Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that despatched President Bashar Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil battle and 6 many years of his household’s autocratic rule.
In one of many greatest turning factors for the Center East in generations, the autumn of Assad’s authorities worn out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised affect throughout the Arab world. Moscow gave him and his household asylum, Russian state media mentioned.
His sudden overthrow, by the hands of a revolt partly backed by Turkey and with roots in jihadi Sunni Islam, limits Iran’s means to unfold weapons to its allies and will value Russia its Mediterranean naval base. It might pave the way in which for hundreds of thousands of refugees scattered for greater than a decade in camps throughout Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan to lastly return dwelling.
