Explained: Assad is gone. What happens to Syria & West Asia now?

Dec 9, 2024 | 12:45 IST

Rebels topple the statue of Hafez Assad, Bashar al-Assad's father, in Qamishli, Syria (Photo: Reuters)

Any number of many things. When a man designated by US as a terrorist gives interviews to CNN as a liberator, you know the ‘new’ won’t be normal. Turkiye seems the biggest winner at this point, Iran, the biggest loser

A week is all it took for Syrian rebels to end five decades of Assad rule in Syria. Sweeping down from Aleppo in the northwest, the rebels quickly captured Hama and Homs before entering the capital Damascus. Bashar al-Assad fled before the rebel fighters could reach him.

Here’s the low-down on what the tectonic changes in this vital West Asian country means for the region and the world.

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Explained: Assad is gone. What happens to Syria & West Asia now?

Any number of many things. When a man designated by US as a terrorist gives interviews to CNN as a liberator, you know the ‘new’ won’t be normal. Turkiye seems the biggest winner at this point, Iran, the biggest loser

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Explained: Assad is gone. What happens to Syria & West Asia now?

Any number of many things. When a man designated by US as a terrorist gives interviews to CNN as a liberator, you know the ‘new’ won’t be normal. Turkiye seems the biggest winner at this point, Iran, the biggest loser

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