The "lion cub" left faster than imagined, after five decades of "camelok" rule that was minted by a "parliament of the willing", when it unanimously drafted a constitution tailored to the ambitious heir who was eager to succeed his father, under the cover of promises of a matrix of political reforms that would end totalitarian rule and put the country on the path of democratic change, which would depart from the approach taken by the father who was stubborn in ruling the country and its people, according to the nature of injustice and tyranny.

The Syrian people have the right to rejoice and celebrate their exit from the "shell" into the space of freedom. Perhaps the scenes of women and children exiting the terrifying "shell of Saydnaya" confirm that the night, no matter how long and drawn out, will end, and that the chains, no matter how tight, will be broken.

Lessons from the free fall in cities not far from Damascus dictate caution regarding what the “day after” the fall of tyrants holds, amid fears of the emergence of new versions of the nature of tyranny, hidden behind slogans raised by militias with multiple loyalties and agendas, which may make the fall of the regime just one chapter in the chapters of suffering.