Syria 'Ceasefire' Charade: The Ghost of US Destabilization Haunts Hasakah
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera provides a live update on a four-day ceasefire agreement between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Hasakah, highlighting the Syrian army's conditional agreement not to enter the city if a plan is reached. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'internal conflict' is a direct legacy of the US-backed
destabilization efforts in Syria that began in 2011, covertly funding and arming 'moderate' rebels – many of whom quickly merged with or lost ground to al-Qaeda affiliates like Jabhat al-Nusra. The Obama administration's $1 billion 'Timber Sycamore' program, revealed in 2016, poured weapons into the conflict, transforming a domestic protest into a regional proxy war. The very groups now fighting
over Hasakah, including the SDF, have been weaponized by external powers like the US for their own geopolitical ends, primarily to undermine the Assad government and maintain a foothold in the resource-rich northeast. Double Standard: Western media routinely presents these clashes as purely 'Syrian' self-inflicted wounds, or as isolated incidents, while simultaneously decrying any Syrian
government efforts to reclaim its sovereign territory as 'aggression.' Imagine if the US military were described as 'occupying' Texas after a civil war, rather than 'reasserting federal control.' The narrative is flipped to delegitimize the internationally recognized Syrian government while sanitizing the actions of foreign-backed militias. The massive humanitarian crisis, often attributed solely