In the armed conflict there was almost no resistance to the advance of the jihadists. The Syrian army, the Russian support, that of Iran and even the militias that Hezbollah had sent fled, abandoning al-Assad to his fate. The versions indicate that the president escaped from the country with his family, to a still unknown destination.
After almost 54 years, Syria will no longer have the Assad dynasty in government. The fall of Bashar Al Assad’s regime This Sunday he put a dramatic end to his almost 14-year struggle to remain in power, while his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that had become an indirect battlefield between regional and international powers. Meanwhile, the Government recommended citizens not to travel to the conflict zone.
The leader’s fall marked a stark contrast to his first months as Syria’s unlikely president in 2000, when many expected him to be a young reformer after three decades of his father’s iron control. At just 34 years old, the Western-educated ophthalmologist was seen as a gentle figure who came to power to twist the country’s destiny.
But when faced with protests against his regime that broke out in March 2011, Assad turned to his father’s brutal tactics in an attempt to crush them. As the uprising descended into civil war, he turned to his army to bomb opposition-held cities with support from allies such as Iran and Russia.
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Bashar Al Assad fled Damascus after the triumph of the jihadist insurgents
In the last hours, Russia announced that Al Assad “resigned” and left the country. Hours before, the rebels announced that “after 50 years of oppression, and 13 of crimes and forced displacement“We announce today (Wednesday) the end of this dark period and the beginning of a new era for Syria.”
International human rights groups and prosecutors alleged the widespread use of torture and extrajudicial executions in detention centers run by the Syrian dictatorship.
The war in Syria has killed almost half a million people and displaced half of the country’s pre-war population, 23 million people. As the revolt turned into civil war, Millions of Syrians fled across borders into Jordan, Türkiye, Iraq and Lebanon and into Europe.
His departure ends the Assad family regime, which lasted almost 54 years. Without a clear successor, it plunges the country into great uncertainty.
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Source: Ambito
