Syrian insurgents capture key crossing point on border with Jordan
Syrian opposition activists said insurgents have captured a main border crossing with Jordan forcing Syrian authorities to leave it.
Shortly afterward, Jordan’s Interior Minister al-Frayeh said the Naseeb border crossing with Syria had been closed because of the security situation on the Syrian side.
Opposition activists posted videos online showing people storming the border crossing with Jordan, which was in rebel hands until government forces regained control of it in 2018.
Ahmad al-Masalmeh, an opposition activist based in France who covers events in southern Syria, told The Associated Press that local gunmen have captured the Naseeb crossing as well as several other areas in the southern province of Daraa where the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in March 2011. Syrian troops have evacuated checkpoints in several areas including the villages of Inkhil, Nawa and Jassem, he added.
07 December 2024, 12:59
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Naharnet, let’s call things by their name: these are not 'rebels' or 'insurgents' but a coalition of al-Qaeda affiliates and remnants of Daesh. As outlined months ago, there’s a clear pact between Türkiye, Israel, and the USA—Erdogan’s ambitions to annex Syrian territory come with tacit Western support in exchange for bolstering Israel. The so-called ‘Axe of Resistance’ faces orchestrated dismantlement: the Syrian Army’s 'strategic retreats' reek of complicity (bought and paid for by Erdogan), Iran’s new leadership serves Western interests, and Hezbollah’s dwindling resources signal a calculated siege to ensure its military collapse.
If this continues unchecked, expect the men in black—those same extremists—taking the reins of Syria, enforcing their brand of tyranny. Women will be draped in mandatory black, silenced under the weight of this imposed order, as the land is plunged deeper into darkness. The chessboard is rigged, and the consequences grow bleaker by the moment.
