Syrian opposition fighters have taken over the presidential palace in Damascus after a rapid offensive that seized management of the capital and despatched crowds into the streets to rejoice the tip of the al-Assad household’s 53-year rule.
State tv on Sunday aired a video assertion by a bunch of males saying President Bashar al-Assad had been overthrown and all prisoners had been let loose.
The person who learn the assertion mentioned the opposition group, referred to as the Operations Room to Conquer Damascus, referred to as on all opposition fighters and residents to protect the establishments of “the free Syrian state”.
The opposition mentioned al-Assad had left Damascus. His whereabouts stay unknown.
Syria’s battle erupted in 2011 as an rebellion towards al-Assad’s rule and rapidly morphed right into a full-blown battle that dragged in overseas powers. Tons of of 1000’s of individuals had been killed whereas thousands and thousands had been pressured from their houses in one of many world’s largest refugee crises.
