while not a perfect leader who may not have the majority of his population behind him, and may be supported by incompetent foreign forces such as russia, hizballah and iran, the loss of assad will itself be a tragedy for syria which the syrian people will soon come to acknowledge. it will follow the chaotic path of libya where 13 years have passed and leadership remains unelected since there is no structure for elections. the only reason iraq hasn't collapsed in the same way is because of americans holding a form of structure. same as afghanistan until the us left and taliban took over. the difference with libya is that there was no unified force ready to govern like the taliban, and i personally am not confident that there is unified force ready to govern syria and will just have decades of civil war amongst factions.
Malta