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pietillidie
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I think it says volumes that so much has been written in the other thread about refugees, and so little on the cause of the people movements themselves.
Iran/Russia/Assad; Obama/Clinton; "legitimate" anti-Assad versus lunatic extremist hopefuls like ISIS; Sunni-Shia relations; Sunni-Western relations; Russia-Western relations; Saudi oil/Iranian oil/Russian oil/US oil and their different national and strategic interests; and on.
All of this in the shadows of the failures of Afghanistan and Iraq, and empty coffers post-GFC.
With US (and other) elections in the air, we should at least get ourselves a solid handle on things. Anyone care to try to frame what we're seeing in a neat summary?
(You know my opinion is to stop sustaining tyrannical, bastard economies by transitioning from the Currency of Chaos, oil, with haste, otherwise it will be a case of rinse and repeat from here to eternity, with all other efforts horrific time-wasting exercises in between. But ignore that if you will, and at least try to convince me there are other reasonable options that don't amount to kick-and-hope guesses). _________________ In the end the rain comes down, washes clean the streets of a blue sky town.
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Jezza
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The Syrian conflict is such a difficult conflict to analyse what do you want to know exactly PTID? Are you interested in the groups within Syria or the wider powers involved in the conflict and their objectives or something entirely different?
There's so much to be said about the conflict that summarising it in a few paragraphs probably wouldn't do it justice and wouldn't cover everything that needs to be known about the region. _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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pietillidie
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Yeah, fair call, Jezza. How about, in no particular order, listing some of the main variables in play at the moment? Where are things now compared to a year ago? How are the major half a dozen players positioning themselves? Any new players? Any "improvement"?
Think about it: If you don't have a crack at framing it for us, someone far less reliable and diligent will! _________________ In the end the rain comes down, washes clean the streets of a blue sky town.
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watt price tully
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Mugwump
Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne
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Jezza
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Here's a map that might be helpful for those interested in what is happening on the ground, which is accurate more often than not.
The map was last updated on December 12.
Red = Syrian Government
Green = Syrian Opposition ("moderate rebels")
Yellow = Kurds
Grey = ISIS
White = Al-Nusra Front
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Syrian_Civil_War_map.svg _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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David
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^ I'm guessing a lot of the ISIS-held territory is desert, right? _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Jezza
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Yes.
Most of the Syrian population is situated in Aleppo, Damascus, Homs and Latakia. ISIS' stronghold in Raqqa is the sixth most populated city in Syria based on 2004 figures.
https://www.citypopulation.de/Syria.html _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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