After The Fall
The people of Syria know that this moment—where hope for a unified country still lingers—could disappear at any time. In December 2024, Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed after years of war, leaving a country in chaos.
In the days that followed, celebrations filled the streets as people rejoiced in newfound freedom, while others searched desperately for the missing.
Prisons, once packed with political detainees, opposition figures, and the unjustly imprisoned, were opened—revealing the scars of years of brutality. Families combed through detention centers, scanning walls for names, hoping for answers. Some found survivors, others were left only with silence.
With the government gone, former opposition groups and local factions now struggle to establish control.
A fragile order has emerged, with Sunnis, Alawites, Christians, Druze, Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, and Turkmen navigating an uncertain future. But the question remains: will this new unity hold, or will Syria descend into another cycle of violence?
The aftermath of Assad’s fall will shape life in every city. Damascus, once the regime’s stronghold, faces power struggles and the question of who will govern. Homs and Aleppo, devastated by years of war, must rebuild amid shifting alliances.
Latakia, an Alawite heartland, faces an uncertain fate without the government that once protected it. Idlib, long a rebel-held enclave, now finds itself at the center of power negotiations. Suwayda, with its Druze population, must determine its place in the new order. Across Syria, the question remains: what comes next?
