"Syrian civil war is a tectonic shift" The biggest crisis in the 'Middle East' protected by Putin [Now News]

The 14-year civil war since 2011 is rapidly shaking as Syrian rebels have recaptured Aleppo for the first time in eight years.

The Bashar al-Assad regime is in grave crisis after rebels quickly regained the stronghold they had given up after years of holding out.

This is why Russia and Iran, which have sought salvation at every crisis, are not the same because of other wars.

According to foreign media on the 30th (local time), Syrian rebels have carried out the most violent surprise attack in years since the 27th, taking control of most of Aleppo within four days.

The rebels are also said to have occupied parts of Idlib and Hama, which is a major crisis for the al-Assad regime.

Assad's regime has maintained a hereditary system that he has ruled for more than 50 years since his father, former President Hafez al-Assad.

In particular, President Assad continued his iron-fisted rule by indiscriminately killing civilians by using chemical weapons in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring.

Considered the worst killer and war criminal in the international community, he was one of the "Buddhist of the Middle East" and was once on the verge of collapse due to the strengthening of the protesters' offensive, but he remained in power through ruthless oppression.

The Syrian civil war, which has actually entered a lull since foreign intervention, seems to be reigniting the rebels' counterattack.

In particular, the fact that Russia and Iran, which have served as allies of government forces, are distracted by the war in Ukraine and the Middle East, respectively, is also a factor that intensifies the crisis of the Assad regime.

Russia has not only added direct firepower to Syria's civil war, including bombing raids, but has repeatedly blocked sanctions against President Assad as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.

This time, it is common to analyze that the rebels have launched a counterattack in order to find that the forces that have protected the Syrian regime have exhausted their capacity due to internal and external pressure caused by the war.

Andrew Tabler, a senior researcher at the think tank's Near East Policy Institute, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), "This is a perceptual change," adding, "Middle East and global powers have been intervening in Syria for more than a decade, and now wars in Ukraine, Gaza, and Lebanon are breaking out all at once, affecting Aleppo."




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