As People Are Abducted on Unpatrolled Streets, Syrians Demand Better Protection

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The__Hivemind_@reddit

Ahhh the pinnacle of M.E. prosperity and civilisation. I remember libs were celebrating this because it would own Russia, (spoiler, it didn't. Both bases are still very much operational). I remember some yanks and westerners going like "so wholesome, all the right moves! They even made Christmas a holiday". Still waiting for those right moves and for Russia to get owned. Looks like I'll be waiting for at least a bit more

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BlackAfroUchiha@reddit

It hasn't even been 6 months where the Syrian Civil War ended. The 14 year civil war has destroyed all it's infrastructure, bureaucracy and institutions.

No shit you're gonna have rampant crime prevalent.

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The__Hivemind_@reddit

It didn't end tho. There is still plenty of fighting. And the government doesn't even control most of Syria

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BlackAfroUchiha@reddit

There is still plenty of fighting

It's small skirmishes.

And the government doesn't even control most of Syria

What are you talking about? Yes they do. They control 60% of Syria with the SDF controlling the remaining percentage.

The SDF is also going to integrate into the Syrian government pretty soon. They signed an agreement to integrate into the rest of the nation (partially because the U.S. has abandoned them).

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The__Hivemind_@reddit

Skirmishes (and Israeli bombings) are plenty of fighting. No they don't, if you look at the map Wikipedia has up they own not even half of it. The lengths libs go to defend child killers

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destroyerx12772@reddit

As opposed to Assad who used Sarin on said children?

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Crazyburger42@reddit

What you don’t get is that West bad is the only thing that matters to these people. They don’t care that Assad mass-murdered civilians, in fact if they can blame the West for it all the better.

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somebodysetupthebomb@reddit

Assad can suck, that doesnt then make installing former al qaeda leader Julani the correct play - and the west is bad! It should be called out!

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destroyerx12772@reddit

Out of all the conflicts where they could rightfully blame America they chose the single conflict where it wasn't nearly a primary factor.

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The__Hivemind_@reddit

What was that? Dude take the child killer cock out of your mouth I can't hear you

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Kind_Box8063@reddit

By that definition the civil war ended via Turkish Russian arbitration in 2018 when almost all fighting stopped.

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mschuster91@reddit

Celebrating that Assad is gone is worthy in itself. Like, no shit, they're Islamists, not the most friendly folk, quite the contrary (the fighter name of their head honcho, al-Jolani, is telling enough - as antisemitic as it gets, it stands for the Golan Heights which are a prime ground if you want to shoot at Israel).

But it's really fucking hard to surpass the utter degeneracy of Assad and his goons. I'd say even Putin is not willing to sink that low.

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As People Are Abducted on Unpatrolled Streets, Syrians Demand Better Protection

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When the new government took over, it dismissed the Assad regime police and other forces, leaving a security vacuum. Now, many residents fear going out after dark.

A man in olive green and another in black with a face mask approach a white car.

Members of the new Syrian government set up security checkpoints in Homs in February. Many Syrians are demanding more such controls.

March 10, 2025

The first ransom demand came in a text message on Sami al-Izoo’s phone 10 days after he witnessed his brother being kidnapped, forced into a truck with dark tinted windows by six masked men.

Next came a video in which he said his brother, Abdulrazaq al-Izoo, 60, appeared with his hands tied and a black bag over his head, screaming as he was hit with a stick. Since then, the videos and threats have continued to buzz Mr. al-Izoo’s phone as he struggles to raise the $400,000 that the kidnappers want.

Mr. al-Izoo is not rich and says he does not know why his brother was targeted. He sold a couple of cars and is trying to sell his land, but he doubts that will be enough to cover the enormous sum. “If I sell everything I have, I won’t reach that amount,” he said from his home in Talbiseh, a suburb of the city of Homs, in central Syria.

The abduction is one of a spate of kidnappings in Syria since the rebel coalition that ousted President Bashar al-Assad in December took over. One of its first acts was to dismiss — at least temporarily — all government police and security officials.

The security forces were instruments of Mr. al-Assad’s oppressive regime, but some Syrians have criticized the decision to dissolve them. Though the new government has replaced some of the officials with its own members and quickly trained police officers, that force cannot sufficiently cover the country.

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Sami al-Izoo, right, with one of his brothers. He said he received a $400,000 ransom demand after another brother was kidnapped. “If I sell everything I have, I won’t reach that amount,” he said.

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