Jihadists and rebel groups launched their biggest offensive in years against the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad, capturing Aleppo. But who could benefit from such a development at the expense of a Russian ally in the Middle East the day after the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel and the Russian advance in Ukraine?
There are three powers that rejoice in anything that weakens or even displaces Bashar Al-Assad from power: Israel, the US and Turkey. On the other hand, there are three powers that want Bashar Al-Assad to continue in power: Russia, China and Iran.
The sudden escalation in Syria betrays the involvement of many foreign powers, including Israel and the US. The attack, he points out, comes “literally a day after Netanyahu said he needed a ceasefire to deal with the so-called Iranian threat” and it seems that the aim of this attack is “to cut Syria off from the Resistance Axis in order to isolate Lebanon.”
Given the long history of US association with terrorist groups in the region and Washington’s previous efforts to create a Salafist entity between Syria and Iraq to isolate Syria, there is no doubt that the United States and its allies are “part of this conspiracy against Syria.
Netanyahu needs war and only accepted the ceasefire under great pressure. So no one has faith in the Israelis. The Israelis always break commitments. After all, he is carrying out a holocaust in Gaza, a regime that carries out the Holocaust and continues to do so in front of the world after 14 months is not a regime that can be trusted with anything.
Turkey’s shadowy role
Turkey’s role in this attack is shadowy. The attackers, according to news reports, include not only HTS formations, but Sunni militias that have been mobilized and armed by Turkey in recent years.
This suggests that the HTS campaign may be a Turkish wedge to complicate Assad’s already tenuous reach across Syrian territory and establish de facto Turkish control over a large area of Syria and one of its largest cities. In this scenario, the management of the area’s two million people could be left to HTS, while Turkey reaps the dubious strategic benefit.
Turkey, which supports rebel groups in northern Syria, has called for an end to the regime’s “attacks” on Idlib, the last stronghold of rebels and jihadists.
In the coming days, whether the rebels manage to hold onto their gains will be a test of the extent of Turkey’s involvement.
They support extremist groups in Syria
Israel essentially wants to consolidate its position in the region after the ceasefire in Lebanon. So Tel Aviv has no intention of stopping – it wants to sow discord among the other players in the region and force them to react to such provocations.”
Other global players interested in “changing the balance of power in the Middle East” will undoubtedly capitalize on this situation.
Some countries, for example, may use the weakening of Arab democracy to strengthen their influence by supporting radical and extremist groups that Israel is trying to use in Syria.
