Geopolitics & Resilience
2026-04-26
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Syria 2026: post Assad transition, Caesar relief, and reconstruction priorities
Bashar al Assad fled to Moscow on December 8, 2024 after an eleven day HTS offensive. Ahmad al Sharaa was named transitional president on January 30, 2025. Trump revoked Caesar Act sanctions on June 30, 2025.
The fall of the Assad family's 53 year rule on December 8, 2024 is the most consequential Levant inflection since 2011. Hayat Tahrir al Sham took Aleppo on November 30, Hama on December 5, and Damascus eight days after the Idlib breakout. Bashar al Assad flew to Moscow under Russian protection. HTS leader Ahmad al Sharaa, formerly Abu Moh...