/r/syriancivilwar
This subreddit is dedicated to news, analysis and discussion on the conflicts in Syria and Iraq along with the regional and global ramifications.
About us
This subreddit is dedicated to the current conflicts ongoing in Syria and Iraq, along with their regional and global ramifications.
Due to the sensitivity of the topic, every and especially new users are strongly encouraged to read the rules and inform themselves of the conflict more generally before posting. The moderators enforce the relatively strict rules and it is strongly encouraged to put thought into one's activity on this subreddit. It is expected that user put back their individual bias as much as possible and respect other users no matter what background they're from.
We especially encourage critical and substantive on-topic discussion, as long as it is done in a civil and respectful manner to any other user of the community. This forum is especially useful for bringing in new perspectives to new users and provide new specific and circumstancial information.
If there are questions, please contact the moderators via modmail or ask in the Dumb Question tuesday threads. Other information can be found in our wiki.
SyrianCivilWar Rules
The rules are relatively strict and should be followed as close as possible. Warnings are enforced by the moderators and depend on the context and a user's history; a similar offense may thus be met with very different responses based on the user that made it. Punishments will generally follow this scheme: 1. Warning -> 2. Warning -> 3. Warning and 3 day ban -> 4. Warning -> 5. Warning -> 6. 7 day ban and last warning -> 7. Permaban or longer ban. Mods will try to always give valid reason and reference to the rule that is being broken, but please keep in mind they are humans and make mistakes too.
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1) Civility. Comments must be civil and respectful of other users. Ad hominem attacks, insults, flair-attacks, slander, etc. are impermissible. Do not ridicule opinions, personas, stances, or questions.
2) Editorialization. The editorializing of titles to conform with these rules (especially tweets) is heavily encouraged. Inflammatory and biased wording is not allowed (incl: "liberate", "terrorist", "hero"). Post/submission titles should thus be as informative and objective as possible. Exceptions can be made for clearly marked quotes from individuals.
3) Racism. Any sort of racism or derogatory group-generalisation is not allowed.
4) Baiting. Intentionally provocative or baiting comments targeting a particular user or the user-base are not allowed. This includes accusatory and inflammatory wording on comment (like: “butthurt” and “Are you serious?”).
5) Sarcasm and Cheerposting. Light and friendly sarcasm is allowed. Excessive or mean-spirited sarcasm or snarkiness is not. Simple cheerposting, be it positive or negative, is not allowed. This includes insulting, judging or cheering for any side (RIP posts are allowed), player, or individual in the war.
6) Relevance and Derailing. Any sort of derailing from the Syrian Civil War or issues directly related to it is not allowed. This includes the inner Turkey-PKK conflict, inner-US politics (“deep state”, the pro-Israel lobby). Exceptions will frequently be made for specific events.
7) Terminology. Groups/factions/individuals have to be called as they'd call themselves. See clarification here. There will be no punishment for breaking only this rule.
8) Trivializing violence. Dehumanising, death-wishing, and posts disrespecting the dead are not allowed. This includes joking or snarky comments and blame-trading.
9) Non-Substantive Comments. Low-quality comments that contribute nothing to the conversation are heavily discouraged and will be removed. Borderline shitposting, strange formatting, memes and jokes, talking/whining about votes and brigades is not allowed unless specifically allowed.
10) Recruitment. Any form of recruitment material concerning any party in the conflict is forbidden. A list of reputable charities can be found in the wiki.
11) AMA Any sort of AMA should be coordinated with the mods beforehand. Do this by sending a modmail.
12) Media Personalities. This subreddit is about the Syrian Civil War and the involved actors, which includes twitter users and commentators. Discussion and posts regarding their reporting on the war or anything that could influence their bias is allowed; anything about other social media activity or their private life is not.
13) Timeliness. This subreddit is for discussion of current up-to-date events. Refrain from posting old articles dealing with past issues even if it wasn’t posted back then when it was relevant. Articles dealing with older events but with newly emerged evidence or relevant facts are allowed.
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Thousands of people in Suwayda city receive Dr. Faisal Al-Qasim and celebrate the victory of the Syrian revolution today.
23:01 UTC
Huge celebrations in Daraa city today commemorating the victory of the Syrian revolution.
22:46 UTC
SNA tanks and armored vehicles are attacking YPG positions in Tishrin.
13:11 UTC
Breaking; Group of Bassem Al-Din has been neutralized after swift intervention of the Department of Military Operations. The 7 members of the Security Forces he captured were freed. Bassem Al-Din, the commander, is dead.
15:43 UTC
The statue of Christ at the Transportation Roundabout in Homs is attacked with live ammunition.
https://www.facebook.com/lasadwatan/
On 13/1/2025, In the evening, an armed gang attacked the statue of Jesus Christ and shot it, as shown in the photo.
https://x.com/MohammedHawaidi/status/1878812867069407445
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham attacks the statue of Christ at the Transportation Roundabout in Homs with live ammunition.
https://x.com/idleb_online/status/1878807060491776283
Al-Jolani terrorist gangs attack the statue of Jesus Christ at the transportation roundabout in Homs with live bullets.
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11:33 UTC
When did the "point of no return" become most apparent for Assad's government in the 2024 rebel offensive in your personal opinion?
As someone who was closely observing the final rebel offensives in late November and early December of 2024, I'm of the personal opinion that the lighting speed of SAA collapsing under the unprecedented HTS advances in the opening days was the first signs of trouble for Assad's government. Many of the towns and cities first to fall took SAA months of fighting and the loss of a few thousand of their soldiers' lives to recapture in the 2019-2020 Dawn of Idlib offensives. 4 years of a bitterly fought siege and tens of thousands more SAA soldiers' lives were undone when Aleppo fell a few days later with limited fighting.
Discourse at the time was extremely skeptical that the HTS and their allies would be able to secure those gains. Although I won't link it here to avoid brigading, there was even a highly upvoted "why do people think this rebel offensive will go anywhere" post from a clearly pro SAA user, and the comments had an overwhelming consensus of it ending in a failure.
Although a few SAA supporters were optimistic with news of rebel setbacks in the opening day of the Hama offensive, the overwhelming majority I've seen lost hope of a comeback with the clearly ramshackle and quickly disintegrating defense of the city. The fall of Hama seemed to be the switch that persuaded many to jump on the "Assad's days are done" wagon.
To go on a ranting tangent, this sub was also filled with so much misinformation coming out from all sides during the offensives' course, but SAA supporters were especially egregious. Every day it seem like they would spam tweet citing posts about alleged SAA breakthroughs that would always get discredited the following day with news of even more rebel gains. Some of the most infamous false rumors they spread include Jolani being killed in an airstrike, paratroopers in Hama, and sleeper cells in Aleppo. Although propaganda and misinformation is par the course for every war, the amount of well poising noise made tracking the offensive's ground situation such a difficult beast to navigate.
In your own personal observations and opinions, when did the threshold of "no return" for Assad's government became the most apparent?
23:55 UTC
SDF releases footage of 6 more armored vehicles belonging to the SNA being targeted at Tishreen axis in Manbij region.
23:28 UTC
Ilham Ahmed addressed a UK Parliament panel, emphasizing a federal administration for achieving peace and warned that without such a framework, centralization could reignite conflict. She asserted that the establishment of a federal system is essential for ensuring security and stability in Syria.
22:28 UTC
SDF releases footage of destroying two vehicles of SNA in the eastern countryside of Manbij
21:20 UTC
Wtf was achieved through this war
Today I got interested learning about syrian war . Tbh at first it blew my mind away how every grp is fighting each other and countries also fighting proxy war alongside with it . Destroying whole country to ruins . But now assad regime has ended i got few questions 1)when will situation become normal and peaceful there ? 2) what kurds are supporting ? autonomous state or new syrian formed govt ? 3) what happened to isis ? Will they rise again ? also (did uncle Sam had hands in creating isis ) ? 4) will bashar ever get trial for human violation and Massacre he's done ? 5) what is shia's pov now ? Are they living with sunnis peacefully ?
19:35 UTC
The moment A Turkish drone targeted a Kurdish Red Crescent ambulance with a MAM-L missile.
17:17 UTC
Massacre of five Alawites in Homs. Reports say four of them are brothers.
https://x.com/nidalhamade2/status/1878497647847244089
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham killed the brothers in the Basatin al-Waer area in Homs
Mohammed Hassan Yassin
Fawaz Hassan Yassin
Ayman Hassan Yassin
Reda Hassan Yassin
From Shia Muslims
He killed them and threw their bodies next to their house.
The video is difficult unfortunately
https://x.com/cnsk32/status/1878569817650925685
A horrific mass massacre that resulted in the killing of three young men, in addition to two other young men, yesterday. Their bodies were found dumped near their homes in a horrific scene, with video recordings and photos documenting this brutal crime. This criminal act was carried out by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham for a sectarian reason, because the victims are Shiites. This news must be spread widely for everyone to know. The reality of what's happening.
Victims:
• Muhammad Hassan Yassin
• Fawaz Hassan Yassin
• Ayman Hassan Yassin
• Reda Hassan Yassin
• Hassan Shaker Musa
https://x.com/mos1l1em/status/1878561508738707527
Homs - Al-Mazraa: Several young men were killed within two days: Muhammad Hassan Yassin, Fawaz Hassan Yassin, Ayman Hassan Yassin, Reda Hassan Yassin, and Hassan Shaker Musa.
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https://x.com/ScharoMaroof/status/1878589292806586428
https://x.com/ZynwM79922/status/1878548213315076309
https://x.com/hebunor/status/1878576040995693048
08:17 UTC