1/ The empire installed an al-Qaeda regime in the heart of Syria, and now, when their Frankenstein murders civilians, they blame the corpse of the Assad state or conjure up the ghost of ISIS as an excuse.
Here are some of the imbeciles who whitewashed Al-Qaeda 🧵
Here are some of the imbeciles who whitewashed Al-Qaeda 🧵
2/ In a world that prides itself on democracy, transparency, and human rights, it is nothing short of Orwellian how the very same Western powers that bombast about “freedom” and “liberation” have enabled, empowered, and installed a jihadist regime in the heart of Syria.
3/ Yes, I’m talking about the grotesque farce unfolding before our eyes: the legitimization of Abu Mohammad al-Julani, former al-Qaeda warlord, now rebranded as “President Ahmad Shaara”.
4/ And no, this is not a dystopian fiction—this is the reality the UK and US have engineered through MI6, CIA and other intelligence tentacles under the guise of diplomacy and conflict resolution.
5/ Let me be crystal clear. The so-called “diplomatic efforts” by British NGOs like Inter-Mediate, a front created by Tony Blair’s former chief of staff Jonathan Powell, were never about peace or diplomacy. 
6/ These operations were calculated regime change tactics aimed at achieving through covert operations what their failed proxy war couldn’t deliver.
7/ After over a decade of bloodshed, the Syrian state refused to collapse. So instead, they installed their own Frankenstein creation—al-Qaeda in a suit and tie.
8/ Former US ambassador to Syria Robert Ford—who once played the field cheerleader for “moderate rebels”—publicly admitted that he met Julani twice under the auspices of this British NGO to “bring him into the political process.”
9/ Let's stop for a moment and digest the sheer insanity here. The same West that once cried about “terrorism” post-9/11 is now openly partnering with jihadists, polishing their image, and seating them in presidential palaces.
10/ I speak to you not from the ivory towers of academia or think tanks, but as a Syrian from Aleppo who has lived this war, who saw his peaceful city turned into rubble not by grassroots revolutions, but by externally-funded death squads.
11/ Aleppo never rose in protest in 2011. We were going to school, going to work, and taking care of our families.
So what did the revolutionaries do? They humiliated Aleppines, dragged them off buses and humiliated them because we refused to play their sectarian game.
So what did the revolutionaries do? They humiliated Aleppines, dragged them off buses and humiliated them because we refused to play their sectarian game.
12/ So British and Turkish intelligence made sure Aleppo would burn.
13/ They recruited local activists, paid them to deceive our community into believing this was some national uprising.
It wasn't. It was a geopolitical chess game. And we were the pawns.
It wasn't. It was a geopolitical chess game. And we were the pawns.
14/ Fast forward to today. Julani’s regime, backed and sanitized by the US and the UK, launches genocidal campaigns against Syria’s Druze in Suwayda and massacres Alawite civilians in the coastal regions.
15/ What does the US envoy Tom Barrack say? “ISIS militants may have been disguised as government soldiers in Suwayda.” Laughable.
16/ The empire thinks we are all fools. They installed ISIS, and now when their Frankenstein murders civilians, they blame the corpse of the Assad state or conjure up the ghost of ISIS as an excuse.
17/ Let’s talk about one of the more visible faces of this operation: Razan Saffour.
A British-Syrian advisor to Julani, SOAS-educated, with a media-savvy profile and a carefully curated presence on Western platforms.
A British-Syrian advisor to Julani, SOAS-educated, with a media-savvy profile and a carefully curated presence on Western platforms.
18/ She’s been a vocal figure defending the regime’s actions in Syria, even as reports of mass kidnappings and civilian massacres mount.
What’s weird is that she had never set foot in Syria before December.
What’s weird is that she had never set foot in Syria before December.
19/ She was born in the UK and lived there all her life—only glimpsing Syria from the Turkish border during brief NGO-related work.
20/ Her father was a known Muslim Brotherhood figure, yes, but still—how does a woman with no local political roots suddenly become an official advisor to Julani just one month after arriving?
21/ How does she get a seat at the table with Mohammed bin Salman? Who opened those doors?
Was she parachuted in by Jonathan Powell and the Inter-Mediate network?
Was she parachuted in by Jonathan Powell and the Inter-Mediate network?
22/ As of now, there’s no public record confirming that she works for Inter-Mediate. But does it matter?
The ecosystem of British foreign policy, soft power, and regime change assets is tightly knit.
The ecosystem of British foreign policy, soft power, and regime change assets is tightly knit.
23/ Whether through NGOs, diplomatic back channels, or civil society façades, they are all reading from the same imperial script.
Saffour, regardless of formal affiliation, is clearly a part of the apparatus selling Julani to the West.
Saffour, regardless of formal affiliation, is clearly a part of the apparatus selling Julani to the West.
24/ This is not an isolated incident. This is a sustained policy.
The UK government, under Keir Starmer, was the first to recognise the Julani regime after it seized control of Damascus.
The UK government, under Keir Starmer, was the first to recognise the Julani regime after it seized control of Damascus.
25/ And why wouldn’t they? Powell is now the UK’s national security advisor.
He’s back in the game, orchestrating the same dirty tricks that dragged us into Iraq under the lie of weapons of mass destruction.
He’s back in the game, orchestrating the same dirty tricks that dragged us into Iraq under the lie of weapons of mass destruction.
28/ How Jonathan Powell's people brokered Syria deal from inside the president's palace
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
29/ The Blair-Bush Project in Syria That Brought Al Qaeda to Power
beeley.substack.com/p/the-blair-bu…
beeley.substack.com/p/the-blair-bu…
30/ MI6’s man in Damascus: Jonathan Powell, Inter-Mediate, and the Al-Qaeda-linked gov’t in Syria
thecradle.co/articles/mi6s-…
thecradle.co/articles/mi6s-…
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