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NATO terrorists murdered the Grand Mufti's son. They murdered the Minister of Reconciliation's[1] son, all with a view to corrupting the Syrian government and to bending its will. It didn't work.
NATO terrorists murdered about 25,000 innocent people in Aleppo and Damascus, injuring and crippling another 40,000.[2] Aleppo and Damascus are now vibrant and rebuilding. The terrorists failed to occupy and destroy these ancient cities.
NATO terrorists stole everything they could steal from Aleppo, and shipped the stolen machinery to Turkey. What they couldn't steal, they destroyed, immediately disemploying tens of thousands of desperate people. Aleppo's industrial base is now being reborn and rebuilt.
NATO coalition warplanes and their allied terror proxies destroyed about 80% of Raqqa. Coalition planes have, since the beginning of Operation Inherent Resolve, targeted infrastructure, as have NATO terrorists.[3] They target schools and hospitals and power plants and water sources. They target and destroy everything and anything that sustains life and a civilized country. They have not succeeded in bending the will of Syria and its peoples. But that remains their goal.
More recently, SDF terrorists have been burning Syrian food crops. The goals are the same. This, and the West's on-going economic warfare against Syria and its peoples. It is also likely to fail. But desperation will corrupt some.It
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