The dynamics of the changes that have taken place, in the last de facto days, in the arena of the Syrian civilian War undoubtedly importantly amazed the world. However, it is crucial to be careful in the message or akin surprise, as far as its scale is concerned, to appear in the space of individual countries active in this region. First of all, due to the fact that the difference between researchers (not to mention observers moving only, for example, in popular social media circles) and decision-makers is very simple and focuses on access to classified sources and instruments for their analysis. simply put, **OSINT will not replace multi-source data collection**, let alone methods of analysis of a number of data. Hence, it should be hypothesized that the violent fall of Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria is primarily a key failure of the Russian intelligence system**. Speaking of a premeditated system, mention should be made to the intelligence collection and subsequent processing cycle and to the support of state decision-making processes.
