Post #33976 1.44K Dec 8, 2024, 12:34 UTC 🔍Bashar al-Assad defeated: What has happened in Syria so far, what nowhttps://ift.tt/boRZMBtGo beyond the headlines with #ExpressExplained The Indian Express Bashar al-Assad defeated: What has happened in Syria so far, what now Assad was never meant to be Syria's leader. He was an ophthalmologist practising in London when his brother and father's heir-apparent died. How did his regime survive for 24 years? What were his ties with India?