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Comfort Ero on Syria: A Year of Hope and Hardship
One year ago, the 54-year al-Assad dynasty came to an end.
In this video, Crisis Group President and CEO Comfort Ero reflects on Syria’s transition, recalling the moment the world watched Syrians grieve, celebrate, return home, and freed from the regime’s brutal prisons.
Since December 2024, the new Syrian government has moved quickly to revive the state and reconnect it to the outside world.
The new leaders have marked notable progress, securing the easing of some of the harshest international sanctions and attracting new funding to relieve pressures on the economy.
Yet, Syria is far from out of the woods.
The road to stability is beset by hurdles: fragile security arrangements, limited…