{"id":216872,"date":"2024-12-08T19:53:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T17:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=216872"},"modified":"2024-12-08T19:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T17:53:48","slug":"pepe-escobar-the-syria-tragedy-and-the-new-omni-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=216872","title":{"rendered":"Pepe Escobar: The Syria Tragedy and the New Omni-War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__header\">\n<div class=\"article__announce-text\" dir=\"ltr\">Until recently, a serious geopolitical working hypothesis was that West Asia and Ukraine were two vectors of the standard Hegemon modus operandi, which is to incite and unleash Forever Wars. Now both wars are united in an Omni-War.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_216870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216870\" style=\"width: 176px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-216870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/\u0628\u064a\u0628\u064a-\u0625\u0633\u0643\u0648\u0628\u0627\u0631-\u0635\u062d\u0641\u0649-\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0632\u064a\u0644\u064a.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"176\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Pepe Escobar<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times\/Hong Kong, an analyst for RT and TomDispatch, and a frequent contributor to websites and radio shows ranging from the US to East Asia. Born in Brazil, he&#8217;s been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">A coalition of Straussian neo-cons in the US, hardcore revisionist Zionists in Tel Aviv and Ukrainian neo-nazi shades of grey is now betting on a Final Confrontation \u2013 with several overtones ranging from expanding\u00a0<em>lebensraum<\/em>\u00a0to provoking the Apocalypse.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">What stands in their way is essentially two of the top BRICS: Russia and Iran.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">China, self-protected by their collective lofty dream of \u201ccommunity of a shared future for mankind\u201d, warily watches on the sidelines, as they know that at the end of the road, the true \u201cexistential\u201d war by the Hegemon will be against them.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Meanwhile, Russia and Iran need to mobilize for\u00a0<em>Totalen Krieg<\/em>. Because that&#8217;s what the enemy is launching.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"h3\">\n<h3 id=\"1121108341-1\" class=\"article__h2\">Undermining BRICS and the INSTC<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">\n<p>The total destabilisation of Syria, with heavy CIA-MI6 input, now proceeding in real time, is a carefully engineered gambit to undermine BRICS and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>It proceeds in parallel to\u00a0Pashinyan removing Armenia from the CSTO\u00a0\u2013 based on a US promise to support Yerevan in a possible new clash with Baku; India being encouraged to ramp up a weapons race with Pakistan; and across-the-board intimidation of Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">So this is also a war to destabilize the\u00a0International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC), of which the three major protagonists are BRICS members Russia, Iran and India.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">As it stands, the INSTC is totally geopolitical risk-free. As a top BRICS corridor-in-the-making, it carries the potential to become even more effective than several of China\u2019s cross-Heartland corridors of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">\n<p>The INSTC would be a key lifeline for a great deal of the global economy in case of a direct confrontation between the US\/Israel combo and Iran \u2013 with the possible shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz leading to the collapse of a multi-quadrillion pile of financial derivatives, economically imploding the collective West.<\/p>\n<p>Turkiye under Erdogan, as usual, is playing a double game. Rhetorically, Ankara stands by a genocide-free and sovereign Palestine. In practice, the Turkiye supports and funds a motley crew of Greater Idlibistan jihadis \u2013 trained by Ukrainian Neo-nazis in drone warfare and with weapons financed by Qatar \u2013 who have just marched on and conquered Aleppo, Hama, and possibly beyond.If this\u00a0army of mercenaries\u00a0were real followers of Islam, they would be marching in defense of Palestine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\">\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">At the same time, the real picture inside the corridors of power in Tehran is extremely murky. There are factions favoring getting closer to the West, which clearly would have ramifications for the Axis of Resistance\u2019s ability to fight Tel Aviv.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">On Lebanon,\u00a0Syria never wavered. History explains why: from the point of view of Damascus, Lebanon historically remains a governorate, so Damascus is responsible for the security of Beirut.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">And that\u2019s one of Tel Aviv\u2019s key motives to propel the current Salafi-jihadi offensive on Syria \u2013 after smashing virtually every communication corridor between Syria and Lebanon. What Tel Aviv could not accomplish on the ground &#8211; a victory over Hezbollah in southern Lebanon \u2013 has been replaced by isolating Hezbollah from the Axis of Resistance.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\"><a class=\"article__article-image\" title=\"Crisis in Syria: Balance of Forces Between Government Army, Jihadist Militias, and Regional Powers\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241203\/crisis-in-syria-balance-of-forces-between-government-army-jihadist-militias-and-regional-powers-1121080163.html\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Balance of forces in Syria amid renewed terrorist-inspired crisis. \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121080633_0:104:1280:616_1920x0_80_0_0_7117cf3fbde8021108e8d88800b5504b.png.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121080633_0:104:1280:616_640x0_80_0_0_06ce4fd4ca0ca544f1e592b35ee4614e.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121080633_0:104:1280:616_1280x0_80_0_0_980b26744afc514a8de1a22885881c75.png.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121080633_0:104:1280:616_1920x0_80_0_0_7117cf3fbde8021108e8d88800b5504b.png.webp 1920w\" alt=\"Balance of forces in Syria amid renewed terrorist-inspired crisis. - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.12.2024\" width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" data-source-sid=\"sputnik_infographics\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121080633_0:104:1280:616_640x0_80_0_0_06ce4fd4ca0ca544f1e592b35ee4614e.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121080633_0:104:1280:616_1280x0_80_0_0_980b26744afc514a8de1a22885881c75.png.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121080633_0:104:1280:616_1920x0_80_0_0_7117cf3fbde8021108e8d88800b5504b.png.webp 1920w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"h3\">\n<h3 id=\"1121108341-2\" class=\"article__h2\">When in Doubt, Re-Read Xenophon<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Wars in West Asia are a complex mix of national, sectarian, tribal and religious vectors. In a sense, they are endless wars; controllable to an extent, but then back again.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg\">\n<div class=\"article__quote-bg-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-text\">The Russian strategy in Syria seemed to be very precise. As it was impossible to normalize a completely fragmented nation, Moscow opted to free the Syria that really matters \u2013 the capital, the most important cities, and the Eastern Mediterranean coast &#8211; from the Salafi-jihadi mobs.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__quote-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info__share\">\n<div class=\"share m-active\" data-id=\"1121108341\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241206\/pepe-escobar-the-syria-tragedy-and-the-new-omni-war-1121108341.html?share-block=1121109725\" data-title=\"The Russian strategy in Syria seemed to be very precise. As it was impossible to normalize a completely fragmented nation, Moscow opted to free the Syria that really matters \u2013 the capital, the most important cities, and the Eastern Mediterranean coast - from the Salafi-jihadi mobs.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">The problem is that freezing the war in 2020, with direct implication by Russia, Iran and (reluctantly) Turkiye, did not solve the \u201cmoderate rebel\u201d problem. Now they\u2019re back \u2013 in full force, supported by a vast Rent-a-Jihadi mob, with NATOstan Intel behind them.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Some things never change.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">2012. Jake Sullivan, then an aide to Hillary Clinton: \u201cAQ [al-Qaeda*] is on our side in Syria.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">2021. James Jeffrey, special envoy to Syria under Trump (2018-2020): \u201cHTS [Hayat Tahrir al-Sham*] is an asset to the US\u2019s strategy in Idlib.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">There could not be better timing for the revival of the HTS \u201casset\u201d. HTS if filling an enormous void; beware when that happens in West Asia. Russia is fully concentrated on Ukraine. Hezbollah suffered heavily from Tel Aviv\u2019s bombings and serial killing. Tehran is fully concentrated on how to deal with Trump 2.0.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">History always teaches us. Syria is now a West Asian Anabasis. Xenophon \u2013 a soldier and writer \u2013 tell us how, in the 4th century B.C., an \u201cexpedition\u201d (\u201canabasis\u201d, in Ancient Greek) of 10,000 Greek mercenaries were engaged by Cyrus the Younger against his brother Artaxerxes II, King of Persia, from Armenia to the Black Sea. The expedition miserably failed \u2013 and the painful return journey was endless.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\"><a class=\"article__article-image\" title=\"Photos: Syria Under Attack Facing Terrorist Onslaught\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241203\/photos-syria-under-attack-facing-terrorist-onslaught-1121077713.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Armed opposition groups use heavy weapons against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces at Shaykh Najjar in Aleppo.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121077883_0:395:3072:1624_1920x0_80_0_0_a2303951415eb1b8605ec0e29e0c416b.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121077883_0:395:3072:1624_640x0_80_0_0_25b83bac1e7e437a4a3496310fe7d420.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121077883_0:395:3072:1624_1280x0_80_0_0_c643db16fea53ab9f813bae204797836.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121077883_0:395:3072:1624_1920x0_80_0_0_a2303951415eb1b8605ec0e29e0c416b.jpg.webp 1920w\" alt=\"Armed opposition groups use heavy weapons against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces at Shaykh Najjar in Aleppo. - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.12.2024\" width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" data-source-sid=\"gettyimages\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121077883_0:395:3072:1624_640x0_80_0_0_25b83bac1e7e437a4a3496310fe7d420.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121077883_0:395:3072:1624_1280x0_80_0_0_c643db16fea53ab9f813bae204797836.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0c\/03\/1121077883_0:395:3072:1624_1920x0_80_0_0_a2303951415eb1b8605ec0e29e0c416b.jpg.webp 1920w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">2,400 years later, we see governments, armies and mercenaries still plunging into the endless West Asia wars \u2013 and extracting themselves now is even more insoluble.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Syria now is tired, attritted, with the SAA becoming complacent with the long freeze of the war since 2020. All that coupled with the vicious starvation siege unleashed by the US Caesar Act, and the impossibility to start rebuilding the nation with the help of at least 8 million citizens who fled the endless war.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Over these past 4 years, problems piled up. There were endless breaches of the Astana process and Israel bombed Syria almost daily with impunity.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">China was basically immobile. Beijing simply did not invest in the rebuilding of Syria.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Perspective is sobering. Even Russia \u2013 which is a de facto Resistance icon in itself, even if not formally part of the West Asian Axis of Resistance \u2013 has taken nearly three years of hard slog in its fight with Ukraine.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Only a cohesive, consolidated Axis of Resistance \u2013 after getting rid of countless 5thcolumnists working inside &#8211; would have a chance against being picked off one by one by the same consolidated enemy, over and over again.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Sometimes it feels like the BRICS \u2013 particularly China &#8211; haven\u2019t learned anything from Bandung in 1955, and how the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM) was neutralized.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">You can\u2019t beat a pitiless hegemonic hydra with flower power.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until recently, a serious geopolitical working hypothesis was that West Asia and Ukraine were two vectors of the standard Hegemon modus operandi, which is to incite and unleash Forever Wars. 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