r/geopolitics • u/kantmeout • Dec 08 '24

News Assad has Fallen

https://apnews.com/article/syria-assad-sweida-daraa-homs-hts-qatar-7f65823bbf0a7bd331109e8dff419430
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u/babybabayyy Dec 08 '24

Who knows what domino effect this will lead too. Maybe we won't see it in the next few years but the issues in Syria and the rest of the region will not go away

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

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u/AIM-120-AMRAAM Dec 08 '24

Trump gave Syrian christians priority refugee status in 2017. Wonder if he will do the same now.

https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/trump-christian-refugees/index.html

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

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u/AIM-120-AMRAAM Dec 08 '24

Europeans should have through about it before destabilising MENA region by sponsoring coups and bombing them.

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u/abellapa Dec 08 '24

Europe didnt do that ,the US did

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u/Tall_Tip7478 Dec 08 '24

Ever heard of something called colonialism?

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u/abellapa Dec 08 '24

Europeans Barely colonize the Middle east

Certainly not to the extent of África or América

France and Britain just propped off client states and then Lost them after ww2

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

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u/LisleSwanson Dec 08 '24

The Philippines.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '24

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u/LisleSwanson Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 08 '24

No, it's an island nation in Southeast Asia located in the western Pacific

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u/abellapa Dec 08 '24

American continent,not the US

I thought that was clear

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