Although Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was referring to the U.S., when lamenting that “things are worse than she thought,” it’s a statement which could apply to almost any area in the world at this point in time.

The deterioration of leadership, in addition to the tremendous divide in ideology, philosophy, values, ethics, morals and judgment has become so at odds that there almost seems no way to come back from the downward spiral that is taking place at lightning speed.

It was just a few months ago that the Assad regime was toppled by Syrian rebels, promising a brighter tomorrow for the victims of the profound suffering, torture and mass killings which occurred under the former Syrian president who fled to Russia for asylum. His replacement, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, assured a skeptical world that his would be a government, restoring freedom and equity to the people, virtually promising a new era, filled with opportunity for all.

Those were the words of a man claiming to protect the people. But now we are confronted with the news that as many as 1,000 may have been massacred in the Alawite region over the past few days, an area made up of both Muslims and Christians.  But while al-Julani’s HTS Sunni Islamist group (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham), said to have “extremist roots,” claims that insurgents, loyal to Assad attacked and killed members of the security forces of the new government, the other side is blaming HTS for the massive revenge death toll of their people, claiming that the country’s minority population was always endangered.  

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