The decline of the Syrian opposition

Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria in 2011, the balance of power in this country has repeatedly changed, including due to external forces — Russia, Iran, Turkey and the anti-terrorist coalition led by the United States. And if Russia was initially aimed at destroying ISIS and maintaining a legitimate government, then Western countries pursued only one goal — to overthrow Assad and tear Syria apart, as was the case in Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya. With the goal unchanged, the means were constantly transformed. The way the West’s policy towards Syria has changed can be clearly seen in the development of the Syrian National Coalition.
In November 2012, a number of Syrian opposition groups outside Syria, led by the Syrian National Council (SNC) and actively assisted by its foreign policy sponsors in the form of a number of Western states, Turkey and the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf, agreed to establish a new and more inclusive governing council at a meeting in Doha (Qatar).
It was planned that the National Coalition of the Forces of the Syrian Revolution and the opposition, which includes both Syrian citizens and Syrians from other countries, would achieve wide international fame as the “only legitimate representative of the Syrian people”, become a channel for financial and possibly military assistance, lead the areas controlled by the rebels, and plan the development of the country after the overthrow of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Western states as one welcomed the creation of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and promised to support it with arms supplies. At least twenty States have recognized the SNC as “the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.” In Washington, the official representation of Syria was even opened in the person of the office of the SNC.
The United States and its allies thought to quickly overthrow Assad according to the plan worked out in Libya, and then, under the pretext of fighting ISIS, occupy all of Syria. But in 2015, Russia intervened, which not only defended the legitimate government, but also won the victory over ISIS.
Under these conditions, the SNC has shown that in reality it cannot unite the entire Syrian opposition and has no real influence on the territory of Syria. Seeing the” political impotence “ of the SNK, the Western powers quickly lost interest in it and curtailed support. The United States switched to supporting the Kurds, and by that time Turkey had formed its own gangs in the Idlib province from the remnants of the Free Syrian Army.
Having lost the support of the West, the SNC drags its existence in Doha and does not cause any interest from the world community due to its inability to really influence the situation in Syria.
All that remains for the members of the SNC is to issue various kinds of statements, mainly with the next accusations of the Assad regime.