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Who are the rebels threatening Assad's grip on Syria?

2024/12/3
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Azadeh Moshiri: 本期节目讨论了叙利亚内战中叛军对阿勒颇的突然袭击,以及此次袭击对叙利亚冲突格局的影响。叙利亚总统阿萨德誓言镇压叛乱,并得到俄罗斯的支持。 Mina Al-Lami: 叙利亚内战始于2011年的反政府抗议活动,随后演变成复杂的冲突,各方势力(包括叙利亚政府、叛军、极端组织、以及多个外国势力)卷入其中。叙利亚政府在俄罗斯和伊朗的支持下重新控制了大部分地区,但仍有一些反对派控制区存在。最近的叛军攻势由"征服沙姆阵线"(HTS)领导,该组织试图摆脱极端主义标签,并联合其他反对派武装。HTS领导人阿布·穆罕默德·焦拉尼试图通过改善公共关系来争取国际社会的支持。叙利亚人民最初的抗议是受到"阿拉伯之春"的启发,他们希望政府进行改革,特别是政治自由和经济方面的改革。 Barbara Plett Usher: 叛军联盟发起了对叙利亚政府军的攻势,攻势由"征服沙姆阵线"(HTS)领导,并取得了出乎意料的进展,占领了阿勒颇等重要城市的部分地区。叛军的攻势出乎叙利亚政府的意料,迅速占领了阿勒颇等重要城市的部分地区,这在战略和象征意义上对阿萨德政权造成了重大打击。此次叛军攻势的时机与中东地区其他冲突(如加沙和黎巴嫩)有关,伊朗和俄罗斯等叙利亚政府的主要支持者目前都面临自身困境,这为叛军攻势创造了有利条件。伊朗和俄罗斯仍然表示将继续支持阿萨德政权,但其支持力度和方式仍有待观察。此次叛军攻势也可能促使阿萨德政权与叛军进行政治和解。

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The Syrian Civil War began in 2011 with anti-government protests inspired by the Arab Spring. The government's harsh response led to an escalation of violence and the involvement of various rebel groups, including jihadist organizations. External actors like Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah supported Assad, while other countries initially backed some rebel groups.
  • Protests began in 2011, inspired by the Arab Spring.
  • Jihadist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS became involved.
  • External actors like Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah supported Assad.

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The long-running civil war in Syria has unexpectedly sprung back into the spotlight after rebel groups launched a surprise offensive on Aleppo, one of the country’s largest cities. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has vowed to crush the rebel uprising, prompting air strikes from Russian forces allied with his regime. This is an unexpected resurgence of a conflict that has been largely dormant for years.

Azadeh Moshiri speaks with BBC Monitoring's jihadist media specialist Mina Al-Lami and BBC correspondent Barbara Plett Usher about who these rebels are and whether this will this redraw the lines of the Syrian conflict.

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