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Darayya: The End of Rebellion in Syria

Date: 27 August 2016 - 21:45

News ID: ۳۰۵۲۹

By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer

An early rebel stronghold that ended up under siege for a solid four years of the Syrian war, the Damascus suburb of Daraya has finally been evacuated under a deal between government forces and foreign-backed rebels to resolve the situation, allowing everyone out of the area.
The evacuation puts an effective end to fighting in the western Ghouta region, as it was the last rebel holdout. Some 700 rebel gunmen were evacuated in the deal and are being taken to the rebel-held Idlib povince. An estimated 4,000 civilians will be sheltered in an area further south.
The deal was made between the rebels and the government, which didn’t make the UN and the United States happy, since they like to be the ones brokering such deals. They officially expressed "concern” over the deal, saying they weren’t consulted at all on the matter.
This is nonsense. The deal is what a good deal is all about. It marks a considerable victory for the Syrian government in securing the area south of the capital for civilians. That says why rebels who use civilians as human shields were defiant while being evacuated, vowing they would return some day to take over the rest of the country!
Regardless, the fall of Darayya does make the point that there is indeed no country for terrorists in Syria. It is also the beginning of the end for the foreign-backed rebellion, masquerading as a "democracy” and "revolution” that has clung on in the Damascus suburbs for five years. Of course, this is not what the United States, the main sponsor of Takfiris  and sectarian elements had in mind when they orchestrated the bogus revolution back in 2011.
They know and the whole world knows that the fall of Darayya will have a domino effect, piling pressure on the last remaining pockets of rebel forces around the capital and elsewhere in the country. Likewise, a similar fate awaits other rebells, who have made alliances with terror groups, and who are still doing the bidding of the United States and its regional allies.
The United States and its regional allies might spar in public, but share an interest in countering what they see as rising Iranian influence in the Middle East. The regime changers share strategic goals, particularly around the regional ascendance of Iran, regime change in Syria and partitioning of Iraq.
It’s all the reason why the terror-mongers don’t qualify to be at the forefront of the war on terror. The world community needs a global coalition to prevent fanatics like ISIL, Al-Qaeda and their spinoffs from taking charge and spreading their violent creed across the globe. There is no alternative.