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Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assadwho held the highest position in Syria for 24 years, like his father 30 years before him, he left the country after a “swift and unexpected” collapse. However, there were preconditions for this. To the fall of his regime led several fatal errors, they were reported by The Washington Post (WP), citing sources.

Assad rejected the US deal shortly before the opposition offensive

Thus, a few weeks before the activation of the opposition forces, Assad rejected several new proposals, which ultimately cost him power. Former Syrian diplomat Bassam Barabandi, who supported the opposition in the early days of the offensive, noted that one of them was done indirectly by the US through UAE.

In addition, the authors of the material note, an even more serious mistake for the Assad regime was that it refused an olive branch (traditional symbol of peace), extended by the President Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish leader proposed to his Syrian colleague to normalize relations with Ankara in exchange for effort Damascus to contain Kurdish militias and compromise with the opposition.

Analysts believe Assad “brought it all upon himself”

Despite the fact that the international community was taken by surprise by the militants' rapid success, signs of the approaching collapse of the Assad regime could have been noticed for a long time, writes WP. The ex-president of Syria did not take advantage of chances for reconciliation with the opposition and the international community, and also missed many opportunities to strengthen his status, stubbornly refusing to make concessions that could have brought him recognition and the country much-needed economic relief.

Analysts converge in one thing, Assad failed to take measures that could unite the people and save the country. Former Damascus University professor Amr Al-Azm, now teaching in the United States, believes that Assad “had no answers or solutions” and only continued his brutal repression. Syria Today founder Andrew Tabler added that the ex-president of Syria “brought all this upon himself.” “In the end, he lost everything, and it cost the Syrians hundreds of thousands of lives,” Tabler concluded.

Assad and his family were granted asylum in Russia

When opposition forces from the north and south approached Damascus, Assad left Syria and, after negotiations with terrorist groups, folded relinquish presidential powers.

His plane flew out to Russia. According to the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin decided provide political asylum to a Syrian colleague and his family.

December 8 it became known about the complete surrender and disbandment of the Syrian Armed Forces. Current Prime Minister of Syria Mohammed Ghazi al-Jalali expressed the view that the Syrian army ultimately lost the long and difficult civil war due to a loss of motivation. This was facilitated by psychological, economic and social factors.