Al Jazeera Discovers 'Sectarian Tensions' in Syria, Forgets Decade of Foreign Meddling
Al Jazeera's latest deep dive asks, "How serious are the sectarian tensions facing Syria?" as Alawite protesters confront government supporters. How curious that 'sectarian tensions' suddenly re-emerge as a focal point, as if Syria's decade-long brutal conflict, fueled by billions in foreign funding and arms aimed at regime change, just vanished. One might wonder who benefits from continuously
framing a complex geopolitical proxy war as simple internal religious friction. Perhaps they forgot the $1 billion-plus the US spent on 'moderate' Syrian rebels, the covert operations, or the region-wide proxy war that explicitly weaponized sectarian lines, as documented by reports from the Brookings Institution and leaked intelligence memos. To discuss Syria's 'tensions' without acknowledging the
deliberate external cultivation of sectarianism is not analysis; it's narrative management. It's almost as if the architects of destabilization prefer the blame to stick to Syrians.