Russian Intelligence had to persuade Assad to leave Syria in last moment drama: As rebels advanced, Putin agents convinced despot he had no chance of winning

found 2024 › Dec › 14 (Sat) @ 20:13 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Unable to help Assad keep back the mounting rebel incursion, Russia advised their ally that he would lose the fight against the groups under HTS as they advanced on Damascus

Guardian reporter at the scene of the burnt tomb of Assad’s father – video

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 15:33 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Syrians returned to a mausoleum in Qardaha near Latakia that housed the remains of Hafez al-Assad, who seized control of Syria in 1970. A day after the remains of the former leader were burned by ar…

Syrian rebels reveal year-long plot that brought down Assad regime

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 15:33 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Exclusive: Abu Hassan al-Hamwi’s HTS group coordinated rebels to create a unified war effort that included a specialist drone unit

Middle East crisis – live updates

Syrian rebels began planning the mil…

Songs and celebrations at Damascus rally

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 13:10 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The BBC's Lina Sinjab says there is a joyous mood in the Syrian capital, as people mark the end of the Assad regime.

Middle East crisis live: rebel leader urges Syrians to take to the streets to celebrate ‘revolution’

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 10:12 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Leader of Islamist rebels that ousted Assad says people should ‘express their joy’ after Friday prayers

Turkey has tasked a temporary charge d’affaires with reopening its embassy in Syria, according t…

‘We won’t stop until we find them all’: joy gives way to grief as Syria buries its dead

found 2024 › Dec › 13 (Fri) @ 07:42 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

As thousands took to the streets of Damascus for the funeral of Mazen al-Hamadah, a victim of Assad’s brutal regime, the search for Syria’s disappeared continues

The streets of Damascus have been fill…

Bashar al-Assad’s palace burned and ransacked – in pictures

found 2024 › Dec › 12 (Thu) @ 06:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow. Islamist-led rebels declared they had taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath…

Syrian rebels seize the capital: How the night unfolded – video

found 2024 › Dec › 12 (Thu) @ 06:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, is believed to have fled the country his family has ruled over for 50 years, after rebels said they had captured the capital after a lightning advance completed…

Reunited families celebrate as Syrian rebels return home to Damascus – video

found 2024 › Dec › 12 (Thu) @ 06:09 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

For years, fighters and displaced people in the north-west of Syria were unable to return home to government-held territories. Thousands were greeted with teary embraces and celebratory gunfire as th…

DAN HODGES: From Blairite centrist to social justice warrior, how David Lammy has changed his political persona over the years - and now has a budding bromance with Trump's VP

found 2024 › Dec › 12 (Thu) @ 05:52 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

David Lammy is in the firing line again. On Monday the Foreign Secretary rose in the Commons to hail the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Or, as Lammy opted to describe him, 'the rat of Damascus'.