The Syrian government was overthrown, and Salafi-jihadist rebels led by a rebranded version of Al-Qaeda called Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in Damascus. US President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu boasted of helping topple Bashar al-Assad. NATO member Turkey played a key role as well. Ben Norton explains how the West dealt a major blow to the Axis of Resistance and Iran.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8pZgwOdIuA

Al-Qaeda-linked ‘rebels’ in Syria say they ‘love Israel’. USA gave them billions in weapons & support: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/12/06/al-qaeda-rebels-syria-israel-usa/

US troops are occupying Syria’s oil fields. Congress refuses to withdraw them: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/12/12/us-troops-occupy-syria-oil-congress-withdraw/

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0:00 Syrian government is overthrown

3:17 Al-Qaeda leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani

4:39 AQ rebrands: Jabhat al-Nusra to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham to HTS

6:16 Western media whitewashed Osama bin Laden

7:53 Jake Sullivan: "AQ is on our side in Syria"

8:49 CIA spends billions arming Salafi-jihadists

10:06 Diplomat says HTS is US "asset"

11:33 HTS' medieval rule in Syria

12:44 Libya: where NATO brought back slavery

15:40 (CLIP) Biden takes credit for overthrowing Assad

16:58 Syrian Al-Qaeda got US weapons

17:24 Turkey backed Syrian assault

17:50 Ukraine's role in Syria

18:30 Israel boasts of Syria regime change

19:12 (CLIP) Netanyahu: Israel helped topple Assad

19:26 Israel supported Syrian rebels

20:38 Syrian rebels say they "love Israel"

22:09 Israel seizes more Syrian territory

23:15 Axis of Resistance is weakened

25:15 Syria's territorial integrity

26:41 US military occupies Syria's oil fields

27:19 (CLIP) Trump boasts: I took Syria's oil

27:46 Congress backs US military occupation of Syria

28:33 US starved Syria of oil revenue

29:43 Western sanctions suffocated Syria's economy

32:42 Inflation in Syria

33:35 This is not about "authoritarianism"

36:08 US strategy to collapse Syrian state

37:30 (CLIP) US official outlines Syria regime-change plan

39:46 Will Syria's borders be changed?

41:41 Iran: the ultimate US target

42:45 (CLIP) Wesley Clark: US planned to topple 7 governments

43:38 US collapsed 6 of 7 states on regime-change list

44:34 Will US war on Iran be next?

46:24 Outro