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Russia Today reported the same story. It said what happened shows that "Syria has become a magnet for radical Islamists, who are there either as mercenaries or because of ideology."
Hard core extremists among them want regional countries transformed into Islamic caliphates. Syria is the region's only independent secular state.
Its people alone should decide how they'll be governed. Free, fair and open elections are now held. Independent candidates and parties opposing Assad participate.
In contrast, despots run regional monarchies like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, other Gulf states, Jordan, and Morocco. Washington extends support. They're valued imperial allies.
So is Israel. Like America, its democracy mocks the real thing. Both countries deplore it. They don't tolerate it at home or abroad. They wage wars to prevent it. They want unchallenged hegemonic control.
They're involved in Syria's conflict. Aleppo currently is ground zero. On July 29, SANA state media headlined "Armed Forces Clear Neighborhoods in Aleppo and Damascus Countryside from Terrorist Groups," saying:
Syrian forces "cleared Saladin neighborhood in Aleppo city from armed terrorist group.""An official source told SANA that the armed forces inflicted very heavy losses on the terrorists, some of them non-Syrians of Arab and foreign nationalities, adding that fleeing terrorists are being pursued and that their hideouts are being raided, with the terrorists being arrested or eliminated."
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