 weakened because of mass defections within the Syrian army. And later on, the Russian regime also came in in 2015 with significant air power in the forms of fighter jets that really just annihilated certain communities. And so it really turned the tide for the Assad regime, which had been flailing up and until 2015, I would say. On the diplomatic side, I think what the Syrian conflict really shows is that if you have a great power patron,