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fory77 said:

Not quite collapsing, rather slowly but surely losing for the last year. They have been fighting on 6-7 fronts with way less manpower and equipment. If Raqqa falls this year they will be demoted from a quasi-state to a normal terrorist group hiding in the desert mountains. But even then there's Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham and friends (the white on the map) who were literally Al-Qaeda in Syria and the FSA to deal with. I don't see peace in Syria for the next minimum 3 years and if Assad can't deal with the Kurds with diplomacy - another 3-5. 

 a better map:

The conflict could last for decades. Afghanistan has been in conflict since 1978.