Fall of the Assad regime in Syria
8 December 2024·Military & conflict·Syria / Middle East·
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- 8 December 2024
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- Military & conflict
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- Syria / Middle East
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- Contemporary
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A lightning offensive led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and allied factions captured Damascus, toppling President Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia. The collapse ended more than five decades of Assad family rule and the Ba'athist state, reshaping the Syrian civil war and the wider Middle East.
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