Revealed On 8 Dec 2025
Syrians are celebrating the anniversary of the overthrow of the al-Assad dynasty’s repressive 50-year rule.
The nation heralded the top of Bashar al-Assad’s reign on Monday. Nevertheless, Syria is left dealing with a big problem to heal following 14 years of civil conflict.
Al-Assad’s downfall got here as a shock, even to the rebels who unseated him.
In late November 2024, teams within the nation’s northwest – led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a insurgent group whose then chief, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is now the nation’s interim president – launched an offensive on town of Aleppo, aiming to recapture it from the al-Assad authorities’s forces.
They had been startled when the Syrian military collapsed with little resistance, first in Aleppo, then in the important thing cities of Hama and Homs. That left the street to Damascus open.
In the meantime, insurgent teams within the south mobilised to mount their very own push in direction of the capital.
The rebels seized Damascus on December 8, whereas al-Assad was whisked away by Russian forces. He stays in exile in Moscow.
Nevertheless, his longtime ally didn’t intervene militarily to defend him. As a substitute, Moscow has established ties with Syria’s new rulers, whereas sustaining its navy bases on the coast.
The Syrian conflict that erupted in 2011 killed tons of of hundreds of individuals and displaced tens of millions, driving about 5 million into neighbouring international locations as refugees.
The United Nations refugee company mentioned on Monday that some 1.2 million refugees, together with 1.9 million internally displaced folks, had returned residence since al-Assad was toppled, however warned {that a} decline in international funding for UN programmes and help businesses may deter others.
Nonetheless, Syria’s central financial institution governor mentioned final week that the return of about 1.5 million refugees was serving to to spice up financial progress.
