As Syrian rebels approached Damascus, president Bashar al-Assad, who had ruled Syria for more than 2 decades, fled the country under the cover of night like a coward. He left behind not only his power, but besides his people. "This is treason," 1 of the employees of the presidential palace said in an interview with the fresh York Times. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards were besides fleeing in panic, and the telephone in the Kremlin was deaf. These were the last moments of the Assad regime.