[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Aimen Dean [@AimenDean](/creator/twitter/AimenDean) on x 39.3K followers Created: 2025-07-14 12:32:27 UTC Suwayda: A Hot Mess, Not a Holy Cause Let’s be clear: the current flare-up in southern Syria didn’t start with the Syrian government. It began with internal tensions between the Bedouin tribes of western Suwayda and Daraa on one side, and the Druze factions of Suwayda on the other. And Suwayda, frankly, is ungovernable, not because of Damascus, but because the Druze themselves are fractured beyond coherence. You have three rival factions: •Yahya al-Hannawi, •Laith al-Balusi, •Hikmat al-Hijri - the most toxic of the lot. Hijri, a Venezuelan-born former Assad loyalist, is now neck-deep in the narco trade and openly cozy with former regime loyalists. He’s not just a spiritual leader, he’s a local Nasrallah knockoff, presiding over chaos, criminality, and drug routes. To Damascus: Stay Out of This Firetrap The Syrian government is not anyone’s favorite cup of tea, latte, or even poison. But it is the de facto government everyone is dealing with: •Washington, London, Paris, Berlin, •Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and soon even Tel Aviv. So my advice to the Syrian government is simple: stay out. •Keep checkpoints on the periphery. •Allow civilian movement. •Let them sort their own mess. And if Israel now claims “moral responsibility” for Suwayda’s Druze, then let Israel pay their salaries, supply their electricity, subsidize their food, and manage their garbage. But let’s be honest: between Suwayda and Israel lie XXX km of territory and XXX million non-Druze Arabs who won’t exactly roll out the red carpet. If Tel Aviv wants this problem, hand it to them, complete with the bill. The Cost of Interference The Syrian government already tried to intervene. Light forces sent in were ambushed. When heavier reinforcements moved, Israeli warplanes struck. So what now? Let Israel own the Frankenstein it’s nurturing. Because the more Israel blocks Damascus from imposing order, the more room it creates for: •Hezbollah operatives, •Iranian agents, •Assad’s narco networks, and •local warlords. Not quite the buffer zone fantasy they envisioned. A Message to the Druze of Suwayda If you want international respect, don’t behave like savages. Dragging prisoners’ corpses through the streets, filming them, celebrating publicly, this is not resistance, it’s barbarism. The narrative of imminent genocide is false. Two major Druze factions - Hannawi and Balusi - have publicly called for Syrian state intervention. Not all Druze are anti-government. Not all are pro-Israel. And being a minority does not automatically make you right. And let’s get real: just because there’s a Druze population in Israel doesn’t mean the state of Israel inherits your problems. You are neither Jewish nor Israeli. To the Israelis You’re only meddling because of domestic pressure from your Druze citizens. Netanyahu himself isn’t keen on this distraction. If Washington makes one phone call, the whole “protection operation” will vanish overnight. Hikmat al-Hijri is no freedom fighter. But he will become a major liability - for you - if you try to prop him up. What Should Damascus Do? Stay at the periphery. Offer autonomy, even full autonomy, but not a blank check. Let them try governing themselves. Geography and economics will be their undoing. They have: •no water, •no resources, •no cohesion, •no clarity. And give it a year or two, if not Syria, then Jordan will be the one marching in to shut down the lawlessness and narcotics flooding south. To the Druze: Make Up Your Mind What do you want? •Full independence? Then say it. •Full autonomy? Then take financial responsibility too. You haven’t asked for independence when offered. Why not? Because you’re divided. Three factions. Three agendas. One ticking time bomb. Civil war is coming - not between Suwayda and Damascus - but between Suwayda and itself. And when it explodes, neither Israel nor the West will clean up the mess.  XXXXXX engagements  **Related Topics** [druze](/topic/druze) [Post Link](https://x.com/AimenDean/status/1944736749671915695)
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Aimen Dean @AimenDean on x 39.3K followers
Created: 2025-07-14 12:32:27 UTC
Suwayda: A Hot Mess, Not a Holy Cause
Let’s be clear: the current flare-up in southern Syria didn’t start with the Syrian government. It began with internal tensions between the Bedouin tribes of western Suwayda and Daraa on one side, and the Druze factions of Suwayda on the other. And Suwayda, frankly, is ungovernable, not because of Damascus, but because the Druze themselves are fractured beyond coherence.
You have three rival factions: •Yahya al-Hannawi, •Laith al-Balusi, •Hikmat al-Hijri - the most toxic of the lot.
Hijri, a Venezuelan-born former Assad loyalist, is now neck-deep in the narco trade and openly cozy with former regime loyalists. He’s not just a spiritual leader, he’s a local Nasrallah knockoff, presiding over chaos, criminality, and drug routes.
To Damascus: Stay Out of This Firetrap
The Syrian government is not anyone’s favorite cup of tea, latte, or even poison. But it is the de facto government everyone is dealing with: •Washington, London, Paris, Berlin, •Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and soon even Tel Aviv.
So my advice to the Syrian government is simple: stay out. •Keep checkpoints on the periphery. •Allow civilian movement. •Let them sort their own mess.
And if Israel now claims “moral responsibility” for Suwayda’s Druze, then let Israel pay their salaries, supply their electricity, subsidize their food, and manage their garbage.
But let’s be honest: between Suwayda and Israel lie XXX km of territory and XXX million non-Druze Arabs who won’t exactly roll out the red carpet.
If Tel Aviv wants this problem, hand it to them, complete with the bill.
The Cost of Interference
The Syrian government already tried to intervene. Light forces sent in were ambushed. When heavier reinforcements moved, Israeli warplanes struck.
So what now? Let Israel own the Frankenstein it’s nurturing. Because the more Israel blocks Damascus from imposing order, the more room it creates for: •Hezbollah operatives, •Iranian agents, •Assad’s narco networks, and •local warlords.
Not quite the buffer zone fantasy they envisioned.
A Message to the Druze of Suwayda
If you want international respect, don’t behave like savages. Dragging prisoners’ corpses through the streets, filming them, celebrating publicly, this is not resistance, it’s barbarism.
The narrative of imminent genocide is false. Two major Druze factions - Hannawi and Balusi - have publicly called for Syrian state intervention.
Not all Druze are anti-government. Not all are pro-Israel. And being a minority does not automatically make you right.
And let’s get real: just because there’s a Druze population in Israel doesn’t mean the state of Israel inherits your problems. You are neither Jewish nor Israeli.
To the Israelis
You’re only meddling because of domestic pressure from your Druze citizens. Netanyahu himself isn’t keen on this distraction. If Washington makes one phone call, the whole “protection operation” will vanish overnight.
Hikmat al-Hijri is no freedom fighter. But he will become a major liability - for you - if you try to prop him up.
What Should Damascus Do?
Stay at the periphery. Offer autonomy, even full autonomy, but not a blank check. Let them try governing themselves.
Geography and economics will be their undoing. They have: •no water, •no resources, •no cohesion, •no clarity.
And give it a year or two, if not Syria, then Jordan will be the one marching in to shut down the lawlessness and narcotics flooding south.
To the Druze: Make Up Your Mind
What do you want? •Full independence? Then say it. •Full autonomy? Then take financial responsibility too.
You haven’t asked for independence when offered. Why not? Because you’re divided. Three factions. Three agendas. One ticking time bomb.
Civil war is coming - not between Suwayda and Damascus - but between Suwayda and itself.
And when it explodes, neither Israel nor the West will clean up the mess.
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