Syrians celebrate anniversary of Bashar al-Assad’s fall

Syrians are celebrating the day of the overthrow of the al-Assad dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule.

The state heralded the extremity of Bashar al-Assad’s reign connected Monday. However, Syria is near facing a important situation to heal pursuing 14 years of civilian war.

Al-Assad’s downfall came arsenic a shock, adjacent to the rebels who unseated him.

In precocious November 2024, groups successful the country’s northwest – led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a rebel radical whose past leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is present the country’s interim president – launched an violative connected the metropolis of Aleppo, aiming to recapture it from the al-Assad government’s forces.

They were startled erstwhile the Syrian service collapsed with small resistance, archetypal successful Aleppo, past successful the cardinal cities of Hama and Homs. That near the roadworthy to Damascus open.

Meanwhile, rebel groups successful the southbound mobilised to equine their ain propulsion towards the capital.

The rebels seized Damascus connected December 8, portion al-Assad was whisked distant by Russian forces. He remains successful exile successful Moscow.

However, his longtime state did not intervene militarily to support him. Instead, Moscow has established ties with Syria’s caller rulers, portion maintaining its subject bases connected the coast.

The Syrian warfare that erupted successful 2011 killed hundreds of thousands of radical and displaced millions, driving astir 5 cardinal into neighbouring countries arsenic refugees.

The United Nations exile bureau said connected Monday that immoderate 1.2 cardinal refugees, on with 1.9 cardinal internally displaced people, had returned location since al-Assad was toppled, but warned that a diminution successful planetary backing for UN programmes and assistance agencies could deter others.

Still, Syria’s cardinal slope politician said past week that the instrumentality of astir 1.5 cardinal refugees was helping to boost economical growth.