The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

  • MartianSands@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Everyone describes the rebels as “Islamist”, but since Assad’s regime is/was islamic as well it’s a very strange choice of labels.

    You wouldn’t call them that unless it was either a useful way to differentiate them, which it doesn’t seem to be, or to manipulate the way people feel about either the rebels or Islam