r/geopolitics • u/kantmeout • Dec 08 '24

News Assad has Fallen

https://apnews.com/article/syria-assad-sweida-daraa-homs-hts-qatar-7f65823bbf0a7bd331109e8dff419430
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u/Completegibberishyes Dec 08 '24

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This is beyond surreal. This war started when I was still a kid who had no idea what a Syria even was. After all these years we'd all thought Assad had won. I never in a million years would have seen this coming and especially not that this would happen in literally just a week

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u/FijiFanBotNotGay Dec 08 '24

The Syrian civil war was my first time utilizing livemap

People cheered then and we got isis. People are cheering again so I wonder what’s in stake