BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said President Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had entered Damascus after a remarkably swift advance across the country.

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali said the government was ready to “extend its hand” to the opposition and hand over its functions to a transitional government.

  • MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Good luck. It was jihadists that deposed Assad, I’m sure they’ll just give up their newly acquired country. And I’m sure the CIA will stand idly by while that happens. Unfortunately Syria is fucked. Caliphate incoming.