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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by josu on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @11:47AM (#10582268)
> It's my sincerest hope that French troops will be deployed to Syria in the near future, and that such an action will prove useful in protecting him, his family, his neighbors and his culture.

Well, the problem is that according to his post, he lives "in the western part of the city [Aleppo] still under the control of the Syrian government[Under the "presidency" of Bashar al-Assad]" and the French Government has been on the side of the rebels. Which means, that if the French army is deployed, and there is no agreement between France (and the rest of the allies (mainly the US, UK and the Arab League) and Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, the French army may end up bombing Salah-Eddin's house instead of helping him.

I wholeheartedly recommend you to read the wikipedia article on the foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War [1], to see how fucked up the situation is over there. And also, take a look at this map [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_involvement_in_the_Syr...

[2] https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTz8DYEUYAEaCwc.jpg:large

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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by wiz21 on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @12:21PM (#10582556)
The wikipedia page is very interesting, but the motives are not clear, esp. for France. Any idea ?
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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by josu on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @12:47PM (#10582731)
The Economist had a good article about the reasons for Russia to support Assad [1]. I know that it doesn't directly answer your question, but I hope it helps.

[1] http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2015/09/ec...

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