On Sunday 8 and Monday 9 December, European leaders welcomed the fall of Bashar al-Assad, overthrown by the HTS. This terrorist group and its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Julani are sanctioned by the United Nations.
Since the uprising in 2011, the al-Assad regime’s repression has left more than half a million people dead and more than 130,000 political prisoners. Between 12 and 14 million Syrians have had to leave their homes and over 7 million have fled the country.
“The fall of Assad’s...