In December 2024 the Assad regime was overthrown after more than 50 years of dictatorship. In its place is a transitional government led by Syrian rebel group HTS, which along with allied militia groups drove Bashar al-Assad out of the country. Now Syria is at a crossroads.
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The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent, Bethan McKernan, retraced the journey that the rebels took to liberate Syria, travelling through Aleppo, south to Homs and on to the capital Damascus to find out what is next for Syria and ask: can a country torn apart by civil war rebuild a society that works for everyone?
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