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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday declared his support for his Lebanese counterpart Joseph Aoun in the latter’s effort to disarm Hezbollah.

The Middle East war expanded to Lebanon on March 2, after Tehran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets toward Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of US-Israeli attacks on Iran

Since March 2, Israel has been conducting large-scale air raids on Lebanon and incursions with ground troops, killing at least 486 people according to the Lebanese health ministry.

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[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] mlg@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah the reformist who suddenly follows CIA instructions to the tee

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Suddenly? Wasn't Al Qaeda originally trained by the CIA?

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Trained yeah, but it's not like they were known for following their handler's orders after the Afghan Soviet war ended.

They assisted in casuing 9/11, but then they spent the next 10 years trying to find OBL.

I meant "suddenly" as if all of his previous ideological goals didn't just fly out the window the second he got access to a supply line lol.