Khagan1923
Contributor
1. Assad does not have the menpower to start a counteroffensive on his own
2. Iran and its proxies have been severly weakened in their conflict with Israel
3. Russia has been severly weakened in its conflict with Ukraine does not have the resources to support another counteroffensive. Even the airstrikes it conducted have been sprinkled around, 6 years ago the russians would have bombed rebels non stop.
What will be interesting to see is how much the rebels can push this before their gas runs out. But people need to realize that the rebels had several years for recruiting and training while their enemies were being drained. Assad never had an serious fighting force on his side 10 years ago before Russia and Iran joined to help Assad was losing and he was losing badly.
We will see how much behind closed doors this offensive is being supported by our government, if there is truly an offensive in next days to take manbij and drive the ypg out we can be sure that TSK and MIT are supporting the rebels if not and the rebels continue focusing on Assadist areas we can be sure that the "support" given is relatively limited.
Will also be interesting to see what the russians will do with their bases in Latakia and Tartus if the rebels manage to take Homs too.
2. Iran and its proxies have been severly weakened in their conflict with Israel
3. Russia has been severly weakened in its conflict with Ukraine does not have the resources to support another counteroffensive. Even the airstrikes it conducted have been sprinkled around, 6 years ago the russians would have bombed rebels non stop.
What will be interesting to see is how much the rebels can push this before their gas runs out. But people need to realize that the rebels had several years for recruiting and training while their enemies were being drained. Assad never had an serious fighting force on his side 10 years ago before Russia and Iran joined to help Assad was losing and he was losing badly.
We will see how much behind closed doors this offensive is being supported by our government, if there is truly an offensive in next days to take manbij and drive the ypg out we can be sure that TSK and MIT are supporting the rebels if not and the rebels continue focusing on Assadist areas we can be sure that the "support" given is relatively limited.
Will also be interesting to see what the russians will do with their bases in Latakia and Tartus if the rebels manage to take Homs too.