The Russian hand that built Assad also destroyed him
As rebel forces seize Damascus, the collapse of the Assad regime threatens Russia’s strategic foothold in the Middle East, signaling a profound shift in the region’s balance of power.
A view shows a damaged poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after the Syrian army said that dozens of its soldiers had been killed in a major attack by rebels who swept into the city, in Syria November 30, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/MAHMOUD HASSANO/FILE PHOTO)ByVERONICA NEIFAKH/THE MEDIA LINEUpdated:
