The ouster of President Bashar Al Assad marks the return of the frozen Syrian civil war with the region now fragmented and divided among three dominant factions that include the Syrian opposition led by Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, the Kurdish and Alawite forces. This may see a rise in terrorist organisations with chaos and instability in Syria that was witnessed in Libya and Iraq after their long-standing regimes were ousted from power. Unfortunately, the Assad regime that withstood more than a decade of uprisings, civil war and international sanctions since the onset of widespread protests in 2011, collapsed without any resistance. The tragedy of Syria is not only its dismemberment but the stark hypocrisy of international actors who continue to justify their interference under the guise of counter-terrorism and democracy promotion. For the Syrian people, yet another chapter of suffering unfolds, leaving behind shattered lives and a fractured nation.
