@anders_aslund: I always celebrate when true tyrants, such as Bashar Al-Assad falls. We don’t know what comes next, but we know how terrible his regime was. His fall was a chain reaction from October 7, which hit Hamas, then Hezbollah & Iran.

I always celebrate when true tyrants, such as Bashar Al-Assad falls. We don’t know what comes next, but we know how terrible his regime was.
His fall was a chain reaction from October 7, which hit Hamas, then Hezbollah & Iran.

— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) December 8, 2024