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Here’s what happened in Syria, what it means, and what might come next. ... Unlike in 2014, when Moscow stepped in to save Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s energies – and most of ...
On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime collapsed during a major offensive by opposition forces.The offensive was spearheaded by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported mainly by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army as part of the ongoing Syrian civil war that began with the Syrian Revolution in 2011.
As president, Assad was commander-in-chief of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000. In the 1980s, Assad became a doctor, and in the early 1990s he was training in London as an ophthalmologist.
After 13 years of Syria’s grinding civil war, the regime of President Bashar al-Assad is gone, the dictator fleeing his country in the face of a sensational advance by rebel forces.
Here’s a look back at blows suffered by Ayatollah Ali Khameini and his regime over the past year: ... running as they captured Damascus and pushed out President Bashar al-Assad. Iran's forces ...
The former government led by president Assad was responsible for the systematic and widespread torture of the country’s civilians. Last year, the UN estimated that the conflict had killed more ...
Ali ibn Sulayman al-Assad [a] (né al-Wahhish [b]; 1875 – 1963) was a Syrian farmer and tribal leader who was respectively the father and grandfather of Syrian Presidents Hafez al-Assad, in power from 1971 to 2000, and Bashar al-Assad, in power from 2000 to 2024. [1] [2] [3]
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi (The Associated Press) The fall of Assad marks a significant blow to Iran’s influence in the Middle East ...