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After Assad
People celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus after the fall of Assad. (Louai Beshara via Getty Images)
Simon Sebag Montefiore on what’s next in Syria. Plus: Eli Lake on the problem with preemptive pardons, our next live event, and much more.
By Oliver Wiseman
12.09.24 — The Front Page
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It’s Monday, December 9. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Coming up: why preemptive pardons are a bad idea, letters to the editor, our next live event, and more.

But first: the fall of Assad.

A despotic dynasty came to a dramatic end over the weekend, when Bashar al-Assad fled S…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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