Syrians Tear Down Assad Poster, Topple Statue Outside Damascus Library
Video released on social media on December 10 showed Syrians tearing down a poster of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and knocking down a statue of his father outside a library in Damascus.In one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations, the fall of Assad’s government on Sunday (December 8) wiped out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised influence across the Arab world.Assad fled to Russia, after 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s rule. n18oc_world n18oc_crux
