Syria - Bashar Al Assad, dictator since 2000, has fled the country, 7 December 2024

[Styngyn]

I am not optimistic about the future of Syria. While the people are jubilant about the fall of the Assad regime, they could be headed for civil war or a totalitarian theocracy. I can remember Iran in 1979. People there were happy about the fall of the Shah's regime and the end of his secret police, Savak. But soon enough, the revolutionary regime killed thousands of people and imposed a much harsher regime. I foresee the same here.

Which is what is going to happen guaranteed. Democracy is just not in their blood.

 

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[Snoopster]

Good BBC article about the 'evolution' of the head of HTS.

Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani has dropped that nom de guerre associated with his jihadist past, and been using his real name, Ahmed al-Sharaa, in official communiques issued since Thursday, ahead of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.

This move is part of Jolani's effort to bolster his legitimacy in a new context, as his Islamist militant group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), leading other rebel factions, announces the capture of the Syrian capital, Damascus, solidifying its control over much of the country.

From Syrian jihadist leader to rebel politician: How Abu Mohammed al-Jolani reinvented himself

I want to be optimistic, but history has shown us time and time again that this situations either evolve into another autocracy or devolve into civil war, with so many factions involved. Syrians deserve a better future. I hope things work out for them without more bloodshed and a true democracy emerges.

 

[PrairieWind]

Good BBC article about the 'evolution' of the head of HTS.



From Syrian jihadist leader to rebel politician: How Abu Mohammed al-Jolani reinvented himself

I want to be optimistic, but history has shown us time and time again that this situations either evolve into another autocracy or devolve into civil war, with so many factions involved. Syrians deserve a better future. I hope things work out for them without more bloodshed and a true democracy emerges.

I agree. And I don't see the Syrian people submitting to a Taliban style life. So I don't know who is going to be able to assume any type of control of Syria as a whole. I foresee some sort of coalition government at first, but I question whether it can continue simply because there is no history of it here. And unfortunately, the outside influences are very strong and powerful. Will the Syrian people really have any say in what now happens to their country?

 

[sds71]

Man identifying himself as American Travis Timmerman found in Syria after being freed from prison

A man identifying himself as Missourian Travis Timmerman tells CBS News he was liberated from a Syrian prison upon dictator Bashar al-Assad's ouster.

www.cbsnews.com