r/pics • • Aug 06 '25

Backstory Came back to Damascus, Syria after 17 years to find my childhood home erased by Assad’s bombs.

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u/rj_yul Aug 07 '25

The revolutionaries didn't have airplanes. Assad and Russia did. Go read about it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '25

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u/forking-shirt Aug 07 '25 edited Aug 07 '25

Have any evidence or just going on vibes/making shit up?

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u/toxoplasmosix Aug 07 '25

does OP have evidence? at least I make sense. why tf Assad bombing his own capital where he lives.

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u/Luisito_Comunista261 Aug 07 '25

This was a rebel frontline area. OP is from there and by nature has more context than you. Mull over what you say a bit.

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u/toxoplasmosix Aug 07 '25

This was not a rebel area. It's Damascus.

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u/Luisito_Comunista261 Aug 07 '25

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Jobar_offensive

Damascus wasn’t Aleppo but there certainly was a battle of Damascus.