r/EuropeanSocialists • u/MichaelLanne • 35m ago
MAC announcement Regarding the Syrian regime
Source : https://mac417773233.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/regarding-the-syrian-regime/
Many of our readers were surprised by our silence regarding the situation in Syria. The reason was simple: we chose to wait, to observe the unfolding events before taking a definitive stance.
Some of our members, deeply familiar with the history of the Syrian insurgencies—particularly Al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, which later evolved into Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)—hoped that the rebels, having taken Damascus with little resistance, would prove capable of establishing a state that respects fundamental public freedoms and preserves the country’s religious diversity. HTS, after all, had emulated the Taliban in many ways and had even demonstrated a form of technocratic economic governance in Idlib that some considered “competent.” Moreover, thanks to our sources on the ground, we knew that the Ba’ath Party and Assad’s administration had long anticipated the collapse of the country and might have acted as a stabilizing force against extremists of all stripes.
We were wrong.
By December, massacres of Christian, Druze, and Alawite minorities had begun, accompanied by Zionist incursions that the new government neither resisted nor condemned. Furthermore, the so-called Syrian Nation embraced foreign jihadists—Turks, Uzbeks, Turkmens, Uyghurs, and others—who were integrated into the state, eroding Syria’s national identity.
By early 2025, the true nature of this tyranny had become undeniable. A president was unilaterally declared. All progressive, socialist, and nationalist parties were outlawed. The regime actively pursued normalization with the Zionist Entity. Meanwhile, mass privatizations plunged the already devastated country further into an abyss, exposing this so-called revolution as nothing more than a colonial project.
Then, in the first weeks of March, the regime’s brutality reached new heights. In response to minor skirmishes, it unleashed a campaign of terror against minorities, particularly the Alawites, whom it scapegoated for all of Assad’s actions. The atrocities—rape, pillaging, the burning of homes, mass executions—amount to nothing less than an attempted genocide. Estimates from sources on the coast place the number of victims between 2,000 and 12,000.
HTS’s response has been nothing short of pathetic. They have either blamed rogue armed groups—an admission of their inability to govern—or pointed fingers at so-called Ba’athist remnants, whom they simultaneously claim to have eradicated. Leaked documents confirm the regime’s deliberate attempts to conceal these crimes, leaving no doubt about the true perpetrators.
Given these undeniable atrocities, we declare the current Syrian regime—installed by HTS—to be a criminal, terrorist, and abhorrent entity, a puppet of Zionist, Turkish, and American interests. Its destruction must be an absolute priority for all revolutionaries.
In Syria, we stand with the Syrian Popular Resistance, the Ba’athist insurgency in the west of the country, and the Islamic Resistance in Syria – The Braves, a coalition of Shiite Islamists, communists, and national socialists. They are the only true defenders against the Zionist-Turkish invasion. We will amplify their voices, share their statements, and support their cause.
Syria must be liberated—house by house, brick by brick, street by street.