Fall of Syria's President puts an end to the Assad family’s 54 years …
Dec 8, 2024 · Syrian President Bashar Assad has fled the country. Assad’s departure on Sunday brings to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto power in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers.
What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?
Dec 8, 2024 · In the early hours of Sunday morning, opposition forces declared Syria liberated from the rule of President Bashar al-Assad as opposition forces surged into the capital. The former president in...
Syria's Assad resigns and leaves the country after stunning ... - ABC News
Dec 8, 2024 · In a stunning turn, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appears to have fallen after rebels advanced into the capital Damascus, catching government forces by surprise 10 days after a lightning advance by insurgents first began.
Syrian government falls, ending 50-year rule of Assad family | AP News
Dec 8, 2024 · Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule but raising questions about the future of the country and the wider region. Syrians celebrate the arrival of opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.
What happened in Syria’s civil war, who took over and what’s
Dec 9, 2024 · The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship seemed a distant prospect two weeks ago. But Syria’s rebels completed a speedy and stunning march to power on Sunday, starting an uncertain ...
Live updates: Assad flees to Moscow as Syria rebels capture …
Strikes were heard in Damascus early Monday, according to a CNN team in the Syrian capital, after President Bashar al-Assad and his family fled to Russia in the face of an astonishingly swift...
What to know as Syrian rebels take charge after forcing ... - CBS News
Dec 11, 2024 · Banks and shops in the Syrian capital Damascus were reopening Tuesday as some aspects of normal life appeared to resume in the capital two days after longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad was...
How al-Assad’s regime fell: Key moments in the fall of Syria’s …
Dec 10, 2024 · ‘Syria is free’: By 6am on December 8, the fighters declared Damascus liberated, confirming that Bashar al-Assad had fled the country. People quickly dismantled symbols of the al-Assad family’s...
Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime in Syria - The New York …
Dec 21, 2024 · President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a fake political address. A banner of former President ...
Syria Faces Big Challenge in Seeking Justice for Assad Regime …
2 days ago · Pursuing Assad Loyalists: Syria’s new administration has stepped up its campaign to arrest members of the ousted Assad dictatorship, a top priority for the transitional government.