Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk believes that the fall of the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad should have made the world realize that the aggressor country of russia can be defeated.
Tusk wrote about this on December 9 on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
"The events in Syria have made the world realize once again, or at least they should, that even the most cruel regime may fall and that russia and its allies can be defeated," the head of the Polish government wrote.
The events in Syria have made the world realise once again, or at least they should, that even the most cruel regime may fall and that Russia and its allies can be defeated.
— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) December 8, 2024
The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria
On November 27, opposition groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham launched a large-scale offensive against Syrian government forces in northwestern Syria.
In 2016, the civil war in Syria practically ended with the defeat of the opposition. Then Assad was helped by russia and Iran: russia provided aviation, and Iran - troops of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization.
This time, Hezbollah forces suffered heavy losses as a result of the war with Israel, and russia withdrew most of its troops from Syria after the start of a full-scale war against Ukraine.
It took only eleven days for the opposition groups to occupy key cities in Syria - Aleppo, Hama, Homs - and eventually establish control over Damascus.
As a reminder, on the night of December 8, the Syrian army command announced the end of Bashar al-Assad's rule. He and his family were evacuated by russian special services and are currently in Moscow.
We also reported that Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad al-Jalali announced his readiness to transfer power in the country to representatives of the opposition forces.
In addition, a day after the fall of the Assad regime, European countries suspended the acceptance of Syrian refugees, some of them announced the possibility of Syrians returning to their homeland.
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