Has Syria Won the Arab Spring?

Has Syria Won the Arab Spring?

Author: Geopolitical Horizons December 10, 2024 Duration: 1:00:24
Across Syria and the Middle East scenes of jubilation are beaming across the world as people celebrate the fall of the long-term dictator Bshar al-Assad. What couldn’t be achieved in 13 years, has now happened in just two weeks. Bashar al-Assad took a flight and fled as rebel forces reached Damascus. The end of the tyrannical rule of the al-Assad dynasty now opens a new chapter in the strategic country.

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