Syria: One Year After Assad | Inside Story

After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria is trying to turn the page on its past. It has been a year since Ahmed al Sharaa's now-defunct armed group walked into Damascus to little resistance. Bashar al Assad - whose family held power since 1970 - had already fled to Moscow. Crowds cheered the end of a dictatorship - and political prisoners walked out of the most notorious jails in the country, shocked at their own freedom. But the optimism of that day has now given way to the realities of transition - sectarian tensions, grinding poverty and demands for justice over atrocities carried out by the regime. So, can the new government bring real change and unity to Syria? And what can be learned from the steps it has taken so far? Presenter: Dareen Abughaida Guests: Haid Haid - researcher at Chatham House. Ammar Kahf - Executive Director, Omran Center for Strategic Studies. Heiko Wimmen - Project Director for Iraq, Syria and Lebanon at the International Crisis Group. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X:   / ajenglish   Find us on Facebook:   / aljazeera   Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page:   / aljazeeraenglish   Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Syria #PostWarSyria #SyriaTransition #SyriaAfterAssad #Damascus #SyriaPoliticalChange #SyriaTransitionalJustice #SyriaSectarianTensions #SyriaReconstruction #SyrianRefugees #SyriaWarCrimes #AhmedAlSharaa #SyriaFuture