from RT:
Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) jihadists and other anti-government militias entered Damascus on Saturday, taking control over the Syrian capital. A Syrian military source has told Reuters that the armed forces have been informed that the era of President Bashar Assad is over, while flight data websites have shown that his presidential plane has left the city.
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Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad al-Jalali has already offered to cooperate “with any leadership chosen by the people,” also claiming that he remains in his home.
HTS, a group led by a former Al-Qaeda commander and previously known as Jabhat al-Nusra, launched a surprise offensive from the opposition-held province of Idlib in northern Syria last week.
Jihadists have already driven the Syrian Army from the cities of Aleppo, Hama, Homs, and Al-Qusayr at the border with Lebanon.
Other opposition and militant groups operating in Syria also seized several parts of the country. The US-sponsored Free Syrian Army (FSA) has taken control of the ancient site of Palmyra, while the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) also backed by the US have seized Deir ez-Zor.
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08 December 2024
13:33 GMT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recorded a public address from the Syrian border, touting the fall of the Bashar Assad government as “a historic day” for the Middle East. “The Assad regime, a key link in Iran’s axis of evil, has fallen. This is a direct result of the blows we have dealt to Iran and Hezbollah,” he said.
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13:17 GMT
Only the Syrian people have the right to chart the course of their nation, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has stated, while warning against “destructive intervention.” “Achieving this requires ending military conflicts as soon as possible, preventing terrorist acts, and starting talks with the participation of all segments of Syrian society to form an inclusive government,” it said.
At the same time, Tehran “will spare no effort to help establish security and stability in Syria,” the statement said, adding that Iran “will continue its consultations with all influential parties” in the region and beyond.
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12:44 GMT
The militants who captured Damascus have announced a curfew until Wednesday in the Syrian capital, which will start at 4pm and end at 5am.
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12:37 GMT
It is too early to tell what the end of President Bashar Assad’s rule will spell for Syria and Israel, unnamed officials in West Jerusalem have told The Times of Israel. They suggested that the recent events have “significantly weakened” Iran, but noted that “many of the Syrian rebels are basically al-Qaeda.”
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12:26 GMT
The demise of the Bashar Assad government ushers in “the first great sigh of relief for millions of people in Syria,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said, acknowledging that the fate of the Middle Eastern nation is difficult to predict at this point.
However, she stressed that “the country must not fall into the hands of other radicals – no matter what guise they take,” while urging “the parties to the conflict to live up to their responsibility for all Syrians.”
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12:07 GMT
The fall of Assad’s government will not bring peace to Syria but will rather bring new struggles to the country, Seyed Mohammad Marandi, a Tehran University professor and political analyst, has told RT.
