After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Riad Sattouf expresses his “relief”: “Immense hope arises”

PIERRE DUFFOUR / AFP Riad Sattouf expressed his “relief” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime this Sunday, December 8.

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Riad Sattouf expressed his “relief” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime this Sunday, December 8.

INTERNATIONAL – “Historic, incredible news. » In the caption of an Instagram publication, the author and comic book artist Riad Sattouf welcomes this Sunday, December 8, the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. “Syria has freed itself from 50 years of Assad dictatorship! “, rejoices the 48-year-old Franco-Syrian artist, a few hours after the entry of rebel factions into the capital Damascus and the probable flight of the president.

“Immense hope arises”continues the author of The Arab of the future and Esther's notebooks, according to which the end of the reign of the Assad clan represents “a relief for millions of Syrians who dream of returning home, of finding their homes and their families”. “This people, crushed for so long, finally deserves freedom and peace. »

The one who is also director of Handsome guys however, expresses its concern: that of “see free and democratic elections coming very quickly”, as you can see in the post below:

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Aged 48, Riad Sattouf was born in to a Syrian father and a Breton mother. He then spent his childhood in Libya and Syria, before returning to settle in with his parents at the age of 12. “I think back to these years spent in the village of my paternal grandmother, Ter Maaleh, near Homs”he wrote this Sunday, November 8.

In a few days, faced with the collapse of government forces, Syrian rebels conquered vast Syrian territories and the major cities of Aleppo, in the north, and Hama, in central Syria, before seizing on Saturday evening from Homs, north of Damascus, then enter the capital.

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