After the signal victory won by the Syrian army (SAA) over the rebels and merecenaries in the town of Qusayr, the global media is busy assessing the significance of the event. The Western media is busy spinning Qusayr as the insidious influence of Hizbullah over the free will of the Syrian people. In particular, the war-thirsty French media has been proliferating reports that the SAA has been dousing people with sarin gas—while ground reports suggest that NATO and rebel forces are far more likely to be the source of such chemical attacks.
In strategic terms, the math is quite different. As reported by Pepe Escobar for Asia Times Online, “[t]his is a monster strategic defeat for the NATO-Gulf Cooperation Council-Israel axis. The supply lines from Lebanon to Homs of the Not Exactly Free Syrian Army (FSA) gangs and the odd jihadi are gone.”
According to Sheikh Naim Qassem of Hizbullah, the fall of Qusayr is a blow to the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Sunni extremist groups. “The victory in Qusayr is a sharp blow to the American-Israeli-Takfiri project and a glowing moment for the resistance project in Syria and there is no point to the cries of the international and regional political media in trying to change the historic and geographic realities,” he said on Hizbullah’s Al Manar station.
According to American and Israeli military strategists Syria was meant to be a testing ground par excellence to the explosion of the Middle East. According to their specialists, they were planning to pit Hizbullah’s fighters against Sunni extremist groups, heat up the “Persian” versus “Arab” fault line, as a way to topple the government of Bashar al-Asad. All the while, they intended to overstretch Hizbullah in order to give Israel carte blanche over southern Lebanon once more.
This defeat may signal the beginning of direct war, involving the US Marines stationed in Jordan in preparation for intervention. A diplomatic report this week from a European embassy seen by the Monitor noted that Hizbullah "has given the regime a much-needed injection of fresh forces to conduct offensive operations." According to the report, "It is unrealistic that it can give the regime the opportunity to capture significant areas back from the rebels, but it may make it impossible even in the medium term for the rebels to tip the military balance."
With Turkey, the other principal backer of the rebels and mercenaries, engulfed in its own internal crisis, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has his hands full and may not be able to offer any significant help. In fact, the Syrian government has been quick to offer him a dose of his own rhetoric. The retort by Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi to Erdogan to “stop the violent repression” and “respect people’s wishes” has riled the Turkish pasha considerably.
Meanwhile, the people of Qusayr who had fled the fighting have started returning to their homes, many of them badly damaged due to prolonged strife. On Sunday June 9 a rally was organized in the centre of town led by Homs governor, Ahmed Munir Muhammad who vowed that he would spare no effort to rebuild the town and restore essential services as soon as possible.
News And Views
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Implications of Qusayr's re-capture by the Syrian army
Implications of Qusayr's re-capture by the Syrian army
Beirut, Crescent-online- June, 2013
Western media pundits are tearing their hair out over the rebels' defeat in Qusayr. It may prove a gram-changer in the 27-month long Syrian turmoil
After the signal victory won by the Syrian army (SAA) over the rebels and merecenaries in the town of Qusayr, the global media is busy assessing the significance of the event. The Western media is busy spinning Qusayr as the insidious influence of Hizbullah over the free will of the Syrian people. In particular, the war-thirsty French media has been proliferating reports that the SAA has been dousing people with sarin gas—while ground reports suggest that NATO and rebel forces are far more likely to be the source of such chemical attacks.
In strategic terms, the math is quite different. As reported by Pepe Escobar for Asia Times Online, “[t]his is a monster strategic defeat for the NATO-Gulf Cooperation Council-Israel axis. The supply lines from Lebanon to Homs of the Not Exactly Free Syrian Army (FSA) gangs and the odd jihadi are gone.”
According to Sheikh Naim Qassem of Hizbullah, the fall of Qusayr is a blow to the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Sunni extremist groups. “The victory in Qusayr is a sharp blow to the American-Israeli-Takfiri project and a glowing moment for the resistance project in Syria and there is no point to the cries of the international and regional political media in trying to change the historic and geographic realities,” he said on Hizbullah’s Al Manar station.
According to American and Israeli military strategists Syria was meant to be a testing ground par excellence to the explosion of the Middle East. According to their specialists, they were planning to pit Hizbullah’s fighters against Sunni extremist groups, heat up the “Persian” versus “Arab” fault line, as a way to topple the government of Bashar al-Asad. All the while, they intended to overstretch Hizbullah in order to give Israel carte blanche over southern Lebanon once more.
This defeat may signal the beginning of direct war, involving the US Marines stationed in Jordan in preparation for intervention. A diplomatic report this week from a European embassy seen by the Monitor noted that Hizbullah "has given the regime a much-needed injection of fresh forces to conduct offensive operations." According to the report, "It is unrealistic that it can give the regime the opportunity to capture significant areas back from the rebels, but it may make it impossible even in the medium term for the rebels to tip the military balance."
With Turkey, the other principal backer of the rebels and mercenaries, engulfed in its own internal crisis, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has his hands full and may not be able to offer any significant help. In fact, the Syrian government has been quick to offer him a dose of his own rhetoric. The retort by Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi to Erdogan to “stop the violent repression” and “respect people’s wishes” has riled the Turkish pasha considerably.
Meanwhile, the people of Qusayr who had fled the fighting have started returning to their homes, many of them badly damaged due to prolonged strife. On Sunday June 9 a rally was organized in the centre of town led by Homs governor, Ahmed Munir Muhammad who vowed that he would spare no effort to rebuild the town and restore essential services as soon as possible.
After the signal victory won by the Syrian army (SAA) over the rebels and merecenaries in the town of Qusayr, the global media is busy assessing the significance of the event. The Western media is busy spinning Qusayr as the insidious influence of Hizbullah over the free will of the Syrian people. In particular, the war-thirsty French media has been proliferating reports that the SAA has been dousing people with sarin gas—while ground reports suggest that NATO and rebel forces are far more likely to be the source of such chemical attacks.
In strategic terms, the math is quite different. As reported by Pepe Escobar for Asia Times Online, “[t]his is a monster strategic defeat for the NATO-Gulf Cooperation Council-Israel axis. The supply lines from Lebanon to Homs of the Not Exactly Free Syrian Army (FSA) gangs and the odd jihadi are gone.”
According to Sheikh Naim Qassem of Hizbullah, the fall of Qusayr is a blow to the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the Sunni extremist groups. “The victory in Qusayr is a sharp blow to the American-Israeli-Takfiri project and a glowing moment for the resistance project in Syria and there is no point to the cries of the international and regional political media in trying to change the historic and geographic realities,” he said on Hizbullah’s Al Manar station.
According to American and Israeli military strategists Syria was meant to be a testing ground par excellence to the explosion of the Middle East. According to their specialists, they were planning to pit Hizbullah’s fighters against Sunni extremist groups, heat up the “Persian” versus “Arab” fault line, as a way to topple the government of Bashar al-Asad. All the while, they intended to overstretch Hizbullah in order to give Israel carte blanche over southern Lebanon once more.
This defeat may signal the beginning of direct war, involving the US Marines stationed in Jordan in preparation for intervention. A diplomatic report this week from a European embassy seen by the Monitor noted that Hizbullah "has given the regime a much-needed injection of fresh forces to conduct offensive operations." According to the report, "It is unrealistic that it can give the regime the opportunity to capture significant areas back from the rebels, but it may make it impossible even in the medium term for the rebels to tip the military balance."
With Turkey, the other principal backer of the rebels and mercenaries, engulfed in its own internal crisis, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has his hands full and may not be able to offer any significant help. In fact, the Syrian government has been quick to offer him a dose of his own rhetoric. The retort by Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi to Erdogan to “stop the violent repression” and “respect people’s wishes” has riled the Turkish pasha considerably.
Meanwhile, the people of Qusayr who had fled the fighting have started returning to their homes, many of them badly damaged due to prolonged strife. On Sunday June 9 a rally was organized in the centre of town led by Homs governor, Ahmed Munir Muhammad who vowed that he would spare no effort to rebuild the town and restore essential services as soon as possible.
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