When news broke on December 8 on the sudden collapse of Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime, even veteran West Asian watchers were aghast. For, Assad's abdication came barely 12 days after a motley mix of rebel groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-sham (HTS) launched an offensive against the powerful autocrat. Assad, who ruled the country with an iron fist for 24 years, was hitherto considered invincible. The last time he faced a real threat of being toppled was in 2011 at the height of 'Arab Spring'-a series of pro-democracy uprisings against autocratic Muslim regimes in West Asian and North African regions. But Assad crushed the unrest by unleashing a reign of terror on protesters, torturing and killing thousands, many of them civilians.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 29, 2024 من The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 29, 2024 من The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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