Russia and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have dealt what appears to be the deathblow to Syria’s opposition over the last two weeks, and with it, any slight hopes that may have lingered from the memory of the Arab Spring.
The Daily Beast: As Assad and Putin forces advance in Syria, it’s the death rattle of the Arab spring
Russian military police take part in a joint Turkish-Russian army patrol near the town of Darbasiyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province along the Syria-Turkey border on Nov. 11, 2019.