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Islamist US proxies have captured Damascus. Bashar's government has fallen. Is it joever for the Axis of Resistence?

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[–] Magos_Galactose@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 weeks ago

I never expected the Syrian army to fall this quickly, but it didn't look good in the first place.

Back when they were fighting back, the bull of the fighting force that didn't come from Iran were formerly pretty active paramilitary groups that were incorporated into the Syrian army. After these fighter served full term in the army and got discharged, they joined up with other paramilitary or mercenaries groups, such as Hezbollah or Wagner group.

Now that practically every experience fighters on Assad's side are busy elsewhere, the entire forces on Assad's side are pretty much underequipped conscripted troops that have neither the skill, experiences, equipments, nor the morale close to what the previous generation of fighters processes. Now add the fact the rebel groups are unsubtly support by the Yank et.al., and...well, you can do the rest of the math yourself.