From Costantino Ceoldo, an astute observer who is kind enough to sometimes translate my ramblings into Italian.

It took 14 years to topple Syria in a few days: in the end, its army stopped fighting and new militiamen flooded in from Turkey because the Syrian generals were bought by the West through yet another mighty intelligence operation (sic) and then they ordered their troops to lay down their weapons without resistance. Therefore, neither Iran nor Russia could do anything in time: the field was firmly in Judas’ hands.

Professor Dugin:

The situation in Syria is, in reality, very tragic. This was originally the globalists’ Plan B in the White House in Washington. The globalists wanted before to control the situation and prolong the process of conflict escalation by stirring up tensions in Georgia, in Moldova, in Armenia, in Romania, in Syria and Middle East-everywhere where Russian has a strategic stake, weakening Russia’s position in these strategic places, one after another.

But the victory of Trump, the prospect of a new administration in Washington accelerated all plans to undermine Russia. In order to set Trump up for failure and trap him, those in Washington now have sped up their efforts to diminish Russia’s regional importance. If Russia appears too weak and too unstable to assure its own regional interests and those of its allies, this could send the wrong message to Trump, leading him down the wrong path of treating Russia as some secondary, regional power. I believe this is the plan behind the entire Syria situation.

Syria was the weakest link in the chain. And this time, globalists and Israel have thrown in all their cards, all their leverage, all their potential there in Syria in order to strike simultaneously against Assad. Maybe the corrupted Syrian army had some secret agreements with the West. May be some members of Assad family also. The goal was to get Russia out of Syria, overthrow Assad, expel Iranians and support Israel with a weakened Syria, compounded with the goal of altering Russia’s image in the eyes of Trump.

Iranian leader, Seyyed Ali Khamenei:

During a speech in Tehran, Seyyed Khamenei emphasized that Iran has “evidence that leaves no room for doubt” to support this assertion.

He highlighted the role of a “neighboring country,” which, according to him, “played an overt role in the events in Syria and continues to do so, as is evident to all,” adding that “The primary force behind the conspiracy, the planning, and the command centers were in America and the Zionist entity.”

Seyyed Khamenei affirmed that “the power of the Resistance will expand even further, encompassing the entire region,” stressing that “the Resistance remains steadfast.”