Fall of the Assad regime
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On 8 December 2024, the Assad regime in Syria collapsed during a major offensive by opposition forces. The offensive was spearheaded by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, the Syrian National Army, and the Souther
Syrians celebrate the fall of Assad at the Umayyad mosque, 14 December 2024
Stuck and abandoned tank of the Assad's forces on the road to Damascus, December of 2024
Syrian citizens celebrating fall of the Assad regime in Damascus at December 11 of 2024
A destroyed image of Bashar al Assad after the collapse of his regime in December 2024
Ahmed al-Sharaa
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Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, also known by his former nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julani, is a Syrian politician and former rebel commander who has served as the president of Syria since 2025. As the em
Fall of the Assad regime
…he allowed the HTS-led opposition troops to begin their offensive against the Assad government. On 6 December, in a face-to-face interview with CNN, Abu Mohammad al-Julani declared that the offensive's goal was to remove Assad from power. Using his birth name, Ahmed al-Sharaa, he explicitly pledged to protect minority…
Al-Sharaa in 2026
Al-Sharaa as a teenager, c. 1996
Mug shot of al-Sharaa, age 23–24, after his capture by U.S. forces in Iraq in 2006
Redacted Rewards for Justice poster for al-Sharaa, with the photographic portrait removed due to copyright concerns.