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Syrian government appears to have fallen in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family

By konigludwig on December 7, 2024 • ( 0 )

A Syrian opposition fighter reads while sitting atop a damaged government armoured vehicle near Hama, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said President Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had entered Damascus after a remarkably swift advance across the country.

Associated Press