Fall of the Assad regime - Wikipedia
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 …
The Assad regime ruled Syria for 50 years. Here’s how it fell in …
Dec 9, 2024 · In a speech from the Umayyad Mosque on Sunday, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the leader of Syria’s main rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), called the toppling of Assad a …
After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been …
Dec 9, 2024 · For half a century, the Assad family ruled over Syria with an iron fist, with long-documented reports of mass incarceration torture, extra-judicial killings and atrocities against …
What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?
Dec 8, 2024 · In the early hours of Sunday morning, opposition forces declared Syria liberated from the rule of President Bashar al-Assad as opposition forces surged into the capital. The …
Bashar al-Assad - Wikipedia
Assad's regime was a highly personalist dictatorship which governed Syria as a totalitarian police state that committed systemic human rights violations and war crimes, making it one of the …
Syria: Rights probe reveals systematic torture and detention of Assad …
Jan 27, 2025 · A report from UN human rights investigators for Syria released on Monday has laid bare the systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture and enforced disappearances by the …
Why the Assad regime collapsed in Syria – and why so fast
Dec 8, 2024 · More than 50 years of Assad family rule in Syria collapsed with astonishing speed after insurgents burst out of a rebel-held enclave in the country’s north, capturing Aleppo and a …
The Assad regime falls. What happens now? - Brookings
On December 8, 2024, armed rebels took the Syrian city of Damascus, forcing long-time ruler President Bashar al-Assad to flee the country. The move comes after 13 years of civil war and...
Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime in Syria - The New …
Dec 21, 2024 · President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a fake political address.
How Assad's dictatorial regime rose and fell in Syria
Dec 12, 2024 · After Syrian opposition forces captured the capital city of Damascus on Dec. 8 and forced the country's president, Bashar al-Assad, to flee, Syrians in the country and around the …