Syria: Five Years of Hot War and Unprecedented Resistance

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Perhaps this is a record of modern NATO resistance to fascist expansion - a small country has been holding a strong blow for five years. Five long years of hot, incessant war. This war can not be called civil - in fact it is the direct aggression of the United States, Western countries and their allies in the Gulf. Terrible symbiosis of petrodollars, weapons, information and political technologies formed to destroy the Syrian Arab Republic - the state in which 23 had a million people before the war; a state that has spent many years under various sanctions; a state that does not have modern killing machines ...

But this state had other resources that were not taken into account by the enemies from the beginning: perseverance, courage, historical anti-colonial traditions, patriotism.

Western strategists did not know when they began their barbaric campaign against Syria, that a simple soldier, left without an arm and without a leg, would say: "I still have one hand to hold the machine gun, and one foot to stand on guard of the Motherland." That a simple law enforcement officer is able to hose the second car bomb when the first one exploded and everything burns around to prevent detonation. And they could not even imagine that a slim, very intelligent and smiling doctor who wanted to treat children’s eyes would be a soldier who turned out to be intimidated by no threats.

15 March 2011 broke out in a collision in a city in southern Syria - Daraa. As usual for pseudo-revolutions, it all started with the so-called “peaceful demonstrations”, which, however, immediately resulted in throwing stones at policemen and burning administrative buildings. Then - the same "peaceful demonstrations" in Hama, Idlebe, Homs: "We are with you, Dara." Damascus did not escape the pogroms ... Even in Latakia and Tartus - cities where the support of legitimate power is the highest - and those were provocations.

Being in Syria, I communicated with many eyewitnesses of those events. Everyone claimed in one voice: “the demonstrators” behaved extremely aggressively from the very beginning. Initially, the police, who were thrown with a hail of stones, did not even have the right to answer - they only helplessly tried to hide behind shields.

However, this can not last long - naturally, the authorities had to restore order. And they started screaming in the style of "onizdeti" ... Somehow very quickly the weapons of the "demonstrators" appeared in their hands. The world's media talked about the "shooting by the regime of peaceful demonstrations" - and for a long time there was no talk of any "peace". The “peaceful demonstrators” turned into armed fighters who committed terrible crimes against ordinary citizens.

But, while piles of pogroms smashed shops, attacked policemen, and then quickly armed themselves — hundreds of thousands of people came out onto the streets of Damascus, Aleppo, and other cities with portraits of President Bashar Al-Assad and with national flags. Of course, these huge demonstrations also played a role in the fact that the brazen coup did not take place in the very first weeks (as external patrons of the “opposition” wanted it).





There were various attempts to resolve the crisis in peace. With the beginning of the crisis, Bashar Al-Asad proclaimed reforms, repealed the law on the state of emergency, introduced a multi-party system, changed the government. But it was not the peace and not reforms that the “opposition” wanted, and most importantly, those who stood behind it and who armed it.

These serious uncles across the ocean need only one thing from the victim country: capitulation. But they did not get it.

Exactly five years have passed. Half the country in ruins. Most of the supposedly “democratic” opposition groups turned into a terrible Islamist force - ISIS. Destroyed a huge number of cultural property. The beautiful Thekla Monastery in Maalühl, the pilgrimage site of millions of Christians, was burned. There are no more famous Aleppo indoor markets built during the time of Alexander the Great. The great Umayyad mosque in Aleppo is turned into ruins. The Palmyra Arch, which we all saw on the cover of history textbooks, stood for many centuries to be destroyed by new barbarians ...

Sometimes whole streets are wiped into dust. Scolded shrines ...













Hundreds of thousands of people - both military and civilian - lie in the graves. Many died a horrible death under the torture of "opposition" militants. Like, for example, the director of the museum of Palmyra, the old doctor Khalid Asaad, who had been asking for a long time where valuables were hidden, and then his decapitated body hung on the ruins ... Tens of thousands of people were kidnapped and went missing. Do not count the tears of widows and orphans.

However, five years later, the wounded Syria is still standing. And continues to resist.







And now, during the strange geopolitical games around the SAR, we can say one thing. Up until the end of September last year, Syria fought completely alone. Yes, there was some veto on the part of Russia in the UN Security Council, bombing in August 2013 of the year, after a cynical provocation with chemical weapons, was prevented. But the support was purely political. But Russian troops entered the battle only at the end of September 2015 of the year. Until this time, Damascus has already shown its resilience.

And now, regardless of any decisions - Syria will also fight heroically. Because defeating terrorism is a super goal for the Syrian people.

Whatever the end of this hot battle, Syria and Bashar Al-Asad have already emerged victorious. At least - the moral winners, confusing the US and NATO all the plans. This epic victory cost the Syrians a huge price - but where and when were victories obtained easily?

In any case, the SAR is a state that has proven that it is not a soulless thing, not a commodity, and not a subject of bargaining at a global auction. Syria is, first of all, an unbroken country ... Both today and tomorrow it will again be proved by ordinary soldiers, trying to attack. Will prove ordinary women, going to work. And it will prove the fragile and smiling leader, inside of which turned out to be a steel rod of unprecedented strength.













In peaceful neighborhoods, life goes on. Damask roses are still sprouting through the flames of war ...

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  1. +1
    15 March 2016 05: 44
    This is like the beginning of a series of articles "Moor did his job ..."? I mean, an excuse for the unexpected decision to leave Syria? Well, after all, the victory, as the author said ...
    No matter what this hot battle ended, Syria and Bashar Al-Assad have already emerged from it as winners.
    1. +10
      15 March 2016 08: 22
      And not an excuse ...
      The statement of fact-and without the Russian troops resisted.
      Victory should be, no matter what. In spite of any backstage arrangements.
      1. +8
        15 March 2016 11: 54
        Quote: elenagromova
        The statement of fact-and without the Russian troops resisted.
        Victory should be, no matter what. In spite of any backstage arrangements.

        I fully agree with you, Elena - and Assad and the people of Syria who defended their homeland from all the terrorist evil spirits that finance and equip half of the world, led by the USA, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia - these are real heroes who almost five years alone held back and destroyed all this gangster international gathered by their sponsors from around the world.
        And although I already said in the topic above that I will not express my opinion on this topic anyway, I will still say - I consider the withdrawal of our VKS from Syria at the moment a huge mistake.
        I believe that the people of Syria will win because everybody stood up to fight against terrorists.

        About Bashar Al-Assad the national leader of Syria and his wife Asma.
        Bashar al-Assad: I will never be Yanukovych! I will stay here until the end!
        1. +2
          15 March 2016 17: 22
          Five years of the war in Syria through the prism of American foreign policy
          1. +3
            15 March 2016 19: 23
            1) Elena! Thank you for all your reports and comments!

            2) Quote from the article: "... the record of modern resistance to NATO-fascist expansion - a small country has been holding the strongest blow for five years.

            Yes - now this is a record of resistance to Western aggression

            I do not want to belittle Assad and Hezbollah’s resilience with the IRGC

            But in history there were more records - Vietnam. Even with the support of the USSR and China - but Vietnam’s record has not been broken. To resist so many years of direct aggression of the strongest empire in the world - the number of dropped bombs, etc., is comparable or superior to the 2 figures of world war

            Argentina also has its own record - the only country that fought a Western power at sea and drowned their ships - even Vietnam did not do this.

            The third place is probably the DPRK - albeit with the help of Chinese "volunteers"
            1. +1
              15 March 2016 20: 35
              Modern .... from the post-Soviet times ...
  2. -2
    15 March 2016 05: 55
    Now the "cunning planners" will come and prove (to themselves) that we have generally been in vain harnessed to this war, and we had to join the "coalition" led by the United States, and we urgently need to make peace with Erdogad ...
    1. +6
      15 March 2016 06: 32
      "Cunning planners" will come now

      Well, this is to be expected, because the "All-Sneakers" came running yesterday ... request
    2. +1
      15 March 2016 08: 00
      Great-grandfather, I'm thinking, are you an agent of the West? Or the fifth column? From article to article the same thing. And everywhere you try to prove what is beneficial to the West now. I would not be surprised if your comments appear, for example, on the "censor" as a model of opposition to Putin.
    3. +2
      15 March 2016 11: 32
      Well, again, something like leaked, but in my opinion a good move. Russia is demonstrating to the whole world, and especially to Arabs, that it is not a cheap occupier, but a peacemaker - it came, it helped, it left. Especially now when negotiations between the Arabs in the West are ongoing, naturally this should be supported by the necessary information, including in the West. Let the Americans be able to repeat this example, otherwise they will scream in vain.
  3. +14
    15 March 2016 06: 03
    Perhaps this is a record of modern resistance to NATO-fascist expansion - a small country has been holding a strong blow for five years.


    I agree ...
    most importantly, Syria has maintained real independence ...
    this is an example for the leadership of SERBIA ... MILOSHEVICH was blown away under the onslaught of the USA and as a result he himself was poisoned and his country (political elite) is now under external control.
    Assad can only be respected for his tenacity in confronting the WEST ...
    in a word well done ... and if he manages to reach an agreement with his opposition on transferring the war to the world ... it will be considered to him ALMOST.
    1. +6
      15 March 2016 08: 24
      Both heroes ...
      Not the hero just flees the country ...
    2. +6
      15 March 2016 09: 05
      Quote: The same LYOKHA
      this is an example for the leadership of SERBIA ... MILOSHEVICH was blown away under the onslaught of the USA and as a result he himself was poisoned and his country (political elite) is now under external control.

      Milosevic, Najib Ula, Gaddafi and Assad are illustrative comparative examples for the Russian leadership, what happens to the allies if they are "thrown" and do not provide them with timely assistance. And as if not provided, its influence on the world arena shrinks (and, accordingly, vice versa). Without belittling the courage of the Syrians and the resilience of Assad, one does not need to be Wanga to predict what would happen to Syria if it were not for Russian support.
      History, of course, does not know the subjunctive mood, but it could be if Ukraine had not surrendered Yugoslavia to Libya, then Ukraine would not have existed. (Yes, and Ukraine handed over the Crimea to the drunk, then they still did not consider it their own).
      1. 0
        15 March 2016 16: 59
        I'm always annoying (the word I want to say is not missed) here is this demagogy.

        Russia of the 90s with a drunk EBN and the current one are completely different. Enough to cultivate guilt for all the nasty things that crawled into the leadership.

        On the other hand, the nickname corresponds to a blonde, and even with a cigar. Then some interjections. Well, I'm not tolerant.
  4. +1
    15 March 2016 06: 04
    The attack is the best defense. When the United States was stuck in Ukraine and it became clear that they would not leave in a good way, Russia attacked them (henchmen) in Syria. Now, if Russia leaves Syria, it must be assumed that the United States will leave Ukraine.
    1. +2
      15 March 2016 07: 26
      Quote: ivanovbg
      if Russia leaves Syria, it must be assumed that the United States will leave Ukraine.


      Russia does not leave Syria, it remains there. But the idea is interesting ... Wait and see.
  5. +11
    15 March 2016 06: 11
    Yes, five years of such a war .. The ruins of some cities show that you can only compare with Stalingrad. The Syrians are great, they hold so much time, considering what kind of pack they have to fight. ?
  6. +4
    15 March 2016 06: 21
    Syrians, no words, well done in terms of courage and steadfastness for the freedom of their people. But it is equally important to arrange post-war state relations. I'm afraid that explosions and shots will not subside soon.
  7. 0
    15 March 2016 06: 58
    Colleagues, are you up to date?
    http://lenta.ru/articles/2016/03/15/syria/
    1. 0
      15 March 2016 07: 11
      Quote: delvin-fil
      Colleagues, are you up to date?
      http://lenta.ru/articles/2016/03/15/syria/

      So yesterday still broke spears ...
  8. +2
    15 March 2016 07: 06
    "... Perhaps this is the record of modern resistance"

    There were 10 years in Afghanistan, plus three years they themselves tried to oppose a total of 13 years, Syria still has everything ahead, it is too early to announce records
  9. +7
    15 March 2016 07: 12
    ATS is a state that has proven that it is not a soulless thing..This country has shown that it has citizens .. and not consumers ..
  10. +4
    15 March 2016 07: 22
    Starting to read the article, he noted with some irritation to himself: The author is a poet, damn it. It turned out - a woman smile

    Wonderful article, Elena plus and the title of Poet smile love
  11. +4
    15 March 2016 07: 35
    If Syria survived, then God himself ordered us to survive. I wish all-crawlers to die under the baseboard.
  12. +3
    15 March 2016 07: 54
    all ... the nusra and the ishila are destroyed, the Erdogan and the Saudis got a shit. you can return home with a victory)
    1. 0
      15 March 2016 11: 59
      So, in the case of igil, you can also from your own territory, and Erdogan from the Black Sea.
    2. 0
      18 March 2016 19: 13
      Quote: Francois de Vivre
      all ... the nusra and the ishila are destroyed, the Erdogan and the Saudis got a shit. you can return home with a victory)

      What are you kidding here, huh?
  13. +5
    15 March 2016 08: 10
    Five years of war. Who else, if not us, know what this means. And there is an example for comparison - Yanukovych, who did exactly the opposite. He just ran away cowardly. And there was enough betrayal in the inner circle. Why do states say like a mantra: "Assad must go, Assad must go"? He doesn't owe anyone anything. He saved his people and his country. And the world gendarme doesn't like it.
  14. +6
    15 March 2016 08: 26
    The unrest in Syria was organized and paid for by the world government, as in other countries, which were covered by the "Arab Spring".
    But not all people preferred "30 pieces of silver" to their homeland.
    The people of Syria, who resist world evil, deserve respect and help.
  15. +6
    15 March 2016 10: 53
    Bashar Al Assad is not broken, he is with the people ... did not kneel ... Immeasurable respect!
  16. +3
    15 March 2016 11: 11
    The people and the President of Syria sincere respect.
  17. 0
    15 March 2016 11: 33
    Oh! If that (decent in number) part of the Syrians who are now storming Europe would help on the battlefields ... Or not, this is the landing!
  18. +1
    15 March 2016 12: 16
    Be that as it may, it is always possible to return the grouping if necessary, the more infrastructure is ready, not out of place as at the beginning of the operation, and we are not talking about the complete withdrawal of the grouping, our presence will continue.
  19. 0
    15 March 2016 17: 08
    An armed revolt against the government is not a five-minute matter; it needs to be prepared, the rallies of the "dissatisfied," to arm the "irreconcilable," and so on. I would like to say that the events of 2011 were affected by the country's backwardness in the field of technology, in particular Internet control, monitoring of satellite and mobile communications of active opposition members and their foreign curators.
  20. -3
    15 March 2016 21: 09
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    1. 0
      16 March 2016 00: 47
      I hope you understand what the cons are?
      1. 0
        16 March 2016 01: 27
        I'm afraid that this is not a person at all, but a bot program ...

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