President Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, swept from power by rebel fighters, ends more than half a century of Syria’s rule by a family dynasty.
When Bashar Assad became President following his father, he was hailed as a reformer and courted by western leaders.
But mass protests in 2011 during the Arab Spring led to brutal repression and a civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and tore Syria apart.
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Stop lying about Assad! The CIA, Israel and the U.S. were behind this. The only ones who will benefit are the Western Multi-National Corporations who will expropriate Syrian resources.
بشار الأسد قطعة من القرف وسيحرقه الله
Good news. All these fighting age ‘schoolboys’ can now go home. They must really miss the mothers and sisters that they had to leave behind
This cruel monster went the same road as the son of the Godfather in the movie: from decent student till greedy heartless murderer.