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7/13/2025, 6:27:48 PM
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Keep in mind that for all the hype about how Assad had "won" the Syrian civil war huge swathes of the country were still under the control of anti-government forces. But the economy was in shambles, so Assad decided to downsize the already very attritioned SAA because he figured he had overwhelming Russian and Iranian support. Then Ukraine and the Gaza boogaloo happened. The minority of semi-sober VKS pilots were pulled out of the country, and most of the Hezbollah foot soldiers (or at least their officers and NCOs) got pagered. Meanwhile, the HTS had been reconstituting and taking serious notes on drone warfare at a time when everything that had allowed Assad to force a favorable deadlock for his regime was gone.
Keep in mind that for all the hype about how Assad had "won" the Syrian civil war huge swathes of the country were still under the control of anti-government forces. But the economy was in shambles, so Assad decided to downsize the already very attritioned SAA because he figured he had overwhelming Russian and Iranian support. Then Ukraine and the Gaza boogaloo happened. The minority of semi-sober VKS pilots were pulled out of the country, and most of the Hezbollah foot soldiers (or at least their officers and NCOs) got pagered. Meanwhile, the HTS had been reconstituting and taking serious notes on drone warfare at a time when everything that had allowed Assad to force a favorable deadlock for his regime was gone.
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