> The leader of Syria is a Sunni terrorist but he stays in place because he blocks arms shipments through Syria from Iran to Hezbollah. That suits Israel. Israel doesn't care how the Syrian leader treats his own people so long as he continues to disallow arms to Hezbollah from Iran. And the USA goes along with whatever Israel wants.

That's one thing, the more important (and sad) thing is that the Islamists are the ones who eventually won the war and there is no one left as a contender for governing the country. The Kurds alone are too small.

In Iran the situation is different, as Iran always had a vibrant civil society that is only held back by the Mullahs' sheer military and police gun power. I'm confident they will manage something decent once Israel and the US have bombed enough of the Mullahs, IRGC, Basij etc. to cause the rest of them to flee to Moscow.