ISTANBUL After over five decades of dictatorship and 13 years of conflict, Syria faces a demolished infrastructure, destroyed buildings, hundreds of thousands of lives lost, and a collapsed economy. The regime of Bashar al-Assad, who ruled for nearly 25 years, came to an end on Dec. 8 when anti-regime groups seized Damascus, forcing Assad to flee to Russia and marking the conclusion of the Baath Party’s control. The regime’s attacks on infrastructure and the population to maintain power left