They are few “good” rebel groups in Syria. The “free Syrian army” is one thing to its western backers and another to the majority that join it. Most would join a any one of the radical Sunni groups if it was as well armed.
Syria is the battleground of a religious proxy war between fundamentalist Shia militias predominately aligned with Hezbollah and Iran versus radical fundamentalist Sunni groups heavily influenced by the Syrian Muslim brotherhood and behaving much like Al Queda. “Civilians” who don’t align themselves with either of those sectors remain under constant pressure and threat to do so. It is a three way war with the Syrian government, Hezbollah-Iran-linked militias and Muslim Brotherhood influenced radical and violent groups. The Shias are getting the upper hand because Assad does not dare go after them and loose the patronage with Iran. If Assad and Russia were to leave Syria tomorrow, it would be a full scale Sunni-Shia “civil war” in Syria with the Sunni world in the Middle East having to decide whether or not to step in and counter Hezbollah-Iran in Syria. The Russian presence is preventing that circumstance at this point.
The “west” should be glad that Russia at the moment, and not themselves, is shouldering the burden for nominally holding destabilized Syria together; even though that large Russia presence at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea is a security issue for the west.
Please tell me when the US is going to close our terrorist training camp in Al Tanf?
When are we going to stop stealing Syria’s wheat, oil, and gas to sell? Earlier today a convoy of 80 US occupation vehicles headed to the Al Walid border crossing. It consisted of armed escorts, freezer units, and oil tankers. Did the same run Thursday of last week.
Why 2 days ago did the US transfer 40 Daesh terrorists from a QSD prison in Hasaka Province to the US base in Al Shaddadi, Hasaka?
We were not invited there, and as to a religious proxy war, majority Sunni Syria does not support the Wahhabism that the US supports.