Jubilee and hope: Syria after Assad's fall before a fresh start!

Jubilee and hope: Syria after Assad's fall before a fresh start!

in Syria, after the dramatic fall of ruler Bashar al-Assad, returns a mixture of joy and uncertainty. The Syrian community in Graz, which includes over 3,500 refugees, faces the question of how it is now about its home country. However, the opening of prisons and the release of detainees who have been recorded for years without a process also arouse great emotions. Mehydin Zebdieh from the association "Syrian Community Graz" emphasizes: "The joy of the liberation of these people is great, but the future remains uncertain." A democratic reconstruction is now the priority, whereby Zebdieh points out the need to learn from the mistakes of the past so as not to fall into old patterns again.

uncertain future after the regime change

The escape of Assad and his family to Russia could mean a new beginning for Syria, which has been suffering from dictatorship and civil war for over a decade. According to reports from the ZDF, thousands of prisoners in the Saidnaja prison in Damascus are in acute danger because the ventilation failed. Intherds who vegetate in cellars threaten to suffocate, while the freedom of other prisoners moves within reach. These prisons symbolize the regime Assads, in which torture and mass executions were the order of the day. Rebel is currently responsible for the future political order, whereby it is crucial whether the different groups can agree on a common path or whether a power vacuum will be created that leads to new violence, the ZDF.

international reactions and military tensions

The international community observes the situation more carefully than ever. The United States continues to carry out air raids on positions of the Islamic state in Syria and have also emphasized that its troops will remain until further notice. President Biden explains that they would not allow IS to take advantage of the power vacuum. At the same time, Israel moves troops to the nearby Golan heights to secure themselves against potential threats from Syria. The next time will be crucial to see which direction the recent power structure will take in Syria and how the various actor forces can find at the negotiating table, reported the ZDF correspondent Golineh Atai.