Syria Has Fallen—Chaos Is King in the Middle East – Def-Con News

Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family’s iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East.

The Islamist rebels also dealt a major blow to the influence of Russia and Iran in the region, key allies who propped up Assad during critical moments in the civil war.

This from frontpagemag.com.

Sometimes revolutions and uprisings play out as extended battles. Other times the collapse is near instantaneous because the army simply will not fight.

This is exactly what happened during the original ISIS onslaught, the fall of Afghanistan, and now the fall of Syria.

Regime loyalists insist the Syrian army was bought off. Perhaps the Turks and whatever other interests were behind this ‘uprising’ spread some money around.

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