December 9, 2024

By Nigam Arora & Dr. Natasha Arora

To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today.

Turkey Is Biggest Winner

Please click here for a chart of Turkey ETF (TUR).

Note the following:

•  In Syria, the regime of Bashar al-Assad has fallen after a lightning fast advance by rebels over 11 days. Bashar al-Assad’s father Hafez al-Assad seized power in a military coup in November 1970.  In a stunning development, the 54-year al-Assad rule of Syria has ended. Bashar al-Assad has been granted asylum in Russia.
• Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS), the rebel group that captured Syria’s capital Damascus, origin goes back to al-Qaeda.