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 by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army as part of the ongoing Syrian civil war that began with the Syrian Revolution in 2011. The capture of the capital Damascus marked the end of the Assad family's rule, which had ...
Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights …
7 hours ago · The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria’s latest report follows the lightning operation led by mainly Hayat-Tahrir al-Sham fighters that toppled President Bashar al-Assad last December, ending the 13-year war that decimated the country and destabilised the entire region.. The violence is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of Syrians and uprooted 15 million ...
The Assad regime ruled Syria for 50 years. Here’s how it fell in …
Dec 9, 2024 · Syrian rebel forces launched a large-scale attack on Assad’s forces in western Aleppo, the first sign of what was to come from their offensive and marking the first flare-up between the two...
How Assad's army collapsed in Syria: demoralised conscripts, …
Dec 12, 2024 · Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of Idlib should have had nine...
What happened in Syria’s civil war, who took over and what’s
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 their own...
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 former president in...
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 string...
Syria after Assad 2024/25: Consequences and next steps
Dec 19, 2024 · This research briefing addresses questions over UN peace negotiations for Syria; the key local and international actors in Syria; the status of Syria’s chemical weapons; the significance of Assad’s fall to his allies in Russia, Hezbollah, and Iran; Israeli actions in the Golan Heights; and the strength of Islamic State/Daesh.
US-backed commander says his Kurdish-led group wants a secular …
4 days ago · Syrian factions that toppled Assad met in Damascus last week and named HTS leader al-Sharaa as the country’s interim president. The groups suspended the country’s constitution adopted by Assad in 2012 and officially dissolved the army and Syria’s dreaded security agencies. “The fall of the regime was a historic step and based on that a ...
Post-Assad Syria faces challenges in building unified military
Jan 6, 2025 · Syria’s new authorities announced shortly after the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad last month that unifying all rebel groups and other armed forces under a national military...