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The Big Story: With Syria's Assad gone, what does it mean for the Middle East & the world?

2024/12/9
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A new era begins in Syria. Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president who inherited power in 2000 with promises of reform, only to brutally suppress his opponents in a war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, has been toppled in a lightning rebel advance. But the future of Syria remains uncertain. How will the fall of Assad change the fate of the country? Who will be able to unite Syrians?

Hongbin Jeong speaks with Cedomir Nestorovic,** Professor of Geopolitics, ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific **to find out more. 

 

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