WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Dec. 8 from the White House, praising the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria while expressing caution over the immediate uncertainty for the country and the region.
The president said his administration will engage with Syrian groups to assist in creating a new government for an independent and sovereign Syria.
“At long last, the Assad regime has fallen,” Biden said. “This regime brutalized, tortured, and killed literally hundreds of thousands of innocent Syrians. A fall of the regime is a fundamental act of justice.”
Biden described the fall of the regime as “a moment of historic opportunity” for Syrians and “a moment of risk and uncertainty.”…