The armed opposition led by HTS, who took action against the regime forces in the Dera province in the south of the country, advanced by seizing many settlements and military points in the countryside. After violent clashes, opposition groups took control of the provincial center from the regime forces. Dera is known as the place where the popular movements in Syria started in 2011. While the map in Syria continues to change every hour, it is stated that opposition groups have entered the southern suburbs of Damascus.
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In the statement made by Syrian military officials, it was stated that the city was no longer defensible. Special Ridvan Units affiliated with Hezbollah also left the city.
00.00
REGIME IS WITHDRAWING FROM HUMUS!
It was reported that while the opposition forces heading towards Homs were approaching the center of Homs, the Syrian Army forces left the city. According to information obtained from local sources, soldiers of the Syrian Army completed their preparations and began to withdraw from the city accompanied by large convoys.
As the Syrian Army withdrew, opposition forces began to enter the city center of Homs. Meanwhile, it was reported that the prisoners in Homs Prison were also released.
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REGIME IS WITHDRAWING FROM EASTERN Ghouta
Regime forces are leaving Eastern Ghouta after armed groups began to enter the southern suburbs of the capital.
Assad regime forces withdrew from Haresta, Arbin and Duma regions in Eastern Ghouta.
19.30
“ASAD IS ON HIS DUTY IN DAMASCUS”
While the opposition in Syria is advancing towards the capital Damascus, claims that President Bashar Assad left the capital were denied. In the statement made by the Syrian President’s Office, it was reported that Assad was on duty in Damascus. The statement said, “We condemn the rumors and false news that President Bashar Assad has left Damascus. “Assad follows his national and constitutional duties from the capital,” it said.
18.10
FIRST STATEMENT FROM TRUMP
Trump: “This war is not ours, the USA should not be involved in the process”
17.50
“WE STARTED SENDING REINFORCEMENT”
Commander Hasan Abdul Ghany, who leads the opposition armed groups that continue their advance against the Assad regime in Syria, said, “We have started sending more reinforcements from the north and south to support our ongoing operations in the capital Damascus.”
17.34
Anti-regime groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has been clashing with Assad regime forces since November 27, continue to advance towards the interior after entering Sanayi and Kusur from the outskirts of Homs.
The groups also captured the villages of Meşrefe, Kefernan, Tulul Humur, Zeytune, Izeddin and Aydın in Homs from the regime forces.
17.20
“THE SIEGE HAS STARTED”
Commander Hasan Abdul Ghany, who leads the opposition armed groups that continue their advance against the Assad regime in Syria, said, “Our forces have begun to siege the capital, Damascus.”
17.15
DAMASCUS SUBSURBS ARE FALLING ONE BY ONE
Armed groups captured the Quneitra provincial center in the southwest of the country and advanced towards the center of Damascus.
Armed groups clashing with regime forces entered the Darayya suburb in the south of the capital.
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ENTRY TO THE CAPITAL DAMASCUS HAS STARTED
Groups advancing against regime forces in the southwest of Damascus, the capital of Syria, have begun to enter the southern suburbs of the capital.
15.50
SYRIAN SOLDIERS ARE ESCAPE TO IRAQ
Reuters: Local officials and security sources said that dozens of Syrian soldiers entered Iraq through the al-Qaim border gate in coordination with Iraqi forces.
15.45
REGIME IS ALSO WITHDRAWING FROM DAMASCUS
The Syrian Human Rights Commission stated that the regime has withdrawn from southern Syria and the opposition is advancing rapidly. Opposition forces are now 10 kilometers away from the capital, Damascus.
The opposition broke the first defense lines of Damascus and attacked the 26th Division Headquarters.
14.00
OPPOSITIONS ARE AT THE DOOR OF DAMASCUS
While the advance of anti-Assad opposition groups in Syria continues, the commander of the opposition, Hasan Abdul Gani, said that they captured Sanamayn and advanced 20 kilometers from the southern gate of Damascus.
13.45
SYRIA MOVE FROM ISRAEL
It was reported that Israel increased its military reinforcements to the occupied Golan Heights due to the developments in Syria.
In the statement made by the Israeli army, it was announced that it decided to increase the reinforcements in the Golan Heights following the new evaluation made in the light of the developments in Syria.
“The reinforcement of the troops will strengthen the defense in the region and prepare the troops for various scenarios in the region,” the statement said. The expression was used.
The Israeli army announced yesterday that it was reinforcing its troops in the Golan Heights, which is occupied Syrian territory due to the developments in Syria.
12.40
OPPOSITIONS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS
The armed opposition group Syrian Free Army forces, which are present in the Tenef region within Syrian territory in the Iraq-Syria-Jordan triangle, with US support, have made progress against the regime forces in the eastern countryside of Homs.
The opposition group, which gained control of Tedmur after the clashes with the regime forces, also took control of the Sukne town between Homs and Deir ez-Zor, Karyetin village and the strategically located Gurab Mountain around the Tedmur-Damascus road.
REGIME WITHDRAWED TO THE EAST OF FIRAT
Assad regime forces withdrew from Hasakah provincial center and Qamishli district, where they were present in cooperation with PKK/YPG in the northeast of the country.
Regime forces withdrew from the east of the Euphrates River, leaving the regions they controlled in Hasakah and Qamishli to the occupation of the terrorist organization PKK/YPG.
Yesterday, the regime army withdrew some of its forces stationed in the Deir ez-Zor province in the east of the country, on the Iraqi border, and handed over the provincial center to the terrorist organization PKK/YPG.
11.55
FOLLOWING JORDAN, LEBANON CLOSED ITS BORDERS
Lebanon announced that it has closed all land border gates with Syria, except the main border gate connecting the capital Beirut to the Syrian capital Damascus.
Jordan also closed a border gate with Syria due to the security situation on the Syrian side.
10.55
OPPOSITIONS CAPTURED SUVEYDA
Opposition forces captured the city center of Suwayda. According to the latest information from AA, the opposition took control of the city center of Suwayda.
09.50
CRITICAL CENTER HAS BEEN CAPTURED
The armed opposition led by HTS, who took action against the regime forces in the Dera province in the south of the country, advanced by seizing many settlements and military points in the countryside.
After violent clashes, opposition groups took control of the provincial center from the regime forces.
09.30
HAFEZ ASAD’S STATUE WAS BROUGHT ON THE STREETS
Anti-regime forces that took the city of Hama first released the prisoners in prisons. Then, he showed the statue of Hafez Assad, father of Syrian President Bashar Assad, through the streets of Hama.
09.00
ASSAD IS CORNERED
Armed groups led by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), which captured Syria’s second largest city, Hama, reached the inner parts of Homs yesterday on the Damascus road.
Opposition takeover of Homs means cutting off the Assad regime’s connection with the coast. Russian planes bombed the Resten highway bridge in Homs, which connects the city to Hama and the north. It was announced that the regime forces withdrew from the east of the city of Deir ez-Zor on the Iraqi border. It was stated that he handed over this region to the terrorist organization PKK/YPG.
Source: AA-IHA