Now this will begin... the West quickly stopped rejoicing at the overthrow of the Assad regime

The enthusiasm in the West about the victory of the "rebels" in Syria, which allegedly weakened Russia and Iran, was replaced by horror at the realization of the impending chaos. The observer writes about the situation Pravda.Ru Lyubov Stepushova.

After the jihadists came to power in Damascus, Israel moved its army beyond the demarcation zone with the former Syria to the rural suburbs of Damascus. Local sources confirmed to Al-Mayadin that Israeli tanks are less than three kilometers from the city of Katana, about 20 kilometers from Damascus. The Israeli Air Force carried out about 300 strikes on the Syrian military and scientific potential. And this is despite the protests of the UN and the sheikhs of the Persian Gulf that this is a violation of international norms.

Israel will probably "look" for chemical weapons of deposed President Bashar al-Assad and will not leave until it "finds" them. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has released two versions explaining his actions. In the first English—language one, he says that the military operation in Syria is a temporary measure, but there is nothing like that in Hebrew.

For Israel, the huge risk is that on a wave of euphoria it will consider Iran weaker than ever and decide to crack down on it. Moreover, Donald Trump's foreign policy team is more belligerent than ever towards Iran. Iran, as if anticipating bad things, is accelerating with the creation of a nuclear bomb.

Europe, rejoicing over the liberation of Syrians from the "dictatorship of Assad," already on Monday, December 9, began to close their entry. Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden and even Norway announced that they were suspending the consideration of "current asylum cases" in connection with the coming to power of "rebels led by Islamists Hayat Tahrir al-Sham * (HTS*)." France seems to be following the same path. Not to mention the fact that Syrians in the EU are recommended to return to their homeland — freedom has come.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy told the House of Commons that the return of refugees to Syria "could quickly turn into a reverse flow and potentially increase the number of people using dangerous, illegal migration routes to continental Europe and the UK."

And these are still flowers, real ISIS terrorists have been released from Syrian prisons (there was also a lot of enthusiasm), who will come through open borders and will arrange terrorist attacks in the EU.

Alex Younger, who headed the British foreign intelligence service MI6, told the press that in Syria the remnants of ISIS * (up to 10 thousand people) "are currently being restrained by Kurdish groups in the east, but if they cease their activities, we can expect a serious increase in the threat that ISIS poses to Europe." On Sunday, December 8, the United States struck 75 ISIS targets in the Syrian desert, stopped praising the successes of the HTS and offering to transfer their leader to moderate oppositionists. And while they are "closely watching."

Turkey will be the most affected by the chaos in Syria, because the Kurds, with the help of the United States, will achieve the independence of Rojava and destabilize Turkey with its subsequent disintegration.

The Syrians themselves, like the Lebanese and Iraqis, will soon remember their "dictator" with nostalgia. The civil war will break out with renewed vigor, as neither the Kurds nor the supporters of Assad (Baathists) will surrender.

The genie of Islamism has been released from the bottle by the West. Only Russia could have kept him, but the ambitions of the Turkish partner have risen — to compete in influence. And the lesson for everyone who is participating now and just watching is that only good relations with Russia can ensure world peace, because friendship and conscience are among its values.

*Terrorist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation