Celebrations have erupted in Syria’s capital Damascus after opposition fighters announced on state tv that the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad had come to an finish after 13 years of struggle.
1000’s in automobiles and on foot congregated at a important sq. in Damascus on Sunday, chanting “Freedom”.
The top of Syria’s important opposition group overseas, Hadi al-Bahra, declared the capital was now “with out Bashar al-Assad” after the fighters’ lightning offensive.
The opposition mentioned al-Assad had left Damascus. His whereabouts stay unknown.
As Syrians expressed pleasure, Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali mentioned he was able to help the continuity of governance and ready to cooperate with any management chosen by the Syrian folks.
Syria’s struggle, which erupted in 2011 as an rebellion in opposition to al-Assad’s authoritarian rule, rapidly morphed right into a full-blown battle that dragged in overseas powers. A whole lot of hundreds of individuals have been killed whereas thousands and thousands have been pressured from their houses in one of many world’s largest refugee crises.
