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2025-07-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

'Dawn of the Tribes': 50,000 Armed Men Could Reshape Syria

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Posted by badanov 2025-07-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [215 views ] Top

#1 So could a nuke.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-24 00:02|| 2025-07-24 00:02|| Front Page Top

#2 But soon Tel Aviv itself was forced to appeal through intermediaries to official Damascus

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-07-24 00:17|| 2025-07-24 00:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Yay! The balkanization of Syria!

Posted by DarthVader 2025-07-24 00:26|| 2025-07-24 00:26|| Front Page Top

#4 I get the impression that the Druze aren't exactly the Yazidi, and won't be going down easy one way or the other.

Posted by Secret Master 2025-07-24 02:03|| 2025-07-24 02:03|| Front Page Top

#5 I believe the Druze Israelis all serve in the IDF just like Jewish Israelis do.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-24 03:13|| 2025-07-24 03:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Also, couldn't 50,000 armed men basically reshape any country?

Posted by Secret Master 2025-07-24 18:23|| 2025-07-24 18:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Not if there's no food or water. They just die

Posted by Frank G 2025-07-24 19:00|| 2025-07-24 19:00|| Front Page Top

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