Web desk: Bashar Al Assad and his family ruled over 50 years on Syria. A journey of from doctor to brutal dictator is now end.
The responsibility of taking power at once made the former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a brutal dictator. The series began in 1994 after the death of Bashar al-Assad’s brother Basil in Damascus. At that time, Bashar was studying ophthalmology in London.
After Basil’s death, plans were made to groom the younger brother as the heir to power in Syria. Later he led the country through a war. A war that claimed millions of lives and left millions homeless.
On January 1994, the elder brother of Bashar Al Assad (Basil) was died in a car accident, after that Bashar Al Assad came from London to take over Syria for ruled. This incident has changed his life.
Bashar joined the army and began building a public image for his future role.
This is a turning point for the evening. Bashar al-Assad came to power in 2000 after the death of his father, Hafiz al-Assad. His father had ruled the country for 29 years and like his son had an iron control over the country.
Bashar al-Assad inherited a country with tight government control and a political system that critics accused of stifling dissent. Any kind of opposition was not tolerated.
Assad will always be remembered as the man who violently dispersed peaceful protesters against his government in 2011.
This situation led to a civil war in which 500,000 people died and 600,000 were displaced.
With the help of Russia and Iran, Assad was able to crush the rebels and expand his rule. Russia used its air power while Iran sent its military support to Syria. Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia in Lebanon, deployed trained fighters to Syria.
But this time it could not be done. Syria’s allies were busy with their own affairs and left Syria alone. Without their help, Syrian forces were unable to stop the rebels. In some places, the troops did not even try to stop the rebels. These rebels are led by the hard-line Islamic group Hayat Tehreer al-Sham.
First, the rebels captured Aleppo, the country’s second largest city. They faced little resistance. Then important cities like Hama and a few days later Homs also fell into the hands of the rebels.
Damascus was left alone. It was only a matter of hours. Thus, the rebels entered the capital, which was the seat of Assad’s power.
