Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing it will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers
- Written by Sefa Secen, Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies, Nazareth University
The brutal 54-year reign of the Assad family in Syria looks to be over.
In a matter of days, opposition forces took the major city of Aleppo before advancing southward into other government-controlled areas of Hama, Homs and finally, on Dec 7, 2024, the capital, Damascus.
The offensive was all the more astonishing given that the 13-year civil war...