Syrian Rebels Said to Be Entering Damascus as Assad Weakens
Dec 8, 2024 · (Bloomberg) -- Syrian rebels are entering the capital Damascus, Agence France-Presse reported, in a swift advance that has threatened President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Most Read from Bloomberg....
Syrians rejoice as Assad flees, ending brutal reign
Dec 9, 2024 · DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria as Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus on Sunday, triggering celebrations across the country and beyond at the end of his oppressive rule. Russian news agencies late Sunday said Assad and his family were in Moscow.
France to stand 'with Syrians' after Assad's fall, says envoy in Damascus
Dec 17, 2024 · The French embassy in Damascus, shuttered since March 2012, has not yet been reopened, but an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist said French security personnel entered the building on...
Syria minister says open to talks with Kurds, but ready to use 'force ...
1 day ago · Syria's defence minister said Wednesday that Damascus was open to talks with Kurdish-led forces on their integration into the national army but stood ready to use force should negotiations fail."The door to negotiation with the ... Agence France-Presse Jan 22, 2025 . UN Syria envoy Geir Pedersen calls for a peaceful solution between the new ...
Syrian rebels claim they have entered Damascus
Dec 8, 2024 · Reports of gunfire around the capital came as Islamist-led rebels announced on Sunday they had started entering the Syrian capital. “Our forces started entering Damascus,” Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a...
Spanish FM Raises Flag At Damascus Embassy After 12-year Closure
Jan 16, 2025 · Spain's foreign minister raised his country's flag at their Damascus embassy on Thursday more than a decade after Madrid suspended diplomatic activity and as Western countries resume ties...
Fear and protests as Syria rebels advance on Damascus
Dec 7, 2024 · Protests spread like wildfire in neighbouring provinces, with anti-government demonstrators toppling statues of late president Hafez al-Assad in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus and in the southern city of Daraa.
Nations work to build ties with Syria’s post-Assad rulers
Dec 16, 2024 · Governments worldwide are stepping up efforts to engage with Syria’s new interim rulers, just over a week after Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad, ending decades of brutal rule...
In Damascus, students and schoolchildren resume classes without …
Dec 15, 2024 · In the large courtyard of the Faculty of Letters at Damascus University, hundreds of jubilant students trampled on Sunday a statue, symbol of the former power, a week after the fall of the...
Assad says Syria in hands of ‘terrorists’ - globalnation.inquirer.net
Dec 17, 2024 · Five former officials had told Agence France-Presse that Assad was already out of the country hours before the rebels seized Damascus. Russia and Iran propped up Assad during the war.
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