Tag: ElAssad
From Caligula to Bashar el-Assad, tyrants always end badly, by Abnousse Shalmani – L’Express
Bashar al-Assad fell, after twenty years of a bloody reign succeeding that of his father, who would have preferred the other son, who died in a car accident. Ophthalmo turned…
the fall of Bashar el-Assad is not a “defeat” for Russia, assures Vladimir Poutine – L’Express
The UN called on Wednesday, December 18 for “free and fair elections” in Syria after the transition period opened by the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and called for the rapid…
the three geopolitical disasters of Hafez el-Assad – L’Express
Bashar al-Assad is in the headlines, his father Hafez much less. However, it is indeed the three bitter failures of the dynastic founder that translate and will embody the pitiful…
These French jihadists in Syria who worry intelligence after the fall of Bashar el-Assad – L’Express
There are only a handful left, but they are still monitored by the French intelligence services. Between 2013 and 2016, 1,500 French jihadists went to Syria to join the fight…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s crazy bet after the fall of Bashar el-Assad – L’Express
There was a time, not so long ago, when Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar el-Assad spent their vacations together, as a family, in the seaside resort of Bodrum. For almost…
The fall of Bashar el-Assad, a lesson to meditate on for Vladimir Putin – L’Express
This December 19, the “Review of the year” of Vladimir Putin, this traditional self-satisfaction session that the Russian president performs in front of an audience of journalists, risks being very…
after the fall of Bashar el-Assad, the future of chemical weapons in question – L’Express
This is one of the many questions looming after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime: what will happen to the stockpiles of chemical weapons which probably remain in the country?…
the fall of Bashar el-Assad seen from the Arab world and Israel – L’Express
It was a 54-year reign that collapsed in just a few hours, like a house of cards. Faced with the encirclement of Damascus by Syrian rebels, Bashar el-Assad found himself…
the rebels announce the fall of “tyrant” Bashar el-Assad and the capture of Damascus – L’Express
After barely ten days of a lightning offensive, the Syrian rebels, led by the Islamists of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), seized the country’s main cities, including Damascus, and brought down…
The shadow of Hafez el-Assad still reigns in Lebanon – L’Express
Since the middle of the 20th century, important figures have changed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This week, La Loupe draws their portrait with Frédéric Encel, geopolitician and columnist at L’Express, and…