Turkey is filling the power vacuum left by Assad, but peaceful coexistence is vital for the Middle East’s future

By Javier Gil Guerrero, Investigador del Instituto Cultura y Sociedad, Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra

Much like Iraq in early 2003, the predominant images coming out of Syria in late 2024 were of jubilant crowds toppling statues of ousted dictators . In almost all the videos, the stone or metal of the sculpture raises a cloud of dust as it falls, blurring the view of the scene for a few moments.

Following the collapse of 61 years of Ba'ath Party dictatorship and 53 years of the al-Asad dynasty in Damascus,…

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