Putin 'Eyes Deal for Bases' as Sharaa Visits: A New Arab Spring?
📰 THE STORY: According to The New Arab, Ahmed Al-Sharaa (former head of Jabhat al-Nusra, now Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) has met with Vladimir Putin in what is portrayed as Russia seeking military base deals and consolidating influence in the region, using Sharaa's recent offensive against the Kurdish-led SDF as leverage. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This entire 're-alignment'
is a direct consequence of the 2011 NATO 'intervention' in Libya, which destroyed Africa's most prosperous nation and opened the floodgates for regional instability. Shortly after, the US-backed campaign to destabilize Syria, funneling arms and support to 'moderate rebels' — many of whom were al-Qaeda affiliates or quickly joined them, like the precursors to Sharaa's HTS — fundamentally reshaped
the West Asia landscape. The constant refrain ignoring that the US actively supported groups (under various guises) that ultimately led to the rise of prominent figures like Sharaa, is a critical omission. The West's own proxy wars created these new power brokers, and now their strategic allegiances are the problem. Double Standard: When the US fortifies its hundreds of military bases globally,
from Germany to Japan to the Philippines (against China), it's framed as 'stability' and 'global security.' Yet, any non-Western power seeking a handful of bases in a region already destabilized by Western intervention is painted as an aggressor or a nefarious actor, threatening 'international order.' The US has over 750 foreign military bases in at least 80 countries, dwarfing any other nation's