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Syria After Assad: Dutch Government Report Paints Picture of Fragile Transition and Fragmented Rule - The Syrian Observer
A new official report by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers a comprehensive and sobering account of the situation in Syria following the dramatic collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024. The “Ambtsbericht Syrië – Mei 2025” (Country Report on Syria – May 2025), released this week, details the political vacuum, fragile power-sharing arrangements, and persistent security threats gripping the war-torn country nearly six months into i…
On 8 December 2024, Bashar al-Assad fled Syria to take refuge in Russia. Six months after the fall of the regime, the country's new strongman, Ahmed al-Charaa, helped to get Syria out of isolation, but his challenges, particularly economic ones, remain numerous in a country ravaged by 14 years of war.
The Road Ahead: Structuring an Inclusive Syria without Assad
With the collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the political status quo, which was carefully constructed by his late father Hafez al-Assad, also collapsed swiftly. The political and military structure, where the Alawite minority held key positions in the security forces, also included loyal Sunni forces appointed to key positions.By Ahsan AliConcurrently, Syria is emerging from the ashes with the announcement of sanctions removal by US Preside…
The rebel coalition took power six months ago in Syria and many states have now recognized it. With this legitimacy, the new leaders are seeking to diversify their alliances so as not to depend on one actor, according to the political scientist Jérôme Drevon.
However, much remains to be done in the framework of a transition that is expected to last for at least five years. On December 08 of 2024, after almost 14 years of civil war, an offensive rebuff of Islamic groups and opposition surprised the world to end, within a few weeks, half a century of the family al-Assad, which ruled the country since Hafez al-Assad and, since 2000, his son Bashar. These are some key points to understand the country's e…
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