Until then, the Assad dynasty had presided of Syria for fifty years – a regime so brutal, so severe, known as the “Kingdom of Silence”.
To correspond with others William Christou It seemed to explain that after two weeks had just passed, he simply wore it. Bashar al-AssadPresident since 2000, the uprising that began thirteen years ago against his rule has slowly regained control of most of Syria’s borders during a decade of civil war – the bloodiest conflict of the twenty-first century. .
But, despite the appearance of stability, there is a serious failure inside Syria: the institutions have been undermined, the people are disillusioned, and the president has only used foreign helpers to keep him in power. And so, when the Islamist rebels began to attack heavily from the north, two weeks ago, they hardly faced any resistance, first Aleppo, then Hama, Homs, and then finally, this Sunday, they captured the Syrian capital Damascus itself, forcing their dictator. run away
Christou, in Damascus on the first day of post-Assad Syria, reports on the celebrations throughout the country, as well as the scenes inside the prisons of the notorious regime, when a certain book of ten thousand disappeared; under the Assad regime.
Michael Safi He also hears from Anas Aldruby, who lives in Damascus, what it has been like to live under Assad in the last few years, and in the last few days, and the rebels are closer to their city.
