Syrians celebrate the fall of the Assad clan at Umayyad Square in Damascus on Dec. 8, 2024. (Credit: Bakr al-Kassem/AFP)
“Today, for the first time, I felt that the blood of my martyred brothers had not been shed in vain,” Yasmen said from Turkey. Like many Syrians, this woman did not sleep at night.In just over 10 days, rebels from the jihadist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and factions opposed to loyalist forces seized Aleppo, Hama and Homs from Idlib.On Saturday night, they reached the Damascus suburbs and announced, a few hours later, the liberation of the capital and the fall of the “tyrant” Bashar al-Assad.From Aleppo to Damascus via Homs, from Lebanon to Turkey, from France to the United States, the unexpected collapse of the Assad regime after more than five decades of rule has since been celebrated across the globe.Abandoned Syrian army tanksInside the country, unimaginable scenes unfold, one after the other. “There are weapons scattered in...
“Today, for the first time, I felt that the blood of my martyred brothers had not been shed in vain,” Yasmen said from Turkey. Like many Syrians, this woman did not sleep at night.In just over 10 days, rebels from the jihadist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and factions opposed to loyalist forces seized Aleppo, Hama and Homs from Idlib.On Saturday night, they reached the Damascus suburbs and announced, a few hours later, the liberation of the capital and the fall of the “tyrant” Bashar al-Assad.From Aleppo to Damascus via Homs, from Lebanon to Turkey, from France to the United States, the unexpected collapse of the Assad regime after more than five decades of rule has since been celebrated across the globe.Abandoned Syrian army tanksInside the country, unimaginable scenes unfold, one after the other. “There are weapons...
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