 At that point, Natasha, did everyone realize that Assad, this international pariah with war crimes charges hanging over his head, that he wasn't going anywhere? For a lot of us that had been watching after Assad crossed the red line and there was little accountability for that, we already sort of knew that Assad may, in fact, win. And that was reinforced by Russia's intervention in 2015. As of now, Assad has retained about 65 percent of territory. Most of the major cities in Syria have