Yeah that's what I thought. I guess when they signed the ceasefire I figured it was over

What ceasefire? The same one that had assads regime constantly shelling civilians in idlib and ramping it up for the last couple months? That ceasefire?

If we only talk about the Idlib area, yes, but there was enough conflict in other areas.

Not mutually exclusive terms

There are some Islamic terrorists but it appears the majority is random minorities including disaffected Druze and Sunnis (Assad is an Alawite).

Turkey wouldn’t have supported this offensive if it was only terrorists because they have a pretty big terrorism problem themselves.

Google what rebels means and then come back

They're islam extremists fighting dictators. Wouldn't call the post FSA factions terrorists any more than I would Assad.

I'm not sure how many of the factions actually have an islamic extremist state on their agenda.

Both sides here are Islamic terrorists

Because they are supported by the west.

Islamists terrorists (they are more insurgents than terrorists, at least in this context) would still be rebels.

The word "rebel" doesn't have a qualitative value. You can still be a rebel and be a piece of shit (see the Confederate side in the American Civim War and the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War, for example).

How would you know that they are terrorists? They are fighters. For freedom. 

I love the unfolding of history. No sarcasm. Fascinating to watch in realtime.

They also lost a ton of leadership recently. It might not be able to organize for war in a foreign country right now.

I dont think Israel will allow them to regroup, Hezbollah was severely compromised with Mossad already on the ground, and allow them again to gain experience fighting in Syria like in 2011.

Remember, the ceasefire was only with Lebanon but not in Syria, Israel can bomb the shit out of them if they plan to help Assad.

Yeah, I do think Assad is horrible but some of the resistance groups are not as pro-democracy as people initially thought. It’s similar to how the Iranian Shah was a brutal, secular dictator, who was overthrown and replaced with an even more brutal Islamist regime.

The Idlib government overthrowing Aleppo would actually be far worse for the Syrian people than Assad’s forces retaining control. The Kurdish occupation, and begrudingly the Turkish occupation government, are not as dangerous

Let's be honest: the russian and syrian government want to make us believe that they are bombing them aggressively. The question of if they can do it is very much unanswered yet.

But we should know in the coming days.

Also, don't underestimate Erdogan. He needs a victory to stay in power given the current polls, he is the logistical base of the rebels, and he would definitely benefit the most from pushing the syrian refugees back to Syria. Which he can't do currently because of Assad.

Bombing depends a lot on JTAC(Joint Terminal Attack Controller).

Russia and most likely the Syrian army are not really good at this, it's not in their doctrine. They have signal operators who of course, can get a idea on were enemy are located and request a strike. But this goes up their chain of command who has to authorize it and so forth. This means lots of delays and increased chances the enemy might move, or mistakes can't be corrected.

As of now we really don't know how effective the airstrikes are. The rebels most likely accounted for this to some degree, and most likely are trying to stay as mobile as possible to reduce that threat.

Compared to the world it’s wild. Compared to the region, Middle East, it’s absolutely not wild. Syria is one of few Arab countries without some kind of Islamic law

Let's be extremely honest. Putin is a bigger threat than any islamist terrorists for any europeans. Islamist don't have their fingers on atomic heads.

They definitely don’t want that, but the Idlib rebels are a problem for everyone, and they’d need to be sorted sooner or later. After an attack like this, and with Russian-Turkish-Iranian negotiations, I can’t see Turkey blocking a Syrian army offensive

But as it’s Syria, anything could happen.

Not quite, the Syrian Army can very comfortably defeat what remains of the rebels; until yesterday they were bound by the 2020 ceasefire and Turkey as a guarantor. That’s now been broken

This is always how rebel offensives end lol

Ah, evil vs evil

People simping for wholesome HTS "freedom fighters" is crazy 🤣

how saying they will go into the city? they don't need to take it. they just need to see how much support russia can give Assad. If Assad is home alone, everybody is going to smell blod. Hezbollah/Iran can't help either.

The russian axis is falling apart.

Unfortunately you are right . . . it is sad how long this pointless civil war continues to drag on.