Aftermath of the Syrian civil war
series of clashes and disputes in Syria
Disputes and clashes in Syria have continued following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, which many sources consider the end of the Syrian civil war. Numerous actors are involved, including clashes between the newly-formed Syrian caretaker government and later the Syrian transitional government led by the former emir of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and incumbent president Ahmed al-Sharaa, Assad loyalists, Alawite groups, and Druze insurgents; clashes between elements of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and the government on one side, and formerly the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the other; as well as an Israeli invasion and occupation of the demilitarized buffer zone in southwestern Syria.
Background
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of opposition groups called the Military Operations Command, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and the Southern Operations Room, launched a major offensive against the Syrian Army and other pro-government forces in Aleppo, Idlib, Hama and Homs Governorates. This was followed by other rebel offensives from the Southern Operations Room, the SDF and the Syrian Free Army which all began seizing Syrian government territory in the country's south and east. On 29 November, rebel forces entered Aleppo as Syrian Army positions collapsed across the country. On 7 December, rebel forces entered Damascus and the next day, on 8 December, Bashar al-Assad was reported to have fled the capital. The Syrian Army confirmed Assad was no longer in power and had fled the country, resulting in the collapse of his regime and ending over 60 years of Ba'athist rule and 54 years under the Assad dynasty. Assad and his family fled to Moscow and were granted asylum in Russia. The fall of Assad has been said to mark the end of the Syrian civil war.
Syrian prime minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali recognized the transfer of power to the Syrian Salvation Government, which established a caretaker government in Damascus with Mohammed al-Bashir serving as the prime minister.
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