I would say the hostility is coming from the other side, considering the rebels ethnically cleansed 2/3 of Kurds out of Efrin and are constantly shelling SDF and threatening to invade.
I was in Rojava last year interviewing people who are openly hostile to, and effectively at war against, Turkish-backed rebels. The idea of “normalization” w the Assad regime was terrifying to almost everyone I spoke w because it means they could be conscripted by the regime.https://twitter.com/raniakhalek/status/1150335703777271808 …
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Of course but the notion that people are ok with the regime is just absurd.
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I have always wondered why the majority of Syrians like and keep voting for Assad? We went to great expense to train, arm and fund a bunch of foreign terrorists to rid the country of him and what do we get in return? No respect, no gratitude.
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Naturally you would know from going there and talking to people
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Only been in Syria once as a kid. I was born in Iraq. You?
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Excellent! Tell us then, did the Syrian people like those foreign Jihadi head choppers we unleashed?
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I thought you are the expert
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I had exactly that conversation with a young Arab in Qamishlo last week. He grew up in Damascus, went to college in Latakia and says he’s staying there because he doesn’t want to be conscripted to fight in Idlib
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A very common story. Last year people where saying that the war was ending and I pointed this out as a specific reason why they are out of their minds to believe that.
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Also the Idlib offensive is clearly not something the regime has taken seriously. At this rate they would suffer astronomical, military-breaking loses if they actually tried to retake the province.
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Her calling human suffering an abstract issue is just too rich.
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I guess she thinks nothing concretely fixes human suffering like bombing hospitals.
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Why do you call the area Rojava? You know this is a sensitive topic for Syrians
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rojava is a subset of the sdf-held areas, known as the autonomous administration of north and east syria. you’re right it’s wrong to call that whole 1/3 of syria “rojava”, but it’s a colloquial holdover from when the sdf/ypg only controlled kurdish-majority areas like afrin
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It matters what we call these areas, calling it Rojava gives the YPG/SDF legitimacy over these areas, calling it North Eastern Syria wouldn’t be so bad
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rojava includes all the arab and Turkman areas who have heavily protested the PKK
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This woman she bitches about lister but she herself is like a virus. All that ever comes from her is the attempt to spread this sickness that is acceptance and even worship of a violent dictatorial man who sacrificed hundreds of thousands so that he could remain. Fuck her
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You were in Rojava ? How did you get there? Did you enter with govt permission ! Like you do entering any country. Why not go into rest of Syria and find out how terrifying Assad is
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