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Syrian rebels appear to have entered the capital Damascus after facing scant resistance from regime forces, as President Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long grip on power appeared to wane by the minute.
As Assad resigned and fled Syria, rebel forces moved into Damascus as citizens celebrated there and in the streets of Aleppo, where the rebel offensive began 11 days ago.
Rebel fighters claimed they captured the Syrian capital of Damascus early Sunday as government forces loyal to the country's president, Bashar al-Assad, were routed in a matter of days.
From 12 to 22 October 2023, Israel launched at least three attacks on airports in Syria, particularly on Damascus and Aleppo. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Notably, Israel carried out the assassination of Razi Mousavi , a senior Iranian general, in the Syrian capital of Damascus on 25 December 2023, and Brigadier General Sadegh Omidzadeh , an intelligence ...
In a post on social media, rebel commander Hassan Abdul-Ghani said: "We declare Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad." "Today 8-12-2024 Syria is officially free," he added in a later post.
On 18 February, targets in Damascus were struck by alleged Israeli missiles from the Golan Heights. [5] The Kafr Sousa neighborhood was struck [ 6 ] near highly guarded Iranian installations. [ 7 ] According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR), the strike hit a warehouse used by Iranian and Hezbollah fighters.
It condemned the attack as "a flagrant violation of international law," as well as of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. [ 46 ] Sierra Leone : The representative of Sierra Leone in UN condemned the attack, stating that it breaches of the UN Charter, the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on ...
The streets of Damascus are uncharacteristically empty on Saturday night, Zaina Shahla, a 42-year-old journalist living in the centre of the Syrian capital, tells the BBC. ... Syria's state news ...