Why did Assad regime fall so quickly after 54 years of dictatorship only 11 days after the start of attacks by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham on November 27? JIIA Platform held a symposium on December 19, 2024 on the fall of Assad regime, future of a new Syrian government under HTS and prospect on the Middle East situation with the presence of three experts including Mr. Nobuhisa Degawa, executive commentator of NHK, Prof. Koichiro Tanaka, Professor of Keio University and Mr. Futoshi Matsumoto, Executive Director, JIIA Platform and former Ambassador of Japan to Iraq and former chargés d'affaires of Japanese Embassy in Syria.

The video of this seminar can be watched here.