Damascus: The ongoing collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has sparked widespread alarm, drawing chilling comparisons to a prophecy by Baba Vanga, often referred to as the “Nostradamus of the Balkans”.
Rebel forces, spearheaded by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, have gained significant ground in recent weeks. Damascus, the capital city, has fallen under rebel control, along with the notorious Sednaya Prison. Aleppo has succumbed to opposition forces, and Homs remains a fiercely contested battleground. Amid this upheaval, Hezbollah forces have withdrawn, and Syrian government troops are retreating into neighboring Iraq. The capital’s residents are gripped by panic as the country’s once-formidable regime appears on the verge of total collapse.
Baba Vanga’s prophecy, which claimed that Syria’s downfall would precede a catastrophic global conflict between Eastern and Western powers, has resurfaced in public discourse. Her cryptic warning that “Syria will fall at the feet of the winner, but the winner will not be the one” has fueled intense speculation about the implications of the current crisis.
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The combination of Syria’s disintegration and the resurgence of Vanga’s predictions has heightened anxieties about the potential for a larger conflict. The fragile balance in the Middle East, coupled with the involvement of international powers, adds to fears that the unrest could spill over into a global confrontation, making the late seer’s once-dismissed warnings seem eerily prescient.
