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The politics of Syria is currently in a transitional period led by the Syrian transitional government. The seat of the government is located in Damascus , Syria . The previous government consisted of a President , a Prime Minister , and a legislative council with 250 seats.
The following day, opposition forces swiftly advanced, taking control of numerous towns and villages while pro-government troops fell apart. They then pushed toward Hama in central Syria, ultimately capturing it on 5 December. [11] [12] By 6 December, the SDF had captured Deir ez-Zor in an offensive east of the Euphrates.
Syrian civil war; Part of the First Arab Spring, the Arab Winter, the Second Arab Spring, the Iraqi civil war, the war against the Islamic State, the war on terror, the Kurdish–Turkish and Arab–Israeli conflicts; and the Iran–Turkey, Iran–Israel, Iran–Saudi, Qatar–Saudi and Russia–U.S. proxy wars
Prof Mekelberg said we still “don’t know who is going to control Syria” and while the border with Syria has been quiet for decades under a 1974 agreement, that stability is now at risk.
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group now controls Syria's largest city, Aleppo. It comes as Syria's powerful allies, Iran and Russia, are distracted with other conflicts.
Opposition rebels all but sealed their control of Syria on Sunday, storming the capital as army troops melted away, and President Bashar Assad was reported to have fled the country.
Now their rush is to keep the lid on Syria’s Pandora’s box, avoid a power vacuum and prevent the sort of chaos that almost inevitably arises when a 50-year regime topples in a matter of days ...
To secure complete control over the buffer zone and other nearby strategic positions in Syria. To establish a security zone extending beyond the buffer zone, focusing on removing all heavy weaponry and terrorist infrastructure that could post a threat to Israel, while establishing contact with local Druze communities and other regional communities.