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A surprise offensive by rebel forces opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has led to a new round of fighting in the Middle Eastern country's long-running – but until recently ...
PHOTO: This photo shows personal souvenirs of Syria's Bashar Assad inside the Presidential Palace in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 10, 2024. (Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
Thousands across Syria have taken to the streets to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime and the end to a catastrophic civil war.. The rallies will see thousands marking an end ...
On 26 December 2024, the Syrian Transitional Government announced that it had arrested Mohammed Kanjo Hassan, former head of the military judiciary under the Assad regime and a Ba'athist prison officer at the Sednaya prison. [24] [45] [46] Other villages in the Tartus Governorate saw an "mass escape of former regime members". [42]
6 December – 2024 Syrian opposition offensives: The city of Deir ez-Zor is taken by Kurdish rebels following an offensive. [57] 7 December – 2024 Syrian opposition offensives: The cities of Deraa and Sweida are taken by rebels following an rapid offensive. Insurgents also enter the suburbs of Damascus. [58] 8 December –
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian revolutionary factions called the Military Operations Command [47] led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and supported by allied Turkish-backed groups [48] [49] [50] in the Syrian National Army (SNA) launched an offensive against the Ba'athist regime's armed forces in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama Governorates in Syria.
Syria's brutal civil war rekindled suddenly after 13 years, with rebels staging a shock offensive that forced long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad to flee to Russia.
It was a part of Operation Dawn of Freedom in the Turkish offensive in northern Syria (2024-present), and occurred concurrently with the Deir ez-Zor offensive and the wider Syrian opposition offensives. The SDF withdrew their troops on 11 December after five days of conflict following a US-brokered ceasefire agreement. [20]