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I don't pretend to know who the rebels are and what kind of government they mean to set up, but I'm hopeful if both Russia and Iran were Assad backers.
From what I know they’re islamists. Although word is they’re pushing a bit more tolerant angle lately, but no one knows if it’s genuine or just to get support.
It’s a slight improvement for the people of Syria, but not much.
Everyone describes the rebels as "Islamist", but since Assad's regime is/was islamic as well it's a very strange choice of labels.
You wouldn't call them that unless it was either a useful way to differentiate them, which it doesn't seem to be, or to manipulate the way people feel about either the rebels or Islam
People need to start talking about this in terms of (at minimum) Shia vs Sunni.
The problem with that, is we have wars like Afghanistan (Taliban and ISIS-K are BOTH Sunni but still fight each other. No different than like, Lutherans getting pissed at Calvinists (both Protestant who hate Catholics but real world is more nuanced than the big divisions).