A lightening Syrian Islamist offensive over just days contributed to the demise of the over 50-year reign of the Assad Baathist regime in Damascus.
JERUSALEM—The Western-trained eye doctor, Bashar Assad, who used chemical weapons multiple times on his population, has fled Syria after a re-kindled revolt against his brutal regime resulted in the speedy loss of major cities and territory that started in late November.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday Egyptian and Jordanian officials urged Assad to flee Syria and form a government-in-exile. Jordan’s government denied the report. In 2015, Assad’s regime was teetering when Vladimir Putin’s Russia intervened to save the dictatorship. The U.S.-sanctioned Lebanese terrorist movement, Hezbollah, and its main sponsor, Iran, both threw their weight behind Assad’s regime.
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