Opposition forces declare Syria freed from Assad rule because the president reportedly flees the nation.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is alleged to have fled Damascus to an unknown vacation spot as opposition fighters entered the capital and other people poured out onto the streets and public squares in celebration.
Fighters have entered the center of Damascus and declared a “new period” freed from revenge, inviting Syrians abroad to return.
Hadi al-Bahra, who heads the Syrian political opposition coalition abroad, declared Damascus “freed from al-Assad” and congratulated the Syrian individuals.
Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali says he stays in his dwelling, prepared to cooperate with the opposition, and needs to make sure public establishments proceed to operate.
On the identical time, Abu Mohamed al-Julani, head of foremost combating group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has ordered opposition fighters to not assault any public establishments and providers.
Celebrations of freedom
Witnesses report jubilation in Damascus, with chants of “Freedom! Freedom!” as Syrians have fun an finish to greater than 50 years of rule by Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez earlier than him.
Fighters launched the prisoners held in Sednaya Jail north of Damascus, as they’ve performed in different cities they’ve taken throughout their lightning advance over the previous 10 days or so.
Troopers are reported to have dropped their weapons within the face of the advancing insurgent fighters and, early on Sunday morning, the military command confirmed that al-Assad’s rule was performed, Reuters reported.
The identical scenes of celebration had been seen solely hours earlier than because the fighters entered and took management of town of Homs, two hours drive north of Damascus, with little to no resistance.
Homs’s strategic location meant that after the insurgent fighters managed it, they’d severed the connection between the capital and al-Assad’s coastal strongholds of Lattakia and Tartus.
