Hundreds protest in Damascus after Christmas tree set ablaze - NBC News
3 days ago · A video circulating on social media and verified by NBC News showed crowds in Damascus chanting “Raise your cross, raise it!” and “We are with you to death, Suqalabiyah!”. Syria’s de ...
Damascus rally demands news of missing Syrians - Al-Monitor
4 hours ago · A silent crowd gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday to press the new authorities about the fate of relatives who went missing under Bashar al-Assad and to demand justice for their loved ones.The fate of tens of thousands of people who disappeared under Assad -- who was ousted on December 8 by a coalition of Islamist-led rebels -- is a key question after …
New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant ...
6 hours ago · DAMASCUS, Syria — The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel. In a wide-ranging interview with NPR, Governor Maher Marwan, 42, said that Syria's new government did not want to seek conflict with Israel ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flees, war monitor says, as ... - CBS News
Dec 8, 2024 · Syria's government appears to have fallen after opposition fighters said they had entered Damascus following a stunning advance, and a Syrian opposition war monitor reported that President Bashar...
Rebels Declare Damascus Free of al-Assad - The New York Times
Dec 8, 2024 · Rebels Declare Damascus Free of al-Assad. ... Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, told a Saudi-owned news channel in a phone interview that he last spoke with President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday. He has ...
Syrian rebels appear to have entered Damascus as Assad regime’s ...
Dec 7, 2024 · Syrian rebels have declared the capital Damascus “liberated” after entering the city to scant resistance from regime forces, while claiming President Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital,...
Opposition fighters declare Syria’s Damascus ‘liberated’, al-Assad ...
Dec 8, 2024 · Syria opposition forces have declared that the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad has come to an end, hours after fighters entered the capital, Damascus, following a lightning advance...
Damascus | AP News
Half a century of rule by the Assad family in Syria has crumbled with astonishing speed. It has been less than two weeks since insurgents burst out of a rebel-held enclave and converged on the capital, Damascus, taking city after city in a matter of days.
Syrian rebels capture Damascus as President Assad flees the country
Dec 8, 2024 · The Assad family’s decadeslong reign in Syria came to an abrupt end Sunday when rebel forces captured Damascus after a stunning lightning-strike rout across the country.
Syrian rebels claim control of Homs and advance toward Damascus - NBC News
Dec 8, 2024 · Syrian rebels claim to have captured a fifth city and are closing in on the capital of Damascus as they carry out a lightning-fast offensive that threatens to further destabilize a region already...