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I wonder what the Russians might do.
I would imagine everything possible to retain thier warm water port and airfield there, I wouldn't be surprised if they had already negotiated this in exchange for standing aside and no longer supporting Assad
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Possible, but I doubt it. The speed of this attack caught everyone by surprise, even the rebels. They started a 'counter-attack' 12 days ago and are now walking around the presidential palace in Damascus!
I think the HTS guy is trying to be as pragmatic as possible though, and not aggravate Israel, the west or Russia for the moment, so is making all the right noises, promising to keep Russia's bases intact etc. Everyone is just trying to digest what happened and get their bearings.
itsbruce
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I wonder what the Russians might do. At the moment it looks as if they had placed all their chips on Assad, and if so they've got nothing left. But if they have been a slight bit more cunning than that, they may still have a way to influence (and fuck up) the formation of the new Syria.