Trump's killing of Qassem Suleimani led to fall of Assad, says Tugendhat
Briefly

"I'm always struck by how some people can be much more seminal, much more key, pivotal to an organisation than you realise at the time. The reality is when Qassem Suleimani was killed in January 2020, he held in his head all the relationships, all the deals for everybody around the region."
"If handled properly, Syria could become the economic powerhouse of the Middle East within a decade. Tugendhat argued on the Conflicted podcast that Suleimani's death in a drone attack had proved to be a turning point."
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