The Syrian rebels’ progress in the ongoing civil war has often been overstated by Western officials predicting imminent victory. Still, the groups are taking more territory in the north, and as their hold in that region strengthens, the face of the battle is starting to change.
Skirmishes with Kurdish factions in Ras al-Ayn have been ongoing for weeks, but as the rebels’ hold on the north looks at least semi-permanent, the Kurds are more resigned to having to confront them sooner, rather than later.
The rebels’ rhetoric varies from group to group, but the commonality is Sunni Arab nationalism, a sentiment which has alienated Kurdish factions initially hoping to see more autonomy, and now likely to see much less in the event the rebels win the war.
Staying neutral in the war has been goal for many Kurdish groups, but has proven impossible as the fighting moves into their oil-rich lands. With the Syrian military more or less ceding those lands to the rebels to focus on defending the area around the capital, the rebels are finding in the Kurds new enemies, and a major war that they will likely have to deal with even if they manage to defeat the Assad government.
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This is getting out of the hand war., is not a controllable war as it originally was designed to be, no longer then one year, no wonder everyone are jumpy accusing the Syrian government of anything and everything wanting to load their gun and entering Syria. Not only the start of this war was a sign of a mad man doing another wrong thing, but those who wanting to pour more full on the fire are out of heir mind. Stop this madness, before is to late, you are wrong again thinking wrong and doing wrong because the origin of the matter is and has been wrong for decades.
Interesting…yet another 'huge gain'/'hold'/'game changing' "victory" for the almighty rebels…who slowly, but surely: robbery by robbery…looting by looting…kidnapping by kidnapping…killing by killing..car-bomb by car-bomb…decapitation of civilian by decapitation of civilian…the almighty "rebels" are making so-called "progress"…even now Ditz?!?!
I must admit: I did not know this, and it is exponentially much more important and relevant than the US and Russian jets and warships currently stationed off the coast of Syria.
Well…where exactly is Ras al-Ayn located Ditz? NM…I actually looked up this alleged 'huge gain'/'vital hold' denonstratedby the 'autonomous', 'popular', 'grassroots', "people representing". so-called "rebel" group:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Ras+al-Ayn&ie=…
As it turns out…based on the information I pulled up by a quick Google search…it seems as though Ras al-Ayn is actually (literally) on the boarder of Turkey…the town's norther boarder is literally the Syrian/Turkey boarder…
This is a 'gain'….after all this time and how this has played out…a town literally on the boarder of Turkey??? WTF??? Please define the metric here Ditz?
I hate to be an A-Hole…but "people" are dying….
Excellent point Ben_C.
Ditz praising his "freedom fighters" again.
He´s an optimist, i give him that, amidst his desperate throat slitting rag tag band bombing, killing someone, anything in the name of the gulf despot style "democracy", in their surrounded hide outs, a little slice of land without any importance for the Syrian army, for now, turn in to a huge "strengthened hold". Ditz, our local Bagdad Bob of the NATO mercenaries, what's his next headline?
"Assad almost dead, half of Syria in freedom fighter hands, Freedom fighter gives flowers to everyone, dances and sings waiting for our glorious army and our dear leader to declare: Mission accomplished!"