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Netanyahu takes credit for fall of Syrian government as Israel advances on Golan Heights (peoplesdispatch.org)

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Currently there's a window of opportunity for transitioning to a functional state of some sort. I'm referring to either the potential future failure of that, or the potential failure to transition to a functional state.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Before this week, Syria had already for years been carved up by ISIS/HTS/Al-Qaeda, Turkey, US/Kurds, and Israel. The Assad government was already a diminished, rump state. Now the four frenemy victors will decide the fate of the ex-rump state.