The race of Men

The war launched against Syria has reached its second year and the end of the conflict does not seem to be close.

The successes achieved by the Syrian army a few months ago in regaining the areas of al-Qusayr and Daraa in the south of the country have not been followed by equal successes in the north, in Aleppo and along the border with Turkey. These areas remain under the control of anti-government terrorist forces, sponsored by the White House and some of its vassal states: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, and to a different extent, Turkey.

The first Geneva peace conference ended with a stalemate and that seems to be the fate of its reply, which will be held once again in Geneva, after the summer.

The reshuffle within the U.S. administration did not lead to the results that some had hoped, despite the departure of Hillary Clinton and General Wesley Clark.

Russia is still sided with Syria, for historical reasons and to avoid that the Mediterranean is turned into an American lake, with the Black Sea Fleet that cannot get out from the homonymous sea.

Iran provides military assistance and technology to Syria and so reciprocates the help received from Damascus during the war against Saddam Hussein.

However, the situation in the north of the country remains extremely negative for the government and for the local population, which has no sympathy for the rebels and their supporters but also suffers their inhuman presence.

That being fought in Syria is not a civil war:  perhaps it could be the in the early beginning, but even if it was, now it is no more. In Syria a dirty war is fought by proxy, a war of the kind that the United States like so much today. A war waged by the Americans who use a militia of murderous fanatics to overthrow the government of Bashar Al-Hassad and replace it with a puppet, closer to their interests. All this on the wave, now weak, of that movement falsely libertarian who has been pompously called Arab Spring and that is vernal in name only.

Two years of war have already seen many battles in Syria and it is a general rule of the ars belli that a conflict can be composed of many battles, but not all of them are won usually always by the same side.

It's of a few days ago the news that the Syrian air base placed at Mennagh, near Aleppo, fell into the hands of the rebels, after almost two years of siege and constant violent attacks.

This news can be distressing for those who care about the future of Syria and a reason to rejoice, instead, for the barbarians who outrage it.

Here we are not interested in discussing the strategic importance of the Mennagh's airbase. Nor if its loss was an irreparable loss or simply a severe one in the ruthless war economy.

Here we are interested in something else.

Here we are interested in paying our tribute to the defenders of that base, defenders that have stood brave for so long. And therefore we want make it absolutely, with these few imperfect lines.

And to do that, we choose to remember the many unknown by the few known, whose images were made public in the hours immediately after the fall of the base.

Here we are paying our tribute to Ammar Hilal of which we know almost nothing, not even his degree. We do not know what kind of man he was, even though the photo shows almost a boy. We do not know if he was a believer or not, his kind of political ideas, if he was married or boyfriend, if he was a worker or a college student who wore the uniform in a time of emergency for his nation. But we know that he volunteered along with 14 other teammates to slow the advance of the terrorists and allow his comrades to save themselves. Ammar Hilal died as a martyr, he died with the generosity that only a hero can have.

Here we are paying our tribute to Captain Haytham Ibrahim Adel, who has also the face of a young man and who fell in the defense of the Mennagh's airbase. We know nothing about him except that this captain remained at his post as a fighter, performing his duty against an enemy that several times has given a proof of inhuman savagery. Try some popular videos on YouTube where you can see rebels who eat the flesh of prisoners captured.

Here we are paying our tribute to Lieutenant Ghaith Thabet Aakram dead in his helicopter, shot down by a rocket given by the CIA to his murderers. We do not know who he was, in the life of every day, this young lieutenant who will not see the end of the war except, perhaps, from the sky.

But we can say one thing, about him and the others: they could all escape. Or they could join the enemy, thinking that the war was lost forever, and that their lives were more important than anything else.

Instead they chose differently, believing that the Syria they defended was better than the one proposed by the enemy.

Because in a Syria secular, socialist, open to all religions, there is no room for cannibal murderers who eat human flesh or lay the decapitated heads of the prisoners on the racks of barbecue, as despicable trophy.

The fall of Mennagh's airbase into enemy hands is an undeniable fact, but in spite of this reality, we can say one thing: in Syria, right now, in this very hour, the Race of Men is still strong and steadfast.

To all of them and to the generous nation that hosts them, we reserve our respectful homage.

Costantino Ceoldo

Photo: Hero Martyr Ammar Hilal, who remained behind to cover his colleagues

 

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Author`s name Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
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