Uh. I think the analogy to 1989 is somewhat applicable to what happened internally (a repressive regime that seemed inevitable right up until a bunch of people decided the system was toast and they weren't interested in killing/dying to defend it), but this? "…just as 1989 marked the end of communism in Europe, Assad’s flight to Moscow signals the demise of the ideology of anti-Western, anti-Israel resistance in the Middle East" - Nah, that ain't it.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/09/assad-syria-fall-axis-resistance-iran-middle-east-israel/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=YXNzYWQtc3lyaWEtZmFsbC1heGlzLXJlc2lzdGFuY2UtaXJhbi1taWRkbGUtZWFzdC1pc3JhZWw=&pid=PNIIg2Uhiq5yk80
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