you’d expect.
Do you have any sources on this? I knew he was formerly(?) Islamic state, but it seemed like the country was becoming more stable (fascist israeli invasion aside).
Oh no, he was a Russian puppet and he was definitely jailing his opponents. He’s no saint. But minorities weren’t getting massacred and women had some rights. Now there’s an
USIS guy in charge and it’s going about as well as you’d expect.Do you have any sources on this? I knew he was formerly(?) Islamic state, but it seemed like the country was becoming more stable (fascist israeli invasion aside).
Massacre of Alawites (coastal Muslim community that isn’t Muslim enough for ISIL) - https://www.reuters.com/investigations/syrian-forces-massacred-1500-alawites-chain-command-led-damascus-2025-06-30/
Kurds were driven out of two provinces and had to surrender the remaining two in return for limited autonomy - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/18/syria-announces-ceasefire-agreement-with-kurd-led-sdf-after-heavy-fighting
They didn’t like it, and warned Kurds in Iran not to fall for the same trap.
I think it is, but more stake is extremely relative when it comes to syria