Though all territory in Syria is subject to change in control, after years of civil war there is an increasing recognition that Syria, as it appears on the map, is going to be very different from the Assad government’s Syria as it will exist going forward.
Size and wealth are the key differences, as Assad government territory is a fairly small fraction of what Syria once was, and doesn’t include most of the oil rich portions, which are now ISIS-held.
Still, there are high hopes that this segment of Syria, with its Alawite-dominated government, is going to hold strong against the rebels, and it seems set to be the most secular of the new Syrian states emerging.
With the former financial and industrial capital of Aleppo in ruins and on the outskirts of Assad government territory, Syrian businessmen are also seeing the new Syria as a time of opportunity, as companies vie to build a more Damascus-centric economy.
A shame. I'm sure the Syrian people could use the income from those oil fields. But hey, who ever us buying all that IS cheap oil must be delighted.
Assad will take back every inch of his land. F*ck the plotters.
Why is it a forgone conclusion that Syria will never recover these oil fields stolen by glorified international terrorists who think really highly of themselves? Boy if news reports are correct, as well as the dumb terrified AmeriKans who read them, this ISIL ISIS concoction is quite full of p!ss and vinegar, afraid of no amount of child and innocents killing that even the Israelis and AmeriKans are pretending to be afraid of them, while secretly encouraging their depopulation campaign..
I wonder why this is? And would this have even happened had not the US invaded in the 1st place?
Antiwar.com should be more wary about using sources like Yahoo! News…so much B/S, another US Admin mouthpiece.