The narrative of the fall: Why did Bashar al-Assad leave power?
Sunday, December 8, 2024, has become a landmark in the contemporary history of Syria. After 54 years of Baath Party and Assad family rule over the political affairs of the historical land of “Sham”, terrorists managed to put an end to the political life of the London-educated ophthalmologist in just 10 days after conquering Aleppo, Hama, Homs, Daraa and finally Damascus. With the fall of Damascus, all government and military centers came under the control of terrorists, and the Syrian Prime Minister promised to hold free elections to determine the constitution and future ruler of Syria based on Security Council Resolution 2254.
According to the state-run TASS news agency, Bashar Assad and his family also arrived in Moscow and received political asylum from Russia. Israeli Army Chief of Staff Herzliya Halavi, who saw the conditions as suitable for expanding the battlefield to Syria, officially announced that the Zionist regime’s attack on southern Syria would begin. Meanwhile, the main question for many listeners and even experts is how the armed opposition was able to move towards the capital and dominate the affairs of Damascus without the slightest resistance from the army or the Syrian people. Why didn’t history repeat itself and this time Assad couldn’t stay in power?