Syrian President Bashar Assad and his family have fled Syria. He and his father between them ruled Syria for over 50 years. Now that rule has apparently ended.
Various forces including Iran and perhaps Russia which were propping up the Assad regime finally gave up. Who will run the country and where it will fit into the mosaic that is the Middle East is unclear at this point. It may become an active enemy of Israel, or it may spend some months trying to reconcile the various armed factions within the country.
Also unclear is whether the Russians will give up their naval base on the Syrian coast. And whether the US will continue to support the Kurdish freedom fighters in the northeastern part of the country, forces which the Turks deem terrorists.
