Post-Assad Syria: The end of Baathism and the rise of Islamism - opinion
Perhaps Abu Mohammed al-Julani will defy the grim precedent, maybe he will break away from Salafi jihadism and break the cycle that has consumed countless others.
Images of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad, are riddled with bullet holes as fighters of the ruling Syrian body inspect the damage at a military site, in Damascus on December 14, 2024. (photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)BySAMUEL J. HYDERead More
