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Anti-regime groups entered Syria’s third city Homs late Saturday taking control of some districts, a war monitor said in a statement. The loss of Homs would be another major blow to the forces of regime leader Bahar al-Assad, as it lies at a strategic crossroads between Damascus and his stronghold on the Mediterranean coast. “Anti-regime factions entered the city of Homs and took control of some neighbourhoods after the withdrawal of security forces and the army from their last positions in the city,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Hundreds of detainees had…
Anti-regime groups entered Syria’s third city Homs late Saturday taking control of some districts, a war monitor said in a statement. The loss of Homs would be another major blow to the forces of regime leader Bahar al-Assad, as it lies at a strategic crossroads between Damascus and his stronghold on the Mediterranean coast. “Anti-regime factions entered the city of Homs and took control of some neighbourhoods after the withdrawal of security forces and the army from their last positions in the city,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Hundreds of detainees had…
Syrian opposition said Sunday that the bloody-minded regime’s ringleader Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, calling on citizens abroad to return to a “free Syria” and saying that Damascus was free of the “tyrant”. “The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled” and “we declare the city of Damascus free”, the rebel factions said on Telegram, adding that “after 50 years of oppression under Baath rule, and 13 years of crimes and tyranny and (forced) displacement… we announce today the end of this dark period and the start of a new era for Syria”. “This is the moment that the displaced and…
Syrian opposition said Sunday that the bloody-minded regime’s ringleader Bashar al-Assad had fled the country, calling on citizens abroad to return to a “free Syria” and saying that Damascus was free of the “tyrant”. “The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled” and “we declare the city of Damascus free”, the rebel factions said on Telegram, adding that “after 50 years of oppression under Baath rule, and 13 years of crimes and tyranny and (forced) displacement… we announce today the end of this dark period and the start of a new era for Syria”. “This is the moment that the displaced and…
Syrian opposition forces have taken control of some 80% of northern Syria’s Manbij area and are close to victory against the YPG/PKK terror group there, a Turkish security source said on Sunday. “The fight against the YPG/PKK is very close to victory. Both air and land interventions are ongoing to take Manbij from the hands of the YPG/PKK,” the source said in a statement.
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane in Damascus for an unknown destination early on Sunday, two senior army officers said, as anti-regime forces seized the city and ousted him from power after 24 years as president. Assad has not spoken in public since the sudden rebel advance a week ago, when insurgents seized northern Aleppo in a surprise attack before marching into a succession of cities as frontlines crumbled. His whereabouts now – and those of his wife Asma and their two children – remain unknown. A Syrian Air plane took off from Damascus airport around the time the capital…
Speaking during a press conference in Doha Turkish FM Hakan Fidan made comments about the ousting of the Assad regime in war-torn Syria and stressed: “Türkiye places great importance on Syria’s national unity, sovereignty, territorial integrity.” Turkish top diplomat Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that Syria’s new administration must be inclusive because Syrian people would now determine their own future, after the ousting of regime head Bashar al-Assad by the Syrian opposition. Syrian anti-regime groups declared Assad’s ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family’s iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a…
Syria’s deposed President Bashar al-Assad, and his family on Sunday arrived in Moscow, where Russia offered them asylum, Russian state news agency reported. “Assad and his family members arrived in Moscow. Being guided by humanitarian considerations, Russia has granted asylum for them,” TASS said, citing a Kremlin source. “Russia has always spoken in favor of a political settlement of the Syrian crisis. We insist that the UN-mediated talks be resumed,” the source told the news agency. “Russian officials are in touch with representatives of armed Syrian opposition, whose leaders have guaranteed security of Russian military bases and diplomatic missions on…
The Syrian opposition announced in a televised statement early on Sunday that they have freed Damascus and overthrown regime leader Bashar al Assad’s 24-year regime, adding that all prisoners have been released. Assad, who had crushed all forms of dissent and jailed thousands, flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination earlier on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as anti-regime forces entered the capital with no sign of army deployments.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress of the AK Party in Gaziantep, addressing recent developments in Syria. Erdoğan said Saturday he hopes neighbouring Syria “finds peace”, as anti-regime groups fighting to overthrow Bashar al-Assad closed in on the capital, Damascus. “Our wish is for our neighbour, Syria, to find the peace and tranquility it has been dreaming of for 13 years. Damascus regime couldn’t grasp value of hand extended by Türkiye and didn’t understand what it meant. Syria “s tired of war, blood and tears,” Erdoğan said in a statement. Here are highlights from…