Four Britons 'killed fighting in Syria war with Al Qaeda rebels'

The problem I see is that the Army remained just about loyal to Assad. Unlike, say, Libya, where much of the, admittedly fairly low quality Army joined the rebels, I saw somewhere that Assad had something like 200,000 well trained, equipped and motivated troops, while the rebel deserter forces of the FSA numbered about 10,000. I don't know if this is correct- I read it a while ago on the BBC website- but if it is then it makes a case against intervention all by itself.

It isn't the truth that hurts, it's the pottiness that does.
Ah, good old Nato, a very reliable source of information about Arabs and Muslims, the very people they've been waging a war against. You're the pottiest person here, I think.
Yes, the Syrian army is doing an excellent job of making straight for hellfire, may they rot in its deepest pit for all eternity for murdering these terrorists:

Good thoughts. I read an article in FP a few months back that suggested that the country has already split into 3 distinct areas. Southern Syria (minus a few enclaves of rebel positions in and around Damascus) is regime controlled. Some Northern and North Eastern areas up towards the eastern border with Turkey are controlled by Kurdish forces (perhaps forging a Kurdish state in north eastern Syria alongside the Kurdish areas in northern Iraq. The rest of the north of the country is dominated by either 'FSA' (whatever that means anymore) or ISIS/ Al Qaeda backed forces. Perhaps this could be a model for the restructuring of the country. Whatever happens, I believe that too much blood has been split on all sides of this conflict for the nation to simmer back down to historic levels of co-habitation, but we will see...

I think it's more complicated than that. This map is a couple of months old, but gives an idea of how complex the situation on the ground is...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22798391

Jesus, you're such a bloodthirsty villain.

Al-Qaeda has all the right in the world to step in.

They've made it very clear that they're fighting for the Muslims,

and Islam has no borders.

You deal with double standards. You support the Shias of Bahrain and their uprising but when the Syrians stage an uprising against their government you bring in all sorts of hokum into the debate.

100,000+ people are supposed to have died in Syria. No where near that number of Shias has died in Bahrain.

My partner is a Muslim who's parents had to flee their own country because of being the wrong sort of Muslim.

I'm sorry for hear that.

Thanks

They are angry at the way the government has side lined people like them who just want to be left to practice their faith in peace rather than force it down other people throats.

They are also angry at their fellow Muslims specifically the parents of 'extremists' who are unwilling to explain why they faith failed them and their communities in the first place forcing many of them to seek a better life for them and their children only for them to try and recreate the same issues here.

That isn't a fact, you're absolutely potty and your reasoning is pottier than you and your fact are. He hasn't fallen because America hasn't snapped its fingers for that yet. He will fall as soon as the cannibals and savages of Al Queda are wiped out.

Instead of showing off your teeth why don't you take part in the debate?

There is no debate here.

Nor is anyone that stupid enough (those who have even the slightest of idea's) to waste their time arguing whether "most Syrians support Assad or not".

Pls Answer: Do you think the Al-Qaeda will do a better job in Syria?

Pls Answer: Do you think the Al-Qaeda will do a better job in Syria?

If you want to compare them with Assad (or Rafidi/Alawite), then no doubt, AQ are much much better. Last time I checked, they were actually doing pretty decent job in some parts of Yemen.

While i'm not for a minute suggesting that Al Qaeda have the capacity or moral grounding to rule anywhere, I will suggest that Assad is primarily responsible for the radicalization, sectarianization and longevity of the Syrian conflict. Syria will not be stable with a Assad led government in charge in the future. Protests against his rule and the subsequent violent crackdowns against the majority using Alawite militia and armed groups drove a wedge between ethnic groups in the country caused the fracturing of Syria along religious and ethnic grounds.

Just to add, to generalize the 'Rebels' and Al Qaeda under the same flag is totally a mis-representation.

There are still rebels fighting for democracy and self government as much as there are rebels fighting for an Islamic Caliphate spanning the Caucuses (links to Chechnya and Dagastan etc).

The damage is mainly due to Foreign Intervention imo.
Did Iran or Hezbollah intervene in Bahrain?



Al Qaeda are mostly dominant and moderate rebels can't do anything about that.



Shouldn't the Al-Qaeda seize Madinah to start the Caliphate seeing as how the first Caliph was elected in Hijaz.

May I ask what plans have they revealed to bring back the Caliphate?