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President Bashar al-Assad used Russian and Iranian firepower to beat back rebel forces during years of civil war but never defeated them, leaving him vulnerable when his allies were distracted by ...
After 13 years of civil war, Syria's opposition militias sensed an opportunity to loosen President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power when, about six months ago, they communicated to Turkey plans for ...
President for 24 years, Assad flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination early on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters. Rebels declared the city "free of the tyrant Bashar al-Assad".
Analysts and commentators say the collapse of Syria's Bashar al-Assad's regime is likely to ... Now that Assad, one of Putin’s key allies, has lost Syria, the balance of power shifts ...
Biden called the Assad government's expulsion a "fundamental act of justice" and a "moment of opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria to build a better future for their proud country."
However by 1997, Syrian president Hafiz al-Assad began reestablishing relations with Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. [44] The ascendance of Bashar in 2000 boosted this process, [45] and Syria ignored the sanctions against Iraq, helping Iraq to illegally import oil. [46] Bashar al-Assad opposed the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. [45]
In 2024 after collapse of Bashar al-Assad regime, Ali Khamenei stated that Iran's support for the Ba'athist Syria in 2013 was a response to Hafez al-Assad's support for Iran during the Iran–Iraq War by blocking transit of 1 million barrel of oil through the Mediterranean Sea. [25]
It deals a major setback to Assad's allies Iran and Russia while boosting Turkey, which backed the HTS and will probably be Washington's main conduit to Syria's new leaders.