Explaining the collapse of Syria's Assad regime

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Dzulhisham, Huzeir Ezekiel
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2025
• الموضوعات: Social Sciences; Country and region studies; International politics and security
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182021

The fall of Damascus to rebel forces and the rapid collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on 7 December 2024 surprised the international community. Why did it happen so quickly, despite having persevered through 13 years of a bloody civil war? Arguably, three key factors were responsible – fragility o...