Editorial cartoons for Dec. 15, 2024: Syria overthrows dictator, health care vigilante

Dec 15, 2024

With astonishing speed, rebels in Syria overthrew the authoritarian government of Bashar al-Assad, ending more than 50 years of brutal oppression. Assad found sanctuary in Russia, which had propped up his regime through a decade of civil war. Walt Handelsman leads this week’s editorial cartoon gallery with his view of Assad hiding inside a Vladimir Putin Russian nesting doll.