Bashar al-Assad never intended to enter politics. He became one of the world’s most brutal dictators. which the various sectarian administrations That ended soon when storms hit Damascus on Saturday. Causing him and himself to escape.
Assad, the second son of former Syrian King Hafez Assad, will become a blind man instead. He studied in Syria and London. Before his career as an ophthalmologist was cut short by his brother Bassell’s fatal car accident, Over the past three decades There was criticism from around the world that he had murdered thousands of his own people and enlisted the help of Iran and Russia to gather information from the United States, its allies, and even a few terrorist groups to support him.
This is how Assad rose from his unexpected start as leader of a strategically important Middle Eastern country with a nearby Mediterranean port. Become the strong man with the iron hand that almost everyone in Syria supported his abdication on Saturday – and around the world. will follow in father’s footsteps Assad’s official coup in June 2000 aroused skepticism and outspoken criticism.
At just 35 years of age, he is said to lack almost every quality that made his charismatic father popular. In particular, his political and leadership experience in steering the complex power dynamics of Syria’s tribes.Some people think that he can develop himself into a more disciplined and efficient ruler if he can keep the market in some way. “Bashar’s incompetence risks undermining Hafez’s hard-earned power,” Daniel Pipe, founder and analyst of the Middle East Forum, wrote in a column on on June 6, 2001, describing him at the end of his first year in office: “It’s collapsing” from one day to the next.”
“Unless he is much smarter than he appears,” Pipes writes, “the days of the Assad dynasty may well be numbered.In July 2006, his influence in the Middle East was enough to enable then-President George W. Bush to push out Syria. and Iran as the “root cause” of terrorist attacks that destabilized neighboring Lebanon. “And to deal with this crisis The world must deal with Hezbollah, including Syria, and continue your work in isolating Iran,” Bush said at the time.Things are complicated In 2011
Assad responded to a regional uprising that had become known as the Arab Enemy. with the violent crackdown on pro-democracy forces in Syria; in May Then-President Barack Obama described Assad as an ordered murderer. “Several arrests of civilians” are what has prompted Washington to increase sanctions on Syria and “against President Assad and those around him.”
“The Syrian people have shown their strength in demanding a democratic transition,” Obama said. “President Assad now has a choice: He can lead the transition or stand aside.
”Assad has doubled down on his dictatorship. in order to become famous for being a material exception to the tyranny of the strong. His wife was mentioned in the Vogue cover profile “A Rose in the Desert,” which described the Assads as a “couple of love”. It is a “voluntary democracy” aimed at families vacationing in Europe with American celebrities and made Syria a “The safest country in the Middle East,” according to The Atlantic magazine (the Vogue article has long since gone offline).
However, at the same time The Assad government has “Killed more than 5,000 civilians and hundreds of children over the years,” The Atlantic reported in January. Assad’s position has been challenged on many fronts, leading him to make major compromises with Iran. Hezbollah’s proxy fighting force and finally Russia to protect his regime.
In August 2013, Syria ended its civil war for good. Assad’s forces sent rockets loaded with Saring gas. It is a chemical weapon that is largely banned in opposition-controlled areas outside the capital, Damascus, and has caused as many as 1,700 people to drown at sea.Assad’s gassing of his own people caused little fury in defeating the opposition. His unpopularity eventually made him proud of outside support. As a result, this support network began to deteriorate.
Assad maintains tight control over the country of more than 20 million people.
Assad’s dependence on Iran and Russia will lead to his downfall
When the Assad regime nearly collapsed in 2013 and again in mid-2015, such a storm mysteriously arose. Some were invited and some were not.“Kriger evolves through five phases related to foreign conflicts and armed forces. (often from multiple parties) from dozens of countriesRegional Services and Global Factors,” Mona Yacoubian, former Assistant Administrator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Agency for International Development wrote in Resistance groups are sometimes supported by attack groups and even foreign defenders. Some of which were sent from Iran to a delta in this game.
To support the Assad regime Iran has sent in Hezbollah fighters and military advisers from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) so that ISIS can enter and establish a caliphate for the Islamic State. Claims about one-third of Syria’s territory.
This led to the United States It supports and sends its own warplanes to the region, and in 2015 Russian President Vladimir issued the latest measures on weapons and climate change to prevent attacks.“The role of Hezbollah and Iran will also deepen,” Yakubian said.With the gradual withdrawal of Iran and Russia Assad thus took control of large parts of the country. But rebels continue to control Hojborg in northwestern Syria. And the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, is thriving.It came out of al Qaeda’s branch in Syria. and it appears to be the Nusara Front.
But it later distanced itself from al-Qaeda and marketed itself as a more moderate organization. The United States and United Nations have designated it a terrorist group.In late November Meanwhile, Russia is preoccupied with the war in Ukraine. and Iran, which has implications for conflict with Israel. The rebels, led by HTS, took their stand. In just one week they visit Aleppo, Hama, Homs and on Saturday Damascus. last Sunday Assad has clearly moved to Russia.
