Syrians gathered in cities around the globe to have fun the autumn of Bashar al-Assad’s authorities with chants and prayers after opposition fighters entered the capital Damascus following a stunning advance.
The Syrian opposition mentioned that it had defeated al-Assad’s regime within the early hours of Sunday, forcing the ousted president to flee the nation. Russian media stories have mentioned that he has been given asylum by his essential backer, Russia.
It was the primary time opposition forces had reached Damascus since 2018, when Syrian troops recaptured areas on the outskirts of the capital following a years-long siege.
Syria’s battle erupted in 2011 as an rebellion in opposition to al-Assad’s rule and rapidly morphed right into a full-blown battle that dragged in overseas powers. Lots of of hundreds of individuals had been killed whereas hundreds of thousands had been compelled from their properties in one of many world’s largest refugee crises.
