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David Daoud

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The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

on Beirut International Airport to some degree for the entry of funds to Hezbollah. So this is a necessary lifeline for Hezbollah. Now, what does it take? What is the nature of that involvement? It could mean anything from logistics to, you know, acting in an advisory capacity to helping to spread the narrative, media warfare, narrative warfare. It doesn't take much.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

on Beirut International Airport to some degree for the entry of funds to Hezbollah. So this is a necessary lifeline for Hezbollah. Now, what does it take? What is the nature of that involvement? It could mean anything from logistics to, you know, acting in an advisory capacity to helping to spread the narrative, media warfare, narrative warfare. It doesn't take much.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Like I said, it's not a heavy lift for the Alawite loyalists of the former Assad regime to prevent the consolidation of Syria. And it won't take a lot from either Iran or Hezbollah to secure their interest of preventing this consolidation by a potentially hostile actor over Syria.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Like I said, it's not a heavy lift for the Alawite loyalists of the former Assad regime to prevent the consolidation of Syria. And it won't take a lot from either Iran or Hezbollah to secure their interest of preventing this consolidation by a potentially hostile actor over Syria.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Like I said, it's not a heavy lift for the Alawite loyalists of the former Assad regime to prevent the consolidation of Syria. And it won't take a lot from either Iran or Hezbollah to secure their interest of preventing this consolidation by a potentially hostile actor over Syria.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Again, they just need to give this image off to the world that this man remains the bloodthirsty terrorist that he was, which is, you know, there's a high likelihood that's true. And if that happens, again, sanctions remain, which means over time he weakens and could tighten, which again, would weaken him further. So it takes little from them to secure this major interest.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Again, they just need to give this image off to the world that this man remains the bloodthirsty terrorist that he was, which is, you know, there's a high likelihood that's true. And if that happens, again, sanctions remain, which means over time he weakens and could tighten, which again, would weaken him further. So it takes little from them to secure this major interest.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Again, they just need to give this image off to the world that this man remains the bloodthirsty terrorist that he was, which is, you know, there's a high likelihood that's true. And if that happens, again, sanctions remain, which means over time he weakens and could tighten, which again, would weaken him further. So it takes little from them to secure this major interest.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Well, look, it's not just the militants that were killed, the Assad supporters that were militants. It seems to be that civilians were also killed. Alawite civilians were also killed. Who's responsible? It could be elements from within HTS. It could be elements from within the SNA.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Well, look, it's not just the militants that were killed, the Assad supporters that were militants. It seems to be that civilians were also killed. Alawite civilians were also killed. Who's responsible? It could be elements from within HTS. It could be elements from within the SNA.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Well, look, it's not just the militants that were killed, the Assad supporters that were militants. It seems to be that civilians were also killed. Alawite civilians were also killed. Who's responsible? It could be elements from within HTS. It could be elements from within the SNA.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

There are also foreign jihadists that have attached themselves to Ahmad al-Sharaf's forces, namely Chechens and others from Central Asia, Uyghur fighters. who were there for ideological purposes, who were proper jihadists.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

There are also foreign jihadists that have attached themselves to Ahmad al-Sharaf's forces, namely Chechens and others from Central Asia, Uyghur fighters. who were there for ideological purposes, who were proper jihadists.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

There are also foreign jihadists that have attached themselves to Ahmad al-Sharaf's forces, namely Chechens and others from Central Asia, Uyghur fighters. who were there for ideological purposes, who were proper jihadists.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Now, the question is, did the orders come from on high or were these rogue actors who were simply venting their frustrations at, if they were of Syrian origin, at the oppression that the Alawite sect is associated with because of its association with the Assad regime? That's not a justification, but this could be the mindset. Or are they proper jihadists who are acting on ideology?

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Now, the question is, did the orders come from on high or were these rogue actors who were simply venting their frustrations at, if they were of Syrian origin, at the oppression that the Alawite sect is associated with because of its association with the Assad regime? That's not a justification, but this could be the mindset. Or are they proper jihadists who are acting on ideology?

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Now, the question is, did the orders come from on high or were these rogue actors who were simply venting their frustrations at, if they were of Syrian origin, at the oppression that the Alawite sect is associated with because of its association with the Assad regime? That's not a justification, but this could be the mindset. Or are they proper jihadists who are acting on ideology?

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Because look, the Alawites are not properly Muslim in their eyes. If anything, they are infidels who have the choice of conversion or death. And if these people are that ideological, is this their ability, making them taking the chance to hit at the so-called infidels? The question remains whether, again, Ahmad al-Sharaq gave the order. If these orders came from top down, he's denying it.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Because look, the Alawites are not properly Muslim in their eyes. If anything, they are infidels who have the choice of conversion or death. And if these people are that ideological, is this their ability, making them taking the chance to hit at the so-called infidels? The question remains whether, again, Ahmad al-Sharaq gave the order. If these orders came from top down, he's denying it.

The President's Daily Brief
PDB Situation Report | March 15th, 2025: Trump Calls Putin’s Bluff & Syria Erupts in Violence

Because look, the Alawites are not properly Muslim in their eyes. If anything, they are infidels who have the choice of conversion or death. And if these people are that ideological, is this their ability, making them taking the chance to hit at the so-called infidels? The question remains whether, again, Ahmad al-Sharaq gave the order. If these orders came from top down, he's denying it.