The Syrian government was overthrown, and Salafi-jihadist rebels led by a rebranded version of Al-Qaeda called Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in Damascus. US President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu boasted of helping topple Bashar al-Assad. NATO member Turkey played a key role as well. Ben Norton explains how the West dealt a major blow to the Axis of Resistance and Iran.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8pZgwOdIuA
Al-Qaeda-linked ‘rebels’ in Syria say they ‘love Israel’. USA gave them billions in weapons & support: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/06/al-qaeda-rebels-syria-israel-usa/
US troops are occupying Syria’s oil fields. Congress refuses to withdraw them: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/12/12/us-troops-occupy-syria-oil-congress-withdraw/
Topics
0:00 Syrian government is overthrown
3:17 Al-Qaeda leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani
4:39 AQ rebrands: Jabhat al-Nusra to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham to HTS
6:16 Western media whitewashed Osama bin Laden
7:53 Jake Sullivan: "AQ is on our side in Syria"
8:49 CIA spends billions arming Salafi-jihadists
10:06 Diplomat says HTS is US "asset"
11:33 HTS' medieval rule in Syria
12:44 Libya: where NATO brought back slavery
15:40 (CLIP) Biden takes credit for overthrowing Assad
16:58 Syrian Al-Qaeda got US weapons
17:24 Turkey backed Syrian assault
17:50 Ukraine's role in Syria
18:30 Israel boasts of Syria regime change
19:12 (CLIP) Netanyahu: Israel helped topple Assad
19:26 Israel supported Syrian rebels
20:38 Syrian rebels say they "love Israel"
22:09 Israel seizes more Syrian territory
23:15 Axis of Resistance is weakened
25:15 Syria's territorial integrity
26:41 US military occupies Syria's oil fields
27:19 (CLIP) Trump boasts: I took Syria's oil
27:46 Congress backs US military occupation of Syria
28:33 US starved Syria of oil revenue
29:43 Western sanctions suffocated Syria's economy
32:42 Inflation in Syria
33:35 This is not about "authoritarianism"
36:08 US strategy to collapse Syrian state
37:30 (CLIP) US official outlines Syria regime-change plan
39:46 Will Syria's borders be changed?
41:41 Iran: the ultimate US target
42:45 (CLIP) Wesley Clark: US planned to topple 7 governments
43:38 US collapsed 6 of 7 states on regime-change list
44:34 Will US war on Iran be next?
46:24 Outro
