> the question is, what happened behind the scenes julani probably got a line to the syrian pm and said "hey i wanna be ruler without having to fight 10 years of insurgency and you don't wanna die, how about we have a chat?" we're probably gonna see some sort of bilateral talks between the old regime and the new regime until a deal can be made. de-baathication was a total mess in iraq so julani probably wants to avoid that. so middle level paper pushers will keep their jobs, saa soldiers will probably get to remain soldiers, and nobody has to die.
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