DD Geopolitics - 🇸🇾 USAID FUNNELED $15B INTO SYRIA TO OVERTHROW ASSAD“NGOs are being used to destabilize Syria. They pretend to help, but in reality, they work for foreign intelligence services.”— Bashar al-Assad (2018)For over a decade, USAID, NED, and Western-backed NGOs played a central role in the Syrian war, financing opposition groups, manufacturing propaganda, and running intelligence operations under the cover of “humanitarian aid.” In 2024, after years of Western-backed subversion, sanctions, and military pressure, Assad was finally overthrown.NGOs as a WeaponUSAID:• Funneled $15+ billion into Syria while secretly funding opposition networks and anti-government operations.• Bankrolled the White Helmets, a group exposed for collaborating with al-Qaeda and staging propaganda videos to justify U.S. intervention.• Provided logistical support to opposition groups in exile, helping to create a U.S.-backed shadow government.National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – “Civil Society” as a Cover for Destabilization:• Financed Barada TV, an opposition media outlet based in Washington, D.C., to broadcast anti-Assad propaganda.• Funded “pro-democracy” NGOs that later channeled resources to jihadist factions, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA).• Supported exiled Syrian activists, preparing them to take power once Assad was removed.Open Society Foundations (OSF) Soros in Syria:• Pushed anti-Assad narratives in global media, portraying the war as a grassroots uprising rather than a Western-backed coup.• Coordinated with U.S. intelligence-backed groups to facilitate regime change efforts.• Advocated for mass migration policies that pressured European nations to accept millions of Syrian refugees—a crisis directly caused by the U.S.-backed war.Assad's Efforts:✅ 2014 – Expelled USAID-backed NGOs after exposing their financial ties to insurgents.✅ 2016 – Revealed the White Helmets’ collaboration with jihadists, warning of Western-backed disinformation.✅ 2018 – Publicly accused the U.K. Foreign Office and USAID of funding anti-government propaganda operations.✅ 2023 – Secured post-war reconstruction deals with Russia and China to minimize Western influence.But despite these efforts, the U.S. and its allies never abandoned their mission to overthrow Assad.Syria was one of the most extensive USAID-backed regime change operations of the 21st century—and this time, they succeeded.