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The Fall of the Assad Regime: An Analysis of Recent Developments in Syria
Over the course of the last fifty years, the Assad family has ruled Syria with shifting levels of strength, culminating in a dramatic and rapid decline in power. The 2010s marked particularly low points for Bashar al-Assad's regime, which struggled to maintain control over the country's territory. By 2020, it seemed that Assad, bolstered by the support of Russia and Iran, had successfully dangled his regime on the string of the Syrian Civil War. However, in an unexpected turn of events, the regime fell within two weeks, raising complex questions regarding international geopolitics, particularly for Russia.