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I suggesting adding a few lines about the shock and surprise with which the world reacted to the offensive, similar to the last paragraph of the lead section for Iranian revolution. Something like:

"The success and speed of the offensive was met with surprise throughout the world, as many foreign governments had considered the Syrian civil war a frozen conflict that had ended in Assad's de facto victory over the opposition. The opposition fighters were themselves reportedly surprised at the rapid collapse of Assad's forces. Analysts attributed the Syrian regime's rapid fall to both its complacency in the face of the rebel threat and its main allies Iran and Russia both having their capacity to intervene military in Syria significantly reduced due to the Israel-Hamas War and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, respectively." SVeach94 (talk) 11:18, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rename Title to "Operation Deterrence of Aggression"

I think we should use the official name for the offensive. 196.157.16.203 (talk) 14:15, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: name not used by all factions. See WP:NPOV Abo Yemen ✉ 14:20, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

flag next to casualties issue

On the baathist syria casualties, it shows the syrian opposition flag instead of tbe baathist syria flag Muhllo (talk) 14:12, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's fixed. Thanks. David O. Johnson (talk) 15:02, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn’t Murhaf Abu Qaeda be in the infobox as the head of HTS’ Military wing

. 102.211.216.122 (talk) 06:21, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You mean Murhaf Abu Qasra.[1] David O. Johnson (talk) 22:09, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 December 2024

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What I think should be changed:

In the info-box under Territorial changes, remove:

Why it should be changed:

This is part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria which started immediately after the topic of this page.

References supporting the possible change:

None as this is a matter of dating. But if necessary - [2]. Guy Haddad 1 (talk) 08:59, 29 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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