بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Ash-Sham Revolution Regains its Glory, Whilst Its Enemies Push Towards the Trap of Reconciliations
(Translated)
By Ustadh Nasser Sheikh Abdul Hai
After a five-year freeze on the fronts, on 27 November 2024, the start of a military operation against the criminal regime was announced, including multiple military formations, starting from the western Aleppo countryside, which is under the control of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), under the title ردع العدوان “Deterrence of Aggression.” The operation has goals that can be summarized as “stopping the criminal regime’s attacks, removing the danger of Iranian militias from the liberated areas, and preparing the appropriate conditions for the return of people to their land.” This was followed a few days later by the launch of a new operation in the northern Aleppo countryside, which is under the control of the National Army, under the title, فجر الحرية “Dawn of Freedom.”
As soon as the battles broke out, people began to regain the enthusiasm and spirit of the first revolution, and its cries of “Allahu Akbar.” The sincere revolutionaries and mujahideen, with strong determination and spirits that reached the heavens, began to record the most inspiring examples of heroism in liberating areas, villages and towns from the control of the criminal regime. This was particularly with the honor bestowed by Allah (swt) upon them, and His opening for them the doors of His Provision from the spoils of their enemy, and its weapons of all kinds, and with the cradle of the population standing and supporting them, upon various levels. Thus, they liberated the city of Aleppo and followed it with the liberation of Saraqib, Maarat al-Numan, Khan Sheikhoun and a very large number of cities and towns in the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib, which Allah (swt) opened up for them. The regions fell before them one after the other, until they reached, at the time of writing this article, the outskirts of the city of Hama, after they liberated many of the villages and towns of the countryside there. All this coincided with the efforts and energy of the heroes of Homs and Daraa who rubbed the regime’s nose in the dirt, after they attacked its security checkpoints and military barracks. Real terror struck the hearts of the bedrock of the criminal regime, its soldiers and its Shabeehah thugs.
In turn, all of this created fear in America and its tools of the harmful regimes in our country, which began to announce their support for the criminal regime in “fighting terrorism,” and their keenness on the unity of Syrian territory, and the independence of decision-making. There is no better evidence that the major American contractor is the one distributing the dirtiest roles to the small players than the statement of Jake Sullivan, the US National Security Advisor. He said on 1 December 2024, “So it’s a complicated situation. It’s one we're monitoring closely, and we’re staying in close touch with regional partners about it.”! Meanwhile, the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that “the clashes in Syria are an undesirable escalation,” and the Turkish Foreign Minister said to his American counterpart, “We call for a political process between the Syrian government and the opposition to restore peace.” Of course, this is the plotting of criminals, and Allah’s planning against them is greater.
The blessed movement of the Ummah and its subsequent results confirm that Allah (swt) is with His servants, and confirms the true nature of the revolutionaries and mujahideen, which is that they are the soldiers of Allah (swt), who do not sleep in the face of injustice. It also confirms the inability of the enemies of the Ummah to break the will of the revolutionary people of ash-Sham and their belief in their ability to change. While emphasizing that in the rush of events, their acceleration, and the analyses and their abundance, there is a clear constant and a stark political truth. The glaring fact is that the criminal regime is dilapidated, its pillars and structure are cracked, and it is weaker than a spider’s web, no matter how much it tries to spin the story of Assad’s inflated strength. If it were not for America’s harnessing of its tools from enemies and so-called friends, conspiracies, and conference decisions, the regime would have collapsed a long time ago.
With all of this, it is imperative for the sincere revolutionaries and free mujahideen to continue on their path, without stopping, to shake the crumbling regime before it catches its breath, seizing it through its soft coastal flank and its abode, Damascus, where the final decision and the epic battle will be, inshaaAllah.
However, amidst the atmosphere of victory that we are living in, and only two days after the start of the battles, a shocking statement was issued by the so-called “Political Affairs Administration in the Liberated Areas” affiliated with the “Salvation Government.” The shocking statement considers the crusader Russia, which has shed the blood of the people of ash-Sham and has been killing, displacing and forcibly displacing them and continues to do so, a “potential partner in building a bright future,” and calling upon Russia “not to link interests to the Assad regime or Bashar himself”!
So where do the authors of this shocking statement stand regarding the blood that was shed, the limbs that were torn apart, the honor that was raped, and the markets, hospitals, and schools that were destroyed?! It is no wonder, as Ahmed Toumeh, head of the negotiating delegation of the so-called “opposition” in Astana, preceded this shocking stance a few weeks ago, when he demanded, in a lowly manner, that Russia play a “greater role in bringing the viewpoints of the opposition and the regime closer together”!
There have been many questions among people, analysts and observers about the nature of this battle. The question is as to whether it is a sincere self-interested one or is it an American-Turkish green light to push towards the political solution engineered by America, to secure the secular criminal regime and stifle the revolution. It is noteworthy that some analysts who referred to the “green light” said that whoever gave it did not expect things to get out of hand in this way, and for the regime’s defense lines to collapse, especially with the great energies, capabilities and qualities of the revolutionaries, and the circumstances that are in their favor to shock their enemy.
Concisely, it is confirmed that the battle came after a public opinion pressure from the cradle of the revolution to open fronts, and reclaim the political and military command, especially in light of the deterioration of the regime’s conditions at all levels, and the preoccupation of its allies with themselves, namely, Russia, Iran and its Hezb in Lebanon.
Any plot by our enemies against our revolution must be met with the awareness of the people of the revolution, and their movement on the ground to nullify this plot.
The patience, perseverance, heroism, sacrifices, lives and limbs that the people of the revolution and Jihad are offering today on the land of ash-Sham must bear fruit for the sake of Islam, not for the sake of its enemies. They must bear fruit for the goal of toppling the criminal regime, not for the sake of sitting with it in dirty political settlements, that America is pushing for and pressurizing to be implemented through its tools, headed by the Turkish regime, the godfather of reconciliations, with the tyrant Assad. The free people of the Ummah have realized the necessity, and inevitability, of continuing to confront the regime without stopping before it catches its breath, and to shake its cardboard fortresses in which it is fortified. The need of the time certainly is not presenting humiliating and shameful credentials to this or that state, as they are all states, regimes and international organizations that hate Islam and the revolution of ash-Sham. They are plotting day and night to return us to the criminal regime, by imposing deadly international solutions upon the revolution of ash-Sham.
We say to our revolutionary people and free mujahideen: Beware and be aware of what is being plotted against you to stifle your revolution and the sacrifices of your Jihad, for you are the guardians of Islam and the hope of the revolution after Allah (swt). So continue on your path with the blessing of Allah (swt), towards the south, towards the capital Damascus. This is to turn the tables on the conspirators and make the criminal regime a thing of the past. Perhaps Allah (swt) will honor us, on the ruins of this defunct regime, the ruling by Islam and its state, the Khilafah on the Method of Prophethood. Indeed, that alone is what will compensate the people of ash-Sham and their sacrifices, for Allah (swt) Alone is the Guardian of that, and is fully capable of that.
* Member of the Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Syria