The Failure State 1: A Reverse Autopsy of Syria
Act I: The Vanishing Regime On December 8, 2024, Damascus didn’t fall. It evaporated. After years of stale frontlines, HTS—those cave-dwelling Islamist revolutionaries or, depending on your marketing, freedom fighters—marched into Syria’s capital without firing a bullet. They passed through Aleppo, Hama, and Homs like ghosts through walls. The world watched in awe. Or confusion. […]