{"id":26262,"date":"2024-12-09T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=26262"},"modified":"2024-12-09T18:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:34:59","slug":"syrian-regime-falls-as-rebels-take-over-capital-ending-50-year-rule-of-assad-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/syrian-regime-falls-as-rebels-take-over-capital-ending-50-year-rule-of-assad-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian regime falls as rebels take over capital, ending 50-year rule of Assad family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Syrian President Bashar Assad\u2019s government collapsed early December 8, 2024, following a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of the capital of Damascus and ended the 50-year rule of the Assad family.<\/strong> The swift rebel advance forced Assad to flee the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syrian rebels announced the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad on state Syrian TV on Sunday morning local time in a dramatic broadcast. The video statement said that Assad has been overthrown and all detainees in jails have been set free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is Damascus, the capital of Syria where the gates of freedom have opened for the first time in many years. This is a historic day in Syria\u2019s modern history\u201d the TV anchor said before introducing rebel commander Anas Salkhadi who said that the rebels would protect state institutions. \u201cOur message to all the sects of Syria is that we tell them that Syria is for everyone,\u201d Salkhadi said. \u201cWe will not do what Assad family did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Syrian opposition war monitor said that President Bashar Assad left the country for an undisclosed location early Sunday. There was no immediate official statement about Assad\u2019s whereabouts. Latest reports suggested that Assad has reached Moscow as Russia has granted asylum to Assad and his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stunning speed of rebel advances has caught the world by surprise, leading to a dramatic shift in the Middle Eastern nation that has long been at the crossroads of regional conflicts. Iran and Russia, long-time supporters of Assad, helped sustain his regime during the civil war, which also triggered one of the largest refugee crises in recent history.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Opposition fighters burn a military court in Damascus on Sunday, December 8, 2024. (Image Credit: AP\/Hussein Malla)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Western governments, long opposed to Assad\u2019s regime, now face a new challenge as the main group driving the country\u2019s armed opposition is the globally designated terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Abu Mohammed al-Golani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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