Bashar Assad’s Fall After 14 Years Of War In Syria Brings To An End A Decades-long Dynasty | N18G

The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government Sunday (December 8, 2024) brought to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto power as his country fragmented amid a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers.Mr. Assad’s downfall came as a stark contrast to his first months as Syria’s unlikely president in 2000, when many hoped he would be a young reformer after three decades of his father’s iron grip. Only 34 years old, the Western-educated ophthalmologist was a rather geeky tech-savvy fan of computers with a gentle demeanour.Show more