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Following Assad's departure, opposition forces declared victory on state television. Concurrently, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Assad's resignation and his departure from Syria. [4] [5] [6] The swift fall of Assad's regime was met with shock and surprise throughout the world, including the Syrian people.
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, said the "fall of Assad's dictatorship ends decades of brutal oppression". [12] Celebration in Richardson, Texas, USA after the fall of the Assad regime. In the United States, the White House said President Joe Biden had a meeting with members of the national security to address the situation. [13]
The fall of the House of Assad deals a major blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aspirations as a Middle East power broker – and raises new questions about the fragility of his own ...
If the American analysis proves true, it would represent a spectacularly fast fall from power for the Syrian dictator after a 14-year war, one that had been relatively stagnant until just last week.
Assad's reliance on Iran and Russia becomes his downfall As Assad’s regime almost collapsed in 2013 and then again in mid-2015, outside players came streaming in, some invited and some not.
This article discusses the background and reasons that contributed to the outbreak of the Syrian revolution.What began as large-scale peaceful protests in March 2011 as part of the 2010–11 Arab Spring protests that reverberated across the Arab World, eventually escalated into a civil war following the brutal crackdown by Assad regime's security apparatus.
Without that support on the battlefield, Ukraine would fall. The leverage that comes from continued backing also strengthens Ukraine’s hand at an eventual negotiating table.
On 30 August 2023, reports regarding the Assad government's preparation for a large-scale crackdown to quell the uprisings in Southern Syria began to emerge. [30] By the end of August, the mass-protests resembled the Arab Spring uprisings during the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in March 2011.