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Watch a live view of Damascus, Syria, on Monday (9 December) after rebels toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Russia, a close ally that has propped up the regime for years, said Assad ...
[34] The rebels started encircling the capital after capturing Al-Sanamayn, a town 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the southern entrance of Damascus. [35] In the Rif Dimashq region, pro-government forces withdrew from the towns of Assal al-Ward, Yabroud, Flitah, Al-Naseriyah and Artouz, while rebels came within 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of Damascus. [36]
Watch: BBC reports from inside Damascus "We all feel like we have been underwater literally for 13 years and we just took a breath," Rania Kataf, a 39-year-old researcher in Syrian cultural ...
The clashes were triggered by the proliferation of videos on social media showing footage of an attack on the Abu Abdullah al-Hussein al-Khusseibi shrine in Aleppo, which occurred in November. This led to the incitement of several demonstrations and civil unrest among Alawite communities by Assad loyalist elements in Western Syria.
The 2024 Homs offensive was a military operation launched by forces of the Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) and allied Turkish-backed [12] rebel groups in the Syrian Interim Government (SIG) during the 2024 Syrian opposition offensive, a phase of the Syrian Civil War.
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hundreds of fighters from Iran-backed Iraqi militias crossed into Syria overnight to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, Syrian and Iraqi sources ...
Later that morning, rebels also seized Quneitra Governorate after pro-government forces withdrew towards Damascus. [6] That day, the Israeli army helped the UNDOF repel an attack. [26] A HTS-commander stated his forces were less than 20 kilometers away from the southern gate of Damascus after capturing Al-Sanamayn.
It was part of a major advancement, led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), to try and overthrow al-Assad’s 24-year reign.. For 13 years, rebels have sought to achieve the same goal after ...