People waving flags used by the opposition Syrian National Coalition as they celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in front of the citadel in Aleppo. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
IN Syria, “forever” is over. The regime of President Bashar Assad, whose supporters once chanted “our leader forever”, has been deposed by an alliance of rebel groups after a 13-year civil war.
The rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led the lightning offensive that overturned the Assad regime in less than two weeks, is trying to establish a transitional government.
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