This opens the way for Russian-, Iranian- and Hizbollah-backed Syrian troops and irregular militias to keep moving north and northeast, eventually to liberate Deir Ezzor and Raqqa. The latest twist has seen the Russian armed forces partially pull out of the country, and the combined Syrian-Russian militaries liberate Palmyra from the control of Daesh. This has been going on for over five years now, suggesting that this is a defining rather than an occasional aspect of the conflicts playing themselves out in the country. This is Syria today with its dozens of major political and military elements that change positions but always result in some kind of temporary balance of power.
With every turn, the elements composing the image within the kaleidoscope change shape, place and colour - but they always end up in some kind of balanced relationship that gives the whole image integrity, symmetry and some temporary permanence. T he most useful analogy to describe the situation in Syria that keeps changing by the week is that of a kaleidoscope.
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