by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:
Well, that certainly escalated quickly. Just a few days ago, I wrote about how Syrian rebels had taken Aleppo and were on the way to the central city of Hama. Now Damascus has fallen, the Assad regime has been toppled, and it is a new day for Syria. But will it be a better day? The Assad regime was horrible, but the radicals that are taking over are not exactly George Washington and the boys. The truth is that they are hardcore Sunni jihadists that have much in common with ISIS, al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Assad pretty much allowed Christians and other minorities in Syria to do their own thing, but now many fear that these jihadists will soon impose a brutal form of sharia law that will make life extremely difficult.
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For the moment, there is jubilation on the streets of Damascus, and rebels are having a grand time looting Assad’s presidential palace…
Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in celebration, firing guns into the air, lighting flares, and waving the rebel flag.
Delighted fighters posted footage from inside Assad’s presidential palace as they celebrated their stunning win.
The rebels have ransacked the palace, going room from room looting items of value including Louis Vuitton and other prized possessions.
Video footage from inside Assad’s palace makes it quite clear that he was living the high life.
But now that the looting has begun, soon there won’t be anything left…
A video features scores of people raiding the cupboards while duvets and linen bed sheets are on the floor.
One person was seen holding an orange Louis Vuitton box while others carried bags bulging with looted items.
It’s thought dozens of Assad’s luxury vehicles have also been seized after militants broke into his garage packed with Mercedes, Ferraris, and Audis.
Nobody should feel sorry for Assad.
He was an absolutely brutal leader, and he was deeply hated by large portions of the Syrian population.
As they advanced, the rebels gleefully toppled one Assad statue after another…
As armed rebels have advanced at lightning speed in recent days from the north of Syria toward the capital, Damascus, footage online showed statues of the Assad dynasty — which has kept the country in its authoritarian grip for over 50 years — crashing to the ground.
Needless to say, the rebels would have loved to get their hands on Assad.
But apparently he was able to escape.
Originally, there were reports that Assad was on an Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane that “disappeared from flight tracking” and that was thought to have been destroyed…
An Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane operated by Syrian Air has disappeared from flight tracking amid uncertainty over the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Assad, who has served as the president since July 2000, has reportedly fled Damascus, after a lightning advance by rebel fighters reached the outskirts of the capital city early on Sunday morning.
But now it is being reported that Assad has arrived safely in Russia where he has been granted asylum…
Russia has granted Syria’s ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad and his family asylum on “humanitarian grounds”, according to Russian state media.
“Assad and members of his family have arrived in Moscow,” a source told the TASS news agency. “Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds,” he added.
Obviously, Russia is one of the big losers in this saga.
Syria was Russia’s closest ally in the Middle East. Now the Russians have been forced to pull all of their forces out of the country and will be losing their sole naval base on the Mediterranean Sea…
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