After barely ten days of a lightning offensive, the Syrian rebels, led by the Islamists of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), seized the country’s main cities, including Damascus, and brought down President Bashar el- Assad. The latter would have taken a plane and fled, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH). The commander of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham called, this Sunday, December 8, on his fighters not to approach public institutions in Damascus, which remain under the control of the former Prime Minister until an “official handover”.
Information to remember
⇒ Rebels announce the fall of “tyrant” Bashar al-Assad
⇒ The president would have fled the country, according to the OSDH
⇒ Rebels say they have liberated Damascus and Homs
Donald Trump says Bashar al-Assad “flee” Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “fleed” Syria after losing the support of his protector Russia, US President-elect Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform. “Assad is no longer there. He fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, no longer wanted to protect him,” he wrote. According to Donald Trump, Russia “has lost interest in Syria because of Ukraine, where nearly 600,000 Russian troops are injured or dead, in a war that should never have started and could last forever.”
Rebels say they have liberated Damascus
The rebel groups announced this Sunday, in a speech on Syrian public television, the fall of the “tyrant” Bashar al-Assad, ensuring that they had released all the prisoners “unjustly” detained, and calling on citizens and fighters to preserve the properties of the ‘State. Nine people appeared on the public television screen.
One of them read a press release attributed to the “operations cell for the liberation of Damascus”, which announced “the liberation of the city of Damascus, the fall of the tyrant Bashar al-Assad, the release of all prisoners unjustly (detained) in the regime’s prisons.” President Assad fled in the face of the rebels’ dazzling offensive in the country.
HTS head calls not to approach public institutions
In a video posted on his Facebook account, Syrian Prime Minister Mohamed al-Jalali said he was ready to cooperate with any new “leadership” chosen by the people, specifying that he would be in his offices at the headquarters of the Syrian Arab Republic on Sunday morning. government for any “transfer” of power procedure. “After 50 years of oppression under the ruling Baath (party), and 13 years of crimes, tyranny and displacement (Editor’s note: since the start of the uprising in 2011), today we announce the end of this era dark and the beginning of a new era for Syria,” said the rebels who inflicted a stinging setback on the pro-government forces.
The leader of the radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, at the head of a coalition of rebels backed by Turkey, called on his fighters not to approach public institutions, adding that these remained under the control of the Prime Minister until the “official handover”.
The leader of the Kurdish forces welcomes the “historic” moment of the fall of Assad
The commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a coalition dominated by Kurdish fighters, welcomed this Sunday a “historic” moment experienced by Syrians with the fall of President Bashar el-Assad, a “dictator” who came to power almost two years ago. ‘a quarter of a century. “We are experiencing historic moments in Syria as we witness the fall of the dictatorial regime in Damascus,” Commander Mazloum Abdi announced in a statement. “This change is an opportunity to build a new Syria based on democracy and justice, which guarantees the rights of all Syrians,” he added.
Rebels announce end of Assad’s rule
Rebels led by radical Islamists announced on Syrian public television the fall of President Bashar al-Assad and the “liberation” of the capital Damascus, after a dazzling offensive that ended more than five decades of family rule Assad. In their statement, they said they had released all the “unjustly detained” prisoners and called for safeguarding the assets of the “free” Syrian state.
They had earlier announced on the Telegram application “the flight” of Bashar al-Assad and proclaimed “the city of Damascus free”. “Assad left Syria via Damascus international airport before members of the armed and security forces left” the site, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) told AFP. ), Rami Abdel Rahmane.
AFP was not immediately able to confirm from an official source the whereabouts of the president who ruled Syria with an iron fist for twenty-four years, bloodily repressing pro-democracy demonstrations in 2011 which turned into a civil war, one of the most violent of the 21st century.
OSDH says President Bashar al-Assad has left Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) announced this Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left Syria by flying from Damascus international airport, abandoned by the army and the security forces in the face of the dazzling offensive of the rebels who entered the capital. “Assad left Syria via Damascus airport, before the withdrawal of members of the armed and security forces” from the site, OSDH director Rami Abdel Rahmane told AFP, referring to the Syrian president. who has ruled the country for twenty-four years.
Sednaya prison, symbol of oppression, liberated by rebels
Syrian rebels announced this Sunday that they had captured Sednaya prison in Damascus and freed the inmates of this penitentiary establishment, a symbol of the worst abuses by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. “End of tyranny in Sednaya prison,” wrote on Telegram the radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) which leads the coalition of rebels in Syria. “The doors of Sednaya prison, known as the “human slaughterhouse”, were opened for the thousands of detainees,” confirmed the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH).
Rebels claim capture of Homs city
The rebels, who launched a dazzling offensive in Syria, announced late Saturday evening that they had taken Homs, a strategic city north of Damascus, moving closer to the capital where the authorities claimed to have set up a security cordon. very solid.” In a message published on Telegram, the Syrian Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham claimed that its forces controlled the entire city of Homs, with their leader Ahmed al-Chareh calling the victory “historic” in a video. The rebel leader, who used his real name instead of his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, said: “We are living the last moments of the liberation of the city of Homs, […] this historical event which will distinguish truth from lies.”