Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad family

Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by flohofwoe on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:35AM (#42356109)

> but it's hard to comprehend why Russia was unable to do anything at all

Did you miss that Russia has to import cannon fodder, artillery grenades and missiles from North Korea and attack drones from Iran? I don't think they have any resources to spare in Syria at the moment.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by GordonS on Sunday December 08, 2024 @07:53AM (#42356843)

There hasn't been a single scrap of evidence to support the claims of Russia using North Korean... there have however been several cases of the media getting caught lying about it, doctoring photos etc:

https://x.com/AXChristoforou/status/1864324321960972298?t=4H...

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1864447294474457245?t=yK0OU-9...

The North Korean claims appear to be complete lies, designed to make Russia look bad.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by phsau on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:13AM (#42356931)

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/39...

The DoD says North Korean soldiers are already in Kursk and preparing? News of NK armament deliveries and use is old at this point and not debatable.

Is the DoD spreading fake news?

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by GordonS on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:46AM (#42357107)

Yes? Hasn't the DoD also maintained the line that there are no US forces in Syria for years too? It's really not so surprising that they'd lie.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by KptMarchewa on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:18PM (#42358389)

No, they haven't.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by jt2190 on Sunday December 08, 2024 @09:03AM (#42357200)

> Hasn't the DoD also maintained the line that there are no US forces in Syria for years too?

If that’s true, they might want to stop publishing press releases about their actions in Syria.

“CENCOM Destroys Threatening Weapons Systems in Syria” https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/39...

“US will remain in eastern Syria and seek to prevent IS resurgence, Pentagon says” https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-will-remain-eas...

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by Dah00n on Sunday December 08, 2024 @01:44PM (#42359184)

I believe NK soldiers are there, by I'd trust even Putin more than US sources. After all, they only state what is in their interest. Exactly like Putin.

Maybe NK will use Saddam's nukes against Ukraine...

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by flohofwoe on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:57AM (#42357168)

Do you have some better sources to offer than two random Twitter accounts which quite clearly sling Russian propaganda?

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by GordonS on Sunday December 08, 2024 @09:04AM (#42357209)

Pointing out evidence of a UK rag fabricating photos to fit a Western propaganda narrative is... Russian propaganda?!

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by cactacea on Sunday December 08, 2024 @09:17AM (#42357281)

Your sources are not credible

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by GordonS on Sunday December 08, 2024 @01:11PM (#42358817)

Nonsense, the claims are trivial to verify for yourself - the Daily Mail did post false claims about NK soldiers in the Ukraine and then dissappear the article once it had done its work.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by qwery on Sunday December 08, 2024 @09:19AM (#42357295)

Yeah, the Daily Mail is tepid bin juice. It's extremely likely they fell for something they found online rather than them being the originators of the images -- they're still scum, but they aren't spending enough time or money on their "content" to be doing anything that sophisticated.

All of this to say, pointing out the Daily Mail's crap doesn't really indict "the media" as a whole. I don't think that one story is what American big general guy is referring to as "reports".

Russia definitely does look bad though, and that is no accident -- but I don't think it's the fake stories doing the heavy lifting.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by lern_too_spel on Sunday December 08, 2024 @12:46PM (#42358615)

The Daily Mail? You clearly have no experience with Western news. Nobody takes the Daily Mail seriously. They don't even have copy editors.

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Re:Syrian government falls in end to 50-year rule of Assad f... by GordonS on Sunday December 08, 2024 @01:09PM (#42358799)

I'm well aware that it's a vile hate rag, but unfortunately many people in the UK use it as a real source of "news".

Most of the MSM in the UK has made false claims about NK soldiers in the Ukraine, but the Daily Mail was the most overt and easily debunked that I saw.

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