Who is Bashar al-Assad and how did he rule Syria?

[@rooneye]

0:20 That guy "Whats happened?" That is heartbreaking man knows NOTHING of whats gone on for YEARS - thats how isolated hes been. Fucking hell.

[@justsomeduckwhotouchesgras906]

Why is everyone talking about Libya and Iraq as if Syria under Assad was some paradise? Are you all serious right now? Syrians literally fled to Iraq and Libya to escape the hellish conditions in Syria-what exactly is your argument here? Trying to justify the mass slaughter of nearly a million Syrians and the systematic torture of hundreds of thousands doesn’t make you any less reprehensible than Netanyahu and the apartheid machine in Israel. Calling critics "Israeli" or "Zionists" is just as ridiculous as Israel claiming every person in Gaza is Hamas. Hypocrisy is hypocrisy, no matter how you dress it up. And let’s be clear: Palestinian blood and Syrian blood are equally sacred. Pretending otherwise is selfish, hypocritical, and just plain wrong. Assad is a monster, and he should be held accountable for all of his crimes.

[@Induna123]

The difference being Assad used violence as a way of maintaining power within his regime. Netanyahu is using violence as a reaction to the terrorists who slaughtered 1200 innocent people at a dance concert. You can't compare the two.

[@healthytruth1363]

ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON ❗️❗️❗️❗️

[@SamTy79]

All Syrian immigrants in America and Europe refuse to go back to the new, Israeli Zionism Syrian paradise.

[@AllahIsTheKingOfKings88]

The scream of happiness of the man who's asking "What happened?"

[@tjmbv8680]

expecting syria to get better with assad gone is like expecting iraq to stay stable after we got rid of saddam or iran to be more democratic after the fall of the shah.

[@JavenarchX]

Unfortunately. There is hope. There were probably a lot of bad guys let out of that prison too.

[@Aisakusainn]

😂😂 US hegemon-fan spotted

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

Another so called expert on the Middle East who thinks every country in the Middle East is the same

[@ahmadhadi177]

Wasn't it Turkey who backed the rebels,not the West?I got that from Al Jazeera.

[@Muhiz23]

Completely different context. Syria already suffered an unimaginable war with unprecedented amounts of destruction, so it was already unstable. The people are tired of war and brutality and im 100% sure that they will stabilise their country just like they did in Idlib.

[@joy3203]

Dispalced Syrians that I know of are very happy about this fallen regime. Us outsiders would never know and understand how happy the natives are.

[@Shahid-if4ws]

I dont expect the new chapter in Syria to be any better than its troubled past. Israel will make sure of that, and the endless Muslim sects willing to fight for power....

[@skuzzlebutt9745]

Its america and the zionist fault. Bashar is a Zionist jew, not muslim.

[@leenzahab6474]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Shahid-if4ws]

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the unbeliever.” Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2956

[@AliceRevil]

"You don't expect...." Subjective opinion. But you are not God either. All victories belong to Allah SWT. Allah SWT always with the believers even how small in numbers they are.

[@jamesdeen2722]

Very great point. Mfs can laugh and insult you all they want but you couldn’t be more accurate in that Israel will do anything to fulfill its true, irredentist vision of “Greater Israel”, which includes parts of Syria. A stable Syria isn’t good for a “nation” that wants to annex areas within Syria’s borders. Either way, how can anyone deny the fact that Israel supports, enables, and directly provokes destabilization of Arab nations in the Middle East? It’s essentially an undeniable truth. Shit might as well be one of newtons laws

[@sunshinelight9885]

If not for this freedom be at least happy for the mother who got her kids back from the prison. Be just a slightly happy for the Father and son who reunited. But no you can't, you must always show your critism to the politics and not mention anything about the torture that people have endured that none of you would be able to stand.

[@ritchie18k97]

What were they in prison for

[@HandsomeBastard]

Says you from your sofa while never experiencing any of these things 😂

[@AliceRevil]

​@@ritchie18k97Protests or they are related to anyone who attended the protests during Arab springs in 2011 and subsequent years.

[@AmericanRebel97]

@@AliceRevilisis aren’t protesters

[@arifsaleem-7377]

insightful

[@RollinRoadblock]

Syria isn't even close to saudi arabia when it comes to human rights abuses, yet the saudi dictatorship continues. Money n oil talk louder than the truth

[@Lila12362]

Umm what?! Can you name me one person who was a torture victim in a Saudi prison?

[@4TH-Raikages-Father]

​@@Lila12362so many Sheikh's/imams in prison for say "fear god" to the authority...

[@prussianballspa3519]

​@@Lila12362 juhayman al-otaybi supporter who oppose the dictatorship regime of saudi family

[@Axoq-d3u]

@@Lila12362ask the people who got arrested for protesting their houses being demolished for Neom line

[@RollinRoadblock]

@Lila12362 Tell me you know nothing about saudi arabia without telling me you know nothing about saudi arabia and it's traditions. Women have only been allowed to drive since 2020. Got 2 mates who are saudi born but live in the uk and they hate it over there. They only go back for what westerners refer to as funerals. Unfortunately they always miss the ceremony thanks to islmanic tradition of burying the dead within 24hours.

[@patcomerford5596]

Touring Syria in 1999 I met many Syrians who hated the Assads. These same people had pictures of Assad's father in their homes because it was "wise to do so". Good luck Syria.💙💙💙

[@ImmortalTechnique42]

lSlS = lsraeli Secret Intelligence Service Paid mercenaries on lsraeli payroll

[@mememe8897]

You can tour the US and meet many people who hate our president.

[@Matthew-z8x]

I'm afraid syria will become another 🇱🇾 libya

[@thecakeguru8422]

@@Matthew-z8xthat was the American and its ally’s plan

[@ImmortalTechnique42]

@ sadly Assads the good guy

[@suomynonna]

We will never know because the media can not be trusted.

[@M1LAD81]

100% they will just feed us their tripe propaganda. There's not many institutions we can trust right now. Everyone is a liar for their own gain. But no lying in the Afterlife.

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

Amen

[@Lila12362]

U can search every fact by yourself...

[@suomynonna]

@@Lila12362 How so?

[@Lila12362]

@@suomynonna By Google. Most facts mentioned here are supported with enough evidence, and if you ask any Syrian he will confirm it to you.

[@argentux8919]

This is Iraq all over again. Hundreds of thousands will end up losing their life's due to the dispute for total power that will arise now between the factions.

[@JamieMorlok]

If your channel thinks that Assad was brutal, how would you judge Netanyahu, deep-state in the USA, Yoon in S.Korea, Modi in India & so many more.

[@the_grand_tourer]

Is this the first MEE video you've watched ?

[@fzc8022]

@@the_grand_tourer Clicked on one video and now feels like he knows everything 😭

[@MZVSCorner]

both at tyrants . why its so difficult for some people to understand

[@misshope795]

Both diabolical,Netanyahu massacres palestinian and bombs arab regions whilst Bashar massacres is own people. You asinine

[@Los_Altos_Mapper_89]

PM modi is not the best pm, but he is nowhere as evil as Bashar al assad. He has had a net positive impact on the country. Bashar is an evil man whos commited so many crimes against humanity also you probably did not even know who Yoon is until a week ago

[@MrMelgibstein]

He's still alive and well, thank you very much

[@RicahG-ow3ok]

There's a lot happening in this world🙌🏽🙌🏽 can't believe people just get away with this kind of evil.. so wicked

[@markpalmer8083]

He's a British NHS Eye Surgeon.

[@amlucasius9432]

Ja en

[@lawrencevincent1]

Yeah, and his regime used torture to gouge out the eyes of his so-called enemies.

[@abbasraza7942]

I am from Afghanistan and I pray for peace in Syria and its people like my country's people are in peace now.

[@winstoncorrigan4309]

Why do some people in the comments seem to think that assad was a kind benevolent ruler = they have just discovered mass graves with over 150000 poor souls and that’s just in one place = imagine how many more poor victims they will find = god bless Syria I hope one day that you all find peace after what that monster did to your people nobody deserves what he done to you ❤️

[@brianedwards1733]

Aye the same as Saddam had chemicals of mass destruction, gullible people believe everything they are told.

[@rooneye]

USA has killed more civilians than ANY other country EVER. Probs only the church has killed more. This guy is awful you're right. But why do America GET AWAY WITH IT?

[@davvid266]

What a great leader Bashar has been. Thank you Bashar for everything ❤️

[@Azinmed]

My friend is syrian, and they are so so kind and intelligent, its always the good people suffering in this world

[@GerritVictor-pn9yv]

How cruel Bashar Al Assad ruled is a picnic to what is waiting for the Syrians.

[@fberki]

Why would you say that? What's coming?

[@buddhahead27]

​@@fberkithe same thing that happens when the US military and CIA topples any so-called regime

[@LordDaveKoresh]

@@fberkilikely chaos! Has there been a successful outcome after an event like this? Libya? Iraq? Afghanistan?

[@RobertSkene-qw3ob]

He woke up in the morning ,had the list, picked five from the list and said these five are my pickles to be eaten this day ??? He loved his pickles especially GHERKINS!!! 🇨🇦😰

[@ياللهيارب-ذ6ع]

I am your sister from Gaza 🇵🇸 I ask you to pray for us.. 💔💔.

[@malumbokunda8471]

Will surely pray for you, Sister.

[@thatgardeninggirl2864]

Praying for you ❤

[@arieledelman4732]

Yaaaa allla long live israel,🙏🇮🇱❤ You supported the 7 of october genocide and now you cry

[@mo_bra3340]

Thank you for posting this video. SO AMAZING that they've finally removed that family from Syrian rule!!!

[@waftbut]

Syrians used to describe their country Heaven on Earth.

[@dasdasdatics420]

Remember. This may only be one side of the story.

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

Yeah, the opposite-of-the-truth type story.

[@markhardcastle9820]

@@Costa_del_Artlepool😂 don’t be silly.

[@markhardcastle9820]

@@Costa_del_Artlepool😂. Difficult to accept when your favourite tyrannical, authoritarian, mass murdering psychopath head of state is deposed, isn’t it?! 😂

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

@@markhardcastle9820 ...says the TV viewer

[@cameo777]

Why has he not been charged with war crimes?.

[@crosstian]

I hope we can see him held accountable in the months and years to come

[@glebperch7585]

Because he didn't commit any

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

@@glebperch7585 Unlike Tony Blaire et al

[@HandsomeBastard]

​@glebperch7585 😂

[@crosstian]

@@glebperch7585 the sheer, disgusting, inhumane ignorance to sit back watching a genocide live streamed on Tik Tok and make such comments 💀

[@Matthew-z8x]

Syria will become another Libya.😭😭😥😢

[@Sky-ip6mh]

Syria is another Libya

[@xrp334]

The west : Austrian painter Arabs : Eye doctor

[@privatei5334]

Check out the utuber Richard Medhurst a Syrian Christian. He says the Syrians in years to come will say If only Assad was our leader we would not be in this position. As cry out the Iraqis and the Kurds. I've heard it from there own mouths from the Iraqis and the Kurdish refugees in Britain.

[@leenzahab6474]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@declanmurphy6427]

Basher al Asshead!😂😂😂😂

[@AnnieBadger]

😂😂😂

[@nanamanaaa]

"what happened?" "the regime fell" "aaargghh"

[@HandsomeBastard]

😂

[@johnlawrence2757]

One thing you can be certain of is that the people of Syria will deeply regret the passing of Assad, bringing with it the protection of Moscow. How can they possibly imagine these so called rebel thugs are going to improve life for the average Syrian citizen Believe the capitalist propaganda at your peril

[@NawafAbdl]

لماذا هل تقول لي لماذا

[@thairinkhudr4259]

maybe they will say that Assad's "power" helped protect them from Israel (is not real) and when is not real attacks Syria (God protect them) they will think Assad is good because is not real did not allows is not real to claim Syria. I don't know but I really hope Syria will quickly build itself up and make itself stronger with great integrity for the sake of all Syrians. ​@@NawafAbdl

[@sidthesexist1]

Living in any muslim country, to me, seems a hellish existence.

[@Azinmed]

Has nothing to do with our religion, not in the name of islam

[@gerrycoogan6544]

Agreed.

[@DandoPorsaco-ho1zs]

Brought to you... by ISRAEL Propaganda Services!!!

[@TyeMaynard]

Qatari

[@loligotnodon8511]

the channel is literally anti israel

[@MZVSCorner]

russian propoganda is no different than israel

[@Axoq-d3u]

Sunnis hated him, no need to blame just israel on this one

[@sepangball_94]

Original Syria: WE WON! FELL! FELL! FELL BASYAR AL-ASAD!!!!

[@PhoenixRising-p2v]

THIS IS PROPAGANDA.

[@MintIceCreamEnjoyer]

How so? Which points are wrong?

[@ice-cream313]

Received 97% of the votes. Reminds me of Saddam's elections, who got 99% of the votes 😂. Really popular leaders 🤔.

[@schlafcomandanten]

The president of Azerbaijan got 92% of the votes earlier this year. Why no Arab Spring in Azerbaijan?

[@ice-cream313]

@schlafcomandanten answer is 🇮🇱 interests. Still dictatorships, though.

[@Love_garden832]

Nobody voted them. There's no opposition in syria. They were arrested and tortured. It's just a political show that there's election but in reality it's non contested and only voted by his supporters. Tge syrian population have no rights and were diplaced, became refugees, or risk being arrested or tortured under his regime. It's tyrannical, authoritarian regime.

[@CLookioran]

Same goes for Egypt but they are backed by US and Israel so don't expect much from them not to mention Saudi Arabia where they don't have even an election ​@@schlafcomandanten

[@speedbird1598]

@@schlafcomandanten Probably because they aren't Arab to start with

[@rudyrivera1723]

This is Israel PROPAGANDA

[@andersonli676]

This channel is as anti isreal as you can get

[@magda1462]

How can you explain the mass graves then? The lived experience of thousands of imprisoned civilians that were tortured?

[@greenlover4522]

And you dont talk about how this helped Israel and asad was the main reason Israel wasn't attaking syria.

[@carycoller3140]

That group that "freed" them will do to them what he did.

[@youarebad5019]

Why is everyone talking about Libya and Iraq acting like Syria was a good place under Assad? Are yall for real rn? Many Syrians literally fled to Iraq and Libya because of how bad the conditions are in Syria what is your point? Trying to justify the killing of close to 1 million Syrians and the torture of hundreds of thousands of them doesn’t make you any better than netenyahu and Israel. Saying these people are Israeli and Zionists is the same as Israel claiming all Gaza is Hamas. All of you guys are hypocrites and selfish. Palestinian blood is not worth more than Syrian blood!!!

[@sarahhaaniaxoxo]

I believe you dropped this 👑

[@privatei5334]

Turkey, USA, Israel, UAE, Saudi and now Syria all one and the same side. The Other side of what remains is Iran, Yemen, Jordan & Russia. Simple bare face fact. You can't honestly be on the supporting side of Palestine without your support for Iran. Unless your intelligence can't comprehend that what is before you or your ignorance on the subject. It is a Daunting fact. Even harder to comprehend if you are a staunch Sunni.

[@SyaFati]

Jordan is puppet of Israel

[@martinreyhan9155]

American funded?

[@karekinderian9157]

Criminal asad by killing innocent our raftık harriry

[@jawedmanowar657]

Thanks to the Turkish President and Govt helped Uproot this Tyrant and Cruel Leader and helped the Syrian struggle and resistance

[@xqacad]

Thank the government that supports Daesh? No thanks.

[@AnaZia-nn3ug]

Erdogan is a much bigger tyrant. He is a snake with two heads. He is helping and Aiding Israel, and hasn’t move a finger to help Palestine, only empty words. Now in an opportunistic way, toppled Syrian government and handed Syria to Israel. He is a Zionist puppet and has Syrian and Palestinians blood in his hands

[@averagejoe4932]

If Americans took control of a section of America what do u think our government would do? Peacefully negotiate? They fire bombed a small compound in Waco texas. Idk how bad this regime was but i know there is worse

[@joeysaavedra56]

A responsible, God loving, human caring and human type of government should lead syria..no more room for this barbaric Assad presidency. Your people must unite

[@chekov885]

Not a well researched history of the conflict. Left out US involvement in the initial uprising. Left out that the uprising was attempted to be shut down using unarmed troops and police and only went into armed conflict after 200 Syrian police and soldiers were killed and sniped attempting to peacefully quell the protest. Barrel bombs don't exist. if they did then they can't be compared to the USs 2000 lb. bombs that we use to target apt blocks schools , hospitals and UN relief and staff centers. Also the chemical weapons mentioned were deployed with field artillery within Rebel (Al Qaida) controlled territories far out of the range of Syrian forces . These were Basically western propaganda events. The international investigations came to the opposite conclusion than the assertions in this film.

[@pipandcol]

"many displaced people returning home"........................and I'm a banana!

[@Ed.strell]

What?

[@bernicehagins643]

This what happened to Libya?

[@DerekReggie360]

All sides in the Libyan conflict were carpet bombed by NATO and resulted in extreme and almost immediate destabilization but GNA was formed to stabilize the country then Isràel financed Haftar to destabilize the country.

[@vivkesh6513]

So how many of refugees that came to the uk are going to go back to rebuild their country? Little to none I’d imagine

[@Ed.strell]

Why do you view all refugees as lazy and unpatriotic? They are normal people just trying to survive and get by like anyone else.

[@Sufi-d3u]

After The Darkness

[@eskil2059]

Bashar al-Assad, is gone, keep him there.

[@Tessa-c1v]

Assad seems like a kind man to me. I can't believe what the media is saying

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

I can't believe anything of what they've been saying for like 30 years

[@bernicejenkins1515]

Really?

[@ritchie18k97]

Dont or Gaddafi great leaders gadafi murdered by the yanks and Brits

[@shivill2236]

He was really kind to the children he gassed and killed.

[@pewpewhh]

You must be blind then.

[@알버트에스오비리]

you might want to do a documentary about Rikers Island in NY or hundreds of US based prisons. you sound ignorant as hell

[@das5813]

Of course this is only one side of the story.

[@sultansomalijr990]

Malcun asad asad future jahanama insho allah

[@Hope4Tomorrow-l8o]

Eritrean regime is NEXT

[@ThePolitician-sphere]

Between 2018-2019, Syria’s central bank sent $250 million in cash to Russia. These were secret plane shipments of US dollars and euros, nearly 2 tonnes of currency, to Moscow’s Vnukovo airport. At the same time, Assad’s inner circle and family invested in luxury properties in Moscow. With Syria isolated and broke, cash transfers became the regime’s survival tool. Iran also helped funnel money through companies linked to Lebanese Hezbollah.

[@forsdykemontague1017]

I wager the new regime will be equally brutal.

[@Costa_del_Artlepool]

Well you're half right.

[@sabinajankovicova1284]

You did nôt mention Russia bombed Isil there. Thanks for narrative.

[@M-Gabirs]

Next is the brutal dictator Isaias Aforki of Eritrea.

[@mohamedfakkiransari]

He was a tyrant.

[@lucylu8843]

Wasn't Isis created just after this?

[@lucylu8843]

So basically.. us and UK got rid of this guy to create Isis and control all heroin and do a number on everyone and make other leaders look like the real bad people 😂

[@Kcheeseboro]

Russia aka Putin is gonna eventually use Assad as a negotiating piece

[@luismcabrera3203]

Cuba is next

[@azazelsamael6957]

Prisoners that go out prison like 'the dark knight rises' movie😂 after 'BAIN" take over gotham😂

[@salmamoha1871]

wtf iswrong with u

[@piotrpoleski2650]

Disgrace propaganda...

[@vicferrmat4492]

These Arab people appear to have an extremely tribal world view.

[@Los_Altos_Mapper_89]

0:25 Why does his uniform have the ISIS flag on its arm?

[@ron6270]

Because the US are funding more radical jihadists to take over Assad so that they once in power can open free trade and allow American companies to buy up all of Syrias oil.

[@zeasend]

Because they are an off spring of isis

[@Kama-c3p]

Depends on how you narrate it.

[@XXAAZZ]

and for whom the narrator works for...

[@MintIceCreamEnjoyer]

Two month old account...

[@eredris]

​@@MintIceCreamEnjoyerRussians hard at work as usual 😂😂

[@ronvanderplight4405]

Just another cruel,monster,I hope syria gets adesecent govt,though not another paranoid religious ,crazy ,its wait and see!

[@AnaZia-nn3ug]

Unsubscribed. Repetition of the same Western propaganda.

[@justinstocks9641]

Wasn’t he invited to the royal weighing?😊

[@worship8741]

50/50

[@kaykay-rw5xi]

Saudi probably has a similar prison

[@shadyhazza]

okay mossad, thanks, good to know

[@Jenny-xb9zm]

Sirea seemed OK till nato wanted there oil...

[@schlafcomandanten]

Bring the Arab Spring to Qatar

[@NonanoN-er6de]

Are they imprisoning ppl for free speech?

[@davidfirmino3829]

​@@NonanoN-er6deyes they are. it's a dictatorship, don't you know that?

[@ela7893]

​@NonanoN-er6de there is no free speech in those gulf states.

[@Pearls544]

May Allah protect us from such swi nes and Pharoahs

[@eren1707]

If history has taught us anything it’s that creating a power vacuum in a third world shit hole always works out completely fine 👍🏻

[@mariamohammad7850]

A person said "(Allahuakbar)" later he said "(Subhanallah)" and after that he said "(Alhamdulillah)" he again said "(Allahummagfirli)" he also said (la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz zalimin) in this he earned many many good deeds and that person is you Copy and also share

[@aaryaputra108]

Hell no

[@robertburdoff1789]

awh man, & I liked "middle east eye", but apart from starting to listen to this thinking it was BS, the barrel bomb part firmly confirmed this since it was debunked by the Grayzone among others. Sadly unsubscribing - guess you've been bought off. Right, outa here.

[@reynardus1359]

Looks like Zelensky.

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

You mean Putin?

[@reynardus1359]

@Pdmc-vu5gj Only if you're blind. This guy looks like a cross between Castro and Zelensky

[@Pdmc-vu5gj]

@@reynardus1359 But Assad was best friends with Putin who has given him exile in Russia. And Putin supported and assisted his massacres of the Syrian people. You are making zero sense.

[@gersonhay984]

Did the CIA support the Syrian Fighters.

[@AlexSanchez-cs9fq]

coward he said he was going to die in syria liar

[@sadiahhoque2218]

Oppression

[@nathanstrusburg7338]

Is life better now after

[@afa3460]

Im from Syria and answer you yes of course🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nathanstrusburg7338]

@ what was bad and what is good? What can new leader to give?

[@sdeee3842]

Abismal of course Russia would take him in!

[@ismailhussain3192]

1:32 his dad looks like Saul Goodman 😭

[@elleelaine]

Lies and propaganda. What's new.

[@andersonli676]

He was such a great leader right?

[@elleelaine]

Did I say that no I didn't. But replacing something with something even worse is better in your opinion? Syria was stable up until NATO/west created funded, weaponised, trained the Al quaeda terrorist organisation then invaded invaded 2011 to enact regime change citing the that very group as the reason for invading. Now 13 years they achieved their goal and ousted Assad for what,? For Syria to be ruled by the most militant western backed terrorist organisations Al Quaeda, rebranded into HTS. During Assad Syrian was a secular country with all faiths and religions now it's definitely not. The black flag of jihad flying alongside every Syrian national flag will bring nothing but death and destruction to Syria. It's almost an exact copy of Libya. Unfortunately there are so many numbskulls who blindly believe all the mainstream nonsense.BBC media action and the White helmets have been and continues to be the most insidious propaganda entries in existence.

[@AntoniaHarris-gw9oe]

WHYYYYYY? R u people stupid? Can’t we all just get along? Damn?

[@gerrycoogan6544]

This is the case for the prosecution. Does counsel for the defence get a chance to rebut?

[@seanmcgarrigan3942]

A big friend of the Tory party

[@AnDrEW-j-w9q]

fake news

[@Franco-t1o]

Going to get worse

[@TreasureZoe-b5c]

HİS A VERY BAD RUTHLESS DİCTATOR İNCLUDİNG HİS WİFE

[@TreasureZoe-b5c]

GREED GREED GREED

[@albertcoburn5674]

I wonder if he was just a figuire head.