CONFLICTO
El fin del régimen de Assad cambia el equilibrio de poder en la región
December 11, 2024 - La rápida caída del presidente Bashar al-Assad de Siria ha tomado por sorpresa a casi a todas las potencias extranjeras, ahora recelosas sobre lo qué sucederá a continuación.
Those with a vested interest in the conflict and the future of the country include, on one side, Russia and Iran – which backed Assad – and on the other, the U.S. and Turkey, which supported different rebel groups and militias.
Assad’s overthrow is widely seen as a major blow to the Iran-led “Axis of Resistance” political and military alliance that opposes Israeli and U.S. influence in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has capitalised on the power vacuum in Syria to bomb targets across the country, including military infrastructure, naval fleet, and weapons production sites, saying it aims to keep weapons away from extremists.
The overthrow followed a 13-year civil war, which started after Assad crushed pro-democracy protests. The fighting killed more than half a million people, displaced millions more, and embroiled international powers and their proxies.
- The global players in Syria before and after Assad (BBC)
- Foreign armies in Syria and how they came to be there (Reuters)
- Assad’s Fall Is a Big Win for Turkey’s Erdogan (Bloomberg)
- Fall of Assad puts Russia’s large military footprint in Syria at risk (Washington Post)
- Iran Update, December 10, 2024 (ISW)