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"Sometimes nothing happens for years. And then years – decades even – happen in
a few days.
Over the past ten days, a range of Syrian rebel forces led by the group Hayat
Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have mounted an offensive against the Syrian regime of
Bashar al-Assad. They first captured Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city and
economic hub, and then swept rapidly south through Hama, Homs and finally
Damascus.
The rebels were met with little to no resistance from the Syrian regime, nor
its Russian, Iranian or Hezbollah allies. And so, the 54-year-old regime led by
Hafez al-Assad and then his son Bashar has now fallen.
While it may seem like these events came out of nowhere, the rapid fall of the
Assad regime has a long history."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
