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This is more footage from the massacres of Sikhs during the 1984 Genocide.

Source 1
0:00-0:33, Mobs of armed Hindu's burn Sikh property and cars, and search for Sikhs to kill.
(Coverage by Ken Rees ITN News)

Source 2
0:34-1:26, Two Sikh truck drivers were pulled out of their truck and burned to death, their charred bodies still float in the river.
A man is interviewed who says "I don't want to see any Sikh people here."
He is asked about the Sikh death count and says, "About 100 or 200."

Source 3
1:27-2:20, At least 2000 Sikhs murdered in the streets of eastern Delhi, 1/3 flee to Punjab, the rest languish in refugee camps.
A reporter interviews a Sikh man who has been forced to return to his home because he has no money. He says he still receives taunts from his neighbors for being Sikh, he tells the story of his two sons who were burned alive in front of him. He also witnessed his local Member of Parliament encouraging the killings.

Source 4
2:21-3:08, Surviving Sikh families, mostly women and children, set up makeshift camps in the woods to hide from the violence. They are concerned about an increasingly larger Hindu mob of young men that watches them. The families tell more stories of the brutal killings of Sikhs, and how the police looked on, despite being present.

Guess where my grandfather’s from. He was a diplomat for this country in the 70s and 80s. I asked him a lot of questions to make sure this map was accurate.

This man was a visionary, and the perpetrators of his murder are still running our country today.

May god punish those who usurped our country.

As per our timeline, the broader Arab Spring movement that begins in 2011 leads to a popular uprising against the Syrian dictatorship and ignites the Syrian Civil War. The rebels make significant advances in the north, but eventually get bogged down by regime forces in Aleppo and Hama by the end of 2012. 

This is where our timeline diverges.
In early 2013, as the Assadists struggle to reel from the devastating losses in the north, the rebels pull off a victory in Aleppo, and successfully capture the city after months of a stalemate. The rebels momentum allows them to launch a surprise attack on Hama, where anti-Assad sentiment is particularly rife due to the historic Hama Massacre. Hama falls six days after the capture of Aleppo, on January 1st. 

At this point, Assadist elites have serious concerns about their ability to continue the conflict. The minimal foreign support they’ve received from the Iranian IRGC isn’t enough to stem the tide (Russia would only intervene starting in 2015 in OTL), and as the civil war devolves even further into sectarian conflict, the Syrian government also has to deal with notable defections from its Sunni officials and military officers who are losing confidence in the regime. 

Key members of the Alawite security and military apparatus begin to support the idea of a total withdrawal to the coastline regions. This is where the government regime has its strongest supporters, since it’s where the Assad family’s religious sect, the Alawites, are most common.

Bashar al-Assad (notorious for his indecision and incompetence) buckles to the stress and anxiety of  having to confront a potential overthrow of his regime. He orders Operation Qiyadat al-Qal’a, a full military and civilian withdrawal to the Alawite coast, under the command of his brother Maher al-Assad: the second most powerful man in Syria and leading commander of the Alawite paramilitaries. This is followed by the Homs Defensive Maneuvers, a series of defensive battles undertaken by Assadist forces in the north of Homs to allow for a successful retreat of government forces from Central Syria. 

Syrian rebels subsequently take control of Damascus, engaging in widespread massacres against individuals associated with the Assadist government. The rebels briefly proclaim the unrecognized "Republic of Syria." However, the various rebel factions soon split as a result of internal power struggles, reigniting the civil war. The rise of ISIL in late 2013 still occurs, forcing rebel factions fighting for power in Central Syria to reckon with even more threats from their East and bringing the Syrian Civil War into a chapter of prolonged conflict.

The aftershocks of the Assadist retreat and the loss of core Syrian territories in the center of the country eventually lead to the Assadist Political Crisis in March 2013, the flight of Bashar al-Assad to Russia, and the consolidation of Alawite power under his brother Maher al-Assad.

The ongoing thirteen year civil war in the center and east of Syria rivals only the Somalian Civil War in its scale and length, any form of a peace anytime soon is highly unlikely.

Operation Qiyadat al-Qal’a (Command)
Operation Qiyadat al-Qal’a, also known as Operation Fortress Command, was a military and civilian retreat initiated by the Assadist regime to its Alawite strongholds on the western coast of the country. The members of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces, its officers, notable members of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party, much of the Syrian ruling elite, and other core elements of the Assadist regime took part in the retreat. Their exodus was in response to a sudden lighting military campaign by Syrian pro-democracy rebels, and multiple civilian uprisings in the capital of Damascus.

Assadist repelling of the Latakia Offensive and their victories in the Homs Defensive Maneuvers allowed for a successful military withdrawal.
The overall government retreat took place over four weeks after the rebel capture of Hama in January 2013.