Syrians celebrate the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government in the town of Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the border with Syria, December 8, 2024
THE fall of the Assad regime in Syria cannot be disassociated from the changed political and military geometry in the region. To a very considerable extent, imperialism is conditioning the outcomes of this series of interrelated crises.
Israel’s assault on the very existence of the Palestinian people — unchecked by the “international community,” sanctioned and armed by the US, with the active participation of the EU and Britain, with a massive US naval and airforce presence and with the RAF flying unnumbered missions in support of the Israeli war effort — has changed the balance of power.
The relative weakness of the so-called “axis of resistance” has left imperialism with the initiative. Just five days ago, the US carried out air strikes against Syrian military targets it described as a “threat to US and coalition forces in Syria.”
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
VIJAY PRASHAD looks at the web of militias and drug-trafficking gangs that emerged in the Sweida region through the Syrian civil war, and how they relate to recent clashes and Israel’s intervention
The US’s bid for regime change in the Islamic Republic has become more urgent as it seeks to encircle and contain a resurgent China, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
