When Mountains Weep and Deserts Die

On that shattered evening, torn between the ashes of the coast and the wildfires of the steppe, Assad al-Shibani’s visit to Moscow was no ordinary diplomatic journey—it was a message in a bottle cast from a sinking ship. But this ship wasn’t sailing toward safety-;- it was drifting deeper into storms charted by Ankara’s will, not Damascus s.

Turkey, sensing the sands of geography slipping from its fingers, set the stage, cast the actor, and -dir-ected the shadows behind the curtains. Sweida bled in silence, and the West began to murmur: “Is there anyone left in Damascus we can trust?” Pedersen’s latest report rang not as a routine but as a siren—a wake-up call shaking the walls of a regime that had mistaken survival for eternity.

And then came Russia, entering the scene like a wounded tsar reclaiming dominion. Declaring “the unity of Syrian land,” Moscow wasn’t speaking in defense of borders—it was issuing a warning: Russia stays, Russia decides. The message wasn’t about sovereignty-;- it was about supremacy.
Meanwhile, Tehran walks on embers. With clenched fists and sermons recycled from old wars, it waits for blood to fall—especially in the coastal heartland—so it may reawaken the rhetoric of resistance. For every massacre of the Druze, a new banner is raised in Dahiyeh and Baghdad: the shield of the faithful, the avenger of the oppressed.

But the real tragedy plays out in the East. The tribal uprisings being whispered about aren’t revolutions—they’re setups. The chants of vengeance are broadcast from distant rooms, drawing young men into a fire without a flag, a war without a soul. QSD is not an easy adversary. The regime? Not a reliable friend. What unfolds isn’t liberation—it’s sacrifice on the altar of a future deal not yet born.

So do not look to Damascus for salvation, nor to foreign capitals for deliverance. Look instead to awakening. To a Syria not built on bones, nor drafted in the blood of peasants. A Syria neither of the East nor of the West—but one of justice, humanity, and unity.

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