In the video below, once the Syriana guy in the middle starts talking its worth a listen.

HTS took Aleppo because the Iranians took a cue and left to demonstrate their non-imperialistic bona fides (no permanent bases a la USA)

Iranians were replace by young Syrian conscripts.

CIA did their standard (tripoli) trick of announcing the city had fallen as a psyop then publishing a beheading video and young conscripts withdrew so as not to be beheaded. They tried a coup psyop in Damascus while Assad was in Moscow but it failed.

HTS aim is to surround Lebanon, isolate ooh-aah Hzbollah, and Erdogan wants Aleppo for 3.5 million Syrian refugees

Assad then given ultimatum to cut support for Hzb, Assad said “up yours”.

Now SAA puts a red line at Hama to prevent surrounding of Lebanon. Assad will have substantial gulf arab support this time to limit Turkish expansion, so is in quite a good position in the medium to long term.

Give it a try:

https://www.youtube.com/live/EVYUZJcA0qM