Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to emerge as a major winner from the fall of Bahsar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. This comes after years of instability and isolation caused by the 13-year Syrian civil war on his doorstep. The Turkish leader declared a “new diplomatic and political reality in Syria” after backing Syria’s armed opposition for over a decade. Ankara’s role in the two-week offensive that toppled Bashar al-Assad on December 8 remains unclear. 00:00 – INTRODUCTION 01:06 – ERDOGAN’S DECADE-LONG SUPPORT TO REBELS TO YIELD RESULTS? 02:43 – ERDOGAN TO GAIN FROM ASSAD’S OUSTER?04:05 – WILL HTS JOIN HANDS WITH ERDOGAN TO RULE SYRIA?n18oc_world n18oc_crux