> russia helped with the air support > iran sent infantry gear,trainers,elite units,and militias > with isis around you had a great motivator to fight like hell (it was actually a existential threath) > the rebels were fractured and prone to infighting > you still had some money fast forward 2024 > economy is shit > you demobilize lot of your soldiers > the veterans of the isis campaigns are dead or retired > russia is busy in ukraine > iran got turbo fucked by wasting their militias on the hezbollah-israel conflicts all because gaza chimp out > because you threath your people like absolute shit,a shiton of your citizens resent you on silence and are just rebels waiting for a opportunity > the rebels condensed into 4 clear factions,with clear territory,clear command etc,making ceasefires,alliances,shared efforts etc easier every advantage of the '16 to '20 period was gone once jolani came,every realized "man,why do even bother with assad" and just left
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