> damascus is largely surrounded by rebel groups however due to saa superiority at the time and western backing effectively dead they all broker deals to leave for idlib, securing damascus > kurd faction largely consists of hostile terrorists to turkey > turkey demands their removal but is met with radio silence > turkey invades immediate border areas much to the seething of america > as they do this assad pushes into the idlid hornets nest to much success > this draws turkey further in, outright creating a confederation of different factions loyal to them, setting up military bases within idlib to deter assad and russians from further expansion > rebels have all brokered deals with assad to relocate to idlib besides in the south > trump partially withdraws the us from kurdish region and removes direct american support to them as both a gesture to erdogan but also due to isis in the region being no more than a boogie man > turkish presence into syria increases, further invasion along the border and the kurds backstabbing the us by brokering a deal with the saa and russia to esbalish a presence in the north to deter turks > small offensives break them whilst the remaining large pockets enter a 'reconciliation' process, this process not actually disarming the southern armies > assad calls erdogan's bluff amidst drone attacks and raids by hts into villages they previously held > all out offensive on idlib bringing it to endsieg conditions much to the seething of the turks, many of their military bases encircled by russians and saa > conflict freezes here and enters a negotiations phase as the saa, russia and iran hold the cards > assad gradually rehabilitated somewhat > 2022, russians cut their presence in half to focus on ukraine > 2023, wagner dissolved (played a huge role in the liberation of damascus and smashing of idlib), iran drawn into focusing purely on israel 2024 hezbollah drawn into lebanon he did nothing as his enemies fully mobilized against him
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