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class="ssrcss-1m0xont-SummaryPointsWrapper ezidyz80"><h2 type="section-heading" class="ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0">Summary</h2><div data-testid="test-election-component-editorial-text" class="ssrcss-8rsh1g-EditorialTextWrapper edl49zf1"><div spacing="4" class="ssrcss-wdw1q-Stack e1y4nx260"><div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"><div class="ssrcss-1le81vw-ListContainer e5tfeyi0"><ul role="list"><li><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3Ab972fb40-dbf3-4cf7-82d5-7ca804314bda#post" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">is in Moscow after fleeing Damascus</a>, Russian state media report</p></li><li><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Russia was a key ally of Assad's regime - the former president and his family will now reportedly get asylum there</p></li><li><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Assad fled when rebel group HTS swept into the capital this weekend - earlier, rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3A9facf68f-8db6-4521-8a83-0b82153c9045#post" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">addressed cheering crowds in a Damascus mosque</a></p></li><li><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><i class="ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2">I was metres way from Jawlani - seeing him in the heart of old Damascus felt surreal, </i><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3A9a587e11-2114-431e-9f02-683d0e054903#post" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">writes our correspondent Feras Kilani</a></p></li><li><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Our correspondents witnessed <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3Ad58f6566-2432-48c0-be1f-9c721b9b64d5#post" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">crowds celebrating on the streets</a>, and have watched while <a 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We can now bring you a bit more: "},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:e527d882-cdda-43c3-8e19-896cff5f361a","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Assad regime has itself to blame for collapse - Blinken","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/9/af61cc4a-4851-4580-80d0-f29a8800eba6.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2024-12-09T00:46:06.491Z","dateModified":"2024-12-09T00:46:05.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"The Assad regime's refusal to engage in a \"credible political process\" and its reliance on Russian and Iranian support \"inevitably led to its own collapse\", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. The US will \"closely monitor\" developments in the country and will assess the rebel leaders by their actions, not words, Blinken said, calling on them to \"take all precautions\" to protect civilians. \"During this transitional period, the Syrian people have every right to demand the preservation of state institutions, the resumption of key services, and the protection of vulnerable communities,\" he said, adding that the US will support efforts to hold the Assad regime accountable for abuses committed against the Syrian people. \"After 14 years of conflict, the Syrian people finally have reason for hope.\""},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:10116451-117d-43f1-a4fb-6cbfdf635953","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Few tears shed for Assad after lightning regime collapse","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/2d20ab18-db26-47a1-99b0-e58afa20e7cc.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2024-12-09T00:25:42.805Z","dateModified":"2024-12-09T00:25:41.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"There’ve been few tears shed for the Assad regime. President\nMacron of France said a barbaric state had fallen. Chancellor Scholz of Germany said the Syrian people had\nsuffered appallingly and the end of Assad was good news. But that satisfaction\nwas outweighed by concern about what might come next. The United Nations’ special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen,\nsaid it was a moment of only “cautious hope” and emphasised the need for a\nstable transition. Arab countries in the Gulf - which had repaired relations\nwith Assad in recent years – looked on nervously at the prospect of an\nIslamist-led Syria. Qatar’s foreign ministry voiced “great concern” and called\nfor Syria’s unity to be protected. A senior Emirati diplomat, Anwar Gargash, told the Manama\nDialogue Syria was “not out of the woods” and hoped different groups there\ncould work together. Countries with a direct stake emphasised continuity. The US has military forces in eastern Syria and a senior\nPentagon official said they would remain there to combat the Islamic State\ngroup which, he admitted, could exploit the chaos to step up its operations. Turkey hosts more than three million Syrian refugees and the\ncountry’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, said they could now return home. He also said Turkey would continue to fight Kurdish groups\nin Syria that his country brands terrorists. As for Assad’s allies, Russia and Iran, the EU foreign\naffairs chief, Kaja Kallas, said both were weakened. Russia’s foreign ministry\nsaid its two military facilities in Syria were on high alert but there was no\nserious threat. President-elect Donald Trump said the fall of Assad meant\nPresident Putin should agree an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine. Iran - which has lost\nits territorial link to Hezbollah in Lebanon - said, without irony, the\nSyrian people should determine their future “without any destructive\ninterference or external imposition”."},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:a8ca5e9f-da93-4e25-adaa-d9e2b5080b92","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Syrians return home from Jordan and Lebanon","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/86042bc1-0609-4945-85df-dee2f36a8e29.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2024-12-08T23:58:10.135Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T23:59:08.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"Pictures from earlier on Sunday showed Syrians in Lebanon and Jordan entering Syria, just hours after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. On the Lebanon-Syria border, an correspondent with the AFP news agency saw dozens of cars lining the main Masnaa crossing, with crowds cheering and chanting anti-Assad slogans. On the Jaber crossing from Jordan, one man told Reuters: \"I have been in Jordan for 12 years. When we heard the news that Bashar al-Assad fell, we felt better emotionally. We can return to our country with safety and security.\""},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:0cd6cfd3-ad69-47e8-a090-5fa47f1e0601","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"We weren't asked for help, says Iran's foreign minister","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/fb6ec063-d692-4d4a-be31-6e04928090eb.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2024-12-08T23:44:28.282Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T23:44:27.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"Earlier on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told local media that Iran - an ally of former President Assad - was not asked to intervene as rebels swept towards Damascus. \"We were never asked for help, the duty was the duty of the [Syrian] army basically, we did not consider it a duty for ourselves,\" he said. \"What was surprising was the inability of the Syrian army to counter this move and the speed of the developments,\" he added."},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:4c094bea-e464-430b-8710-860ed20907d1","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Assad's regime tortured me... I was only 35kg when they released me","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png","datePublished":"2024-12-08T23:24:38.086Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T23:24:37.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"Syrian communities in cities across the world have been celebrating the downfall of President Assad's regime. Earlier, crowds gathered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to cheer and wave flags. Mazen Haseno helped organise the demonstration on Sunday afternoon. Before arriving in the UK eight years ago, Haseno said he was imprisoned and \"tortured by the Syrian regime\" for two-and-a-half years. Watch below for his story - or click here for the full article from BBC Northern Ireland."},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:2bfcd06a-f589-4e78-9859-f9678169d3ff","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Watch: Syrians rush into infamous jail as prisoners freed","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png","datePublished":"2024-12-08T22:56:50.524Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T22:56:49.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"As rebel forces swept across Syria in recent days, they freed prisoners from government jails. In video verified by AFP, Syrians are seen running into Syria's most notorious military prison, Saydnaya, in search of relatives held there. In one clip,a small child being held with his mother is seen leaving a cell. In 2022, a report from a group representing those in Saydnaya said more than 30,000 detainees had either been executed or died as a result of torture, lack of medical care or starvation between 2011 and 2018."},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:3c86228d-ed49-4f12-8262-af4c56d541f2","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Key dates that led to collapse of Assad's regime","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png","datePublished":"2024-12-08T22:30:42.333Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T22:32:43.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"In our last post (see below), Jeremy Bowen said that Assad's regime collapsed in less than a fortnight - here are the key defining moments that led to the rebels' victory. 27 November: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allies announce they have launched an offensive - accusing the government of escalating attacks on civilians in the north-west. 30 November: Syria's military confirmed that rebels had entered \"large parts\" of Aleppo. 5 December: Hama falls to the rebels following days of fighting. 6 December: rebel forces in southern Syria capture most of the Deraa region - the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against Assad. 7 December: rebels say they have taken Homs - Syria's third largest city. 8 December: in the early hours of the morning the rebels announce they have entered Damascus. Less than two hours later, they declare: \"The tyrant Bashar al-Assad has fled.\""},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:47e30140-8100-4f07-b5bf-894b547883ab","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Syria shapes the region: After Assad, what next?","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/3b2ffe6c-476f-4dc8-afaf-c606121baeea.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2024-12-08T22:12:57.751Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T22:15:38.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"The fall of the Assad regime is another violent upending of the old order in the Middle East, the latest and probably not the last in the series of geopolitical earthquakes since the Hamas attacks on Israel in October last year. \nStrategically, Syria is at the centre of the Middle East. What happens in Syria shapes the region – and affects the wider world too. One example – a quarter of Syria’s pre war population now forms a global diaspora of refugees. During 14 years of war so many outside powers intervened - including Russia, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the US and Iran - that it went from being a Syrian civil war to a mini world war. The challenge now for the rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, for all Syrians and for outside powers is to try to end the war, not help it take a new and even more bloody form. The best scenario is for Syrian rebels to refrain from revenge attacks, to restore law and order and to start a political process in which all Syrians can take part. Outside powers need to act in the interests of Syria, not take advantage of its fragility. The nightmare scenario is that Syria might go the way of other Arab dictatorships – Iraq after Saddam Hussein and Libya under Muammar al Gadaffi – and descend into years of killing and chaos. The Assad regime used to boast that its Syria was the beating heart of Arabism. Bashar al-Assad repeated that when the Arab League readmitted Syria last year. He was hoping for rehabilitation to seal his victory over the rebels. Instead, when the rebels pushed, his regime collapsed in less than a fortnight."},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:106096f7-a797-4730-a237-b60114e26565","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Syria was playground for Iranian ambitions, rebel leader says","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/f3f4bb76-87d1-4dd6-9111-adf9e1dd46b4.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2024-12-08T21:55:40.512Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T21:55:39.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"We're now bringing you some more details from rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani's speech earlier today at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Jawlani, leader of the HTS group that spearheaded the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, told the crowd it was \"a victory for the entire Muslim nation\" and represented a \"new page for the region\". He thanked the \"martyrs\" who had\ndied in Syria's long conflict - the civil war started in 2011 - and said Assad had spread \"sectarianism\" and \"corruption\". He said that Syria was \"abandoned as a playground for Iranian ambitions\" under Assad, but today everyone could \"breathe freely\". "},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:9facf68f-8db6-4521-8a83-0b82153c9045","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Watch: BBC sees rebel leader address supporters in Damascus mosque","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png","datePublished":"2024-12-08T21:40:52.419Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T21:40:51.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"Earlier, we reported on Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani - leader of Syrian rebel group HTS - being cheered as he spoke in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. \"It was a moment no one could have imagined just 24 hours earlier,\" wrote BBC Arabic special correspondent Feras Kilani. We can now bring you footage from Feras, as Jawlani arrived in the mosque. "},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:2e6ae1b3-17f6-4d95-bc87-ad389bf0dc86","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"It's extraordinary to witness, says the BBC's Lina Sinjab in Damascus","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png","datePublished":"2024-12-08T21:33:06.320Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T21:33:05.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"Earlier on the BBC News channel, presenter Maryam Moshiri asked our correspondent in Damascus Lina Sinjab - who is from Syria - how it felt to witness this weekend's events:"},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:a3a1f63f-e3a3-4377-af71-eb35b9cc3023","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"A lot has changed in one day - here's what you need to know","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/84f8fe35-2f51-4a79-bdf8-1a4e39544c3d.jpg.webp","datePublished":"2024-12-08T21:17:27.601Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T21:20:11.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"It's just turned midnight in Damascus, Syria, and a lot has changed in the past 24 hours. If you're just joining us here's a brief summary of the latest updates from today:"},{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset:d195136c-6bb9-485d-a179-3567c5be19fb","isAccessibleForFree":"true","headline":"Neutralising chemical weapons in Syria a ‘top tier priority’, US official says","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"author":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"image":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png","datePublished":"2024-12-08T20:54:03.618Z","dateModified":"2024-12-08T20:56:22.000Z","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","articleBody":"A senior US administration official has said that they are not currently contemplating US\nboots on the ground in Syria in order to neutralise any chemical weapons. According to the senior official, neutralising chemical weapons in Syria\nis a ‘top tier priority’ and something that the expertise in the US government\nis focused on right now. But they are exploring other options in order to\nneutralise that threat. The senior official added that they are doing\neverything they can, including working with ‘partners’ in the region to ensure\nthat the material is either not available to anyone or ‘taken care of’."}]},{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","description":"Russia was a key ally of Assad's regime - the former president and his family will now reportedly get asylum there.","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","mainEntityOfPage":"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","name":"BBC News","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png"}},"name":"Assad is in Moscow after fleeing Syria and will be given asylum, Russian state media report"},{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","dateModified":"2024-12-09T06:36:50.414Z","datePublished":"2024-12-06T09:58:50.930Z","description":"Russia was a key ally of Assad's regime - 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He fled after rebel group HTS swept into the capital this weekend </li><li spacing="rich-text" class="ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260"><b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani</b> addressed cheering crowds in a Damascus mosque, where he said "this victory is for all Syrians" </li></ul><ul class="ssrcss-1ynsflq-UnorderedList e1q8fsc70"><li spacing="rich-text" class="ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260"><b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">Explosions were heard in Damascus</b> late on Sunday after the regime fell, with some <b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">reports saying Israel had conducted three airstrikes </b>against a major security complex. Israel has not commented </li><li spacing="rich-text" class="ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260"> Meanwhile, <b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">civilians in Damascus and across Syria</b> have taken to the streets erupting in cheers, tears and <b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">hopes for a better tomorrow</b>. BBC's Barbara Plett Usher speaks to some of them, who say <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9xq0n0j43o" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">they can now "actually breathe"</a></li><li spacing="rich-text" class="ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260"> Rebel forces have also<b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0"> freed prisoners from government jails </b>- thousands of detainees were said to have been executed or died of torture or starvation in these jails between 2011 and 2018 </li><li spacing="rich-text" class="ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260"> Some world leaders and analysts who have weighed in on the developments stress that there is <b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">ambiguity as to what will happen next</b>. <b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken</b> said his country would closely monitor developments in Syria and <b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">assess the rebel leaders by their actions, not words</b>. </li></ul><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">We will bring you the latest <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj90138ejrdt" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">on our new page</a>. </p></article></div><div class="ssrcss-7hul07-PostActions e1ua5vbq1"><div></div><div data-testid="share-tools-container"><div data-testid="information-panel" class="ssrcss-5tewi8-StyledInformationPanel eu74mg85"><div><div data-testid="information-panel-button"><button width="content-length" type="button" aria-label="Share post: The hours since the fall of Assad's regime: a recap" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" class="ssrcss-vgzeyl-Button eoocusk1"><span data-testid="actions:share" class="ssrcss-1tz2bh9-IconWrapper eoocusk0"><svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="1em" height="1em" class="ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7.8 17 25.3 7l-1.2-2.3L6.6 15zm-1.2 0 17.5 10.3 1.2-2.3L7.8 15zm5.6-1c0-2.7-2.2-5-5-5-2.7 0-4.9 2.2-4.9 5 0 2.7 2.2 4.9 4.9 4.9 2.8 0 5-2.2 5-4.9M29.7 5.9c0-2.7-2.2-5-5-5-2.7 0-4.9 2.2-4.9 5 0 2.7 2.2 4.9 4.9 4.9 2.8 0 5-2.2 5-4.9m0 20.2c0-2.7-2.2-5-5-5-2.7 0-4.9 2.2-4.9 5 0 2.7 2.2 4.9 4.9 4.9 2.8.1 5-2.2 5-4.9"></path></svg></span>Share</button></div></div><div hidden="" role="group" aria-labelledby="share-asset:aae65b60-524f-4ece-a393-94a9664d0edd" data-testid="information-panel-content" class="ssrcss-2atcf2-StyledPanelContent eu74mg84"><div><div class="ssrcss-tt825r-CloseButtonWrapper eu74mg82"><button width="content-length" type="button" class="ssrcss-736yz0-Button eoocusk1"><span data-testid="actions:close" class="ssrcss-1a1fy59-IconWrapper eoocusk0"><svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="1em" height="1em" class="ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m30 4.6-2.8-2.8L2 27.4l2.8 2.8zM4.8 1.8 1.9 4.7l25.2 25.5 2.9-2.9z"></path></svg><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">close panel</span></span></button></div><div class="ssrcss-16sh5ob-PanelWrapper eu74mg83"><div id="share-asset:aae65b60-524f-4ece-a393-94a9664d0edd" aria-hidden="true" class="ssrcss-1bh3963-StyledTitleArea eu74mg81">Share page</div><div><div><button width="full" type="button" aria-live="polite" aria-relevant="text" aria-atomic="true" class="ssrcss-1195hht-Button eoocusk1"><span data-testid="actions:link" class="ssrcss-1tz2bh9-IconWrapper eoocusk0"><svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="1em" height="1em" class="ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m20.7 9.5-11 11.1 1.8 1.8 11.1-11.1zm.6 6.3-2 2c2.1 1.4 5.9.8 8.7-2l.6-.6c3-3 3.9-7.6-.1-11.7-4-4-8.6-3-11.6 0l-.6.5c-3 3-3.5 6.7-2 8.7l2-2c-.3-1.1-.2-2.7 2-4.9l.6-.6c2.4-2.4 5.4-2.5 7.9 0 2.5 2.6 2.4 5.5 0 7.9l-.6.6c-2.2 2.3-3.9 2.4-4.9 2.1m-5.5 5.5c.3 1 .2 2.7-2 4.8l-.6.6c-2.4 2.4-5.4 2.5-7.9 0s-2.4-5.5 0-7.9l.6-.6c2.1-2.1 3.8-2.3 4.9-2l2-2c-2-1.4-5.7-.9-8.7 2l-.6.6c-3 3-4 7.6 0 11.6s8.6 3.1 11.7.1l.6-.6c2.9-2.9 3.5-6.7 2-8.7z"></path></svg></span>Copy link</button></div></div><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms/can-i-share-things-from-the-bbc" class="ssrcss-18h2t1m-StyledLink ezys19s0">About sharing</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></li><li class="ssrcss-dxif6c-PostWrapper e1ua5vbq2"><div class="ssrcss-nwhsyr-PostBorderWrapper e1ua5vbq0"><div class="ssrcss-1u161v9-ContentPostWrapper e6wdqbx0"><article data-testid="content-post" id="asset:8539bc39-7011-4243-9714-4560e799f44c" class="ssrcss-2mh2xf-ContentPost e6wdqbx1"><header class="ssrcss-j2egdy-Header e14e9ror5"><span class="ssrcss-1de7kuz-HeadingContainer e14e9ror1"><h3 type="normal" class="ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0"><span role="text" class="ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2"><span>Looking for some analysis? We've got you covered</span><span class="ssrcss-etauer-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0"><span data-testid="timestamp" class="ssrcss-umer6k-Timestamp ekpio9q4"><span data-testid="accessible-timestamp" class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">published at 03:59 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2024</span><div class="ssrcss-iymvnm-Wrapper ekpio9q3"><span aria-hidden="true" class="ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2">03:59 GMT 9 December 2024</span></div></span></span></span></h3></span></header><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">There's been a lot to unpack today. 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had “shifted the balance of power in the Middle East”, President Biden said on Sunday.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Speaking from the Roosevelt Room, Biden outlined a three-pronged approach to the conflict - “support for our partners, sanctions and diplomacy, and targeted military force when necessary”, he said, pointing to a continued US military presence in Syria.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">“We're clear-eyed about the fact that ISIS [the Islamic State group - IS] will try to take advantage of any vacuum to re-establish its capability and to create a safe haven. 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e10rt3ze0"><span role="text" class="ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2"><span>From jihadist leader to rebel politician: Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani</span><span class="ssrcss-etauer-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0"><span data-testid="timestamp" class="ssrcss-umer6k-Timestamp ekpio9q4"><span data-testid="accessible-timestamp" class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">published at 01:35 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2024</span><div class="ssrcss-iymvnm-Wrapper ekpio9q3"><span aria-hidden="true" class="ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2">01:35 GMT 9 December 2024</span></div></span></span></span></h3></span></header><p class="ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2"><span><strong>Mina al-Lami</strong><br/>Jihadist Media Specialist, BBC Monitoring</span></p><figure class="ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22"><div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><span class="ssrcss-1y7di2h-Placeholder etlorgc0"><img alt="Jawlani speaking to supporters inside Ummayad Mosque, after the fall of Damascus" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/9/6749c011-4df5-4b28-99fa-296c176d273a.jpg.webp" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/9/6749c011-4df5-4b28-99fa-296c176d273a.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/320/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/9/6749c011-4df5-4b28-99fa-296c176d273a.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/9/6749c011-4df5-4b28-99fa-296c176d273a.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/9/6749c011-4df5-4b28-99fa-296c176d273a.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/9/6749c011-4df5-4b28-99fa-296c176d273a.jpg.webp 800w" width="999" height="562" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/></span><span role="text" class="ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20"><span class="visually-hidden 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capital Damascus, solidifying its control over much of the country.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Jawlani's transformation has been carefully cultivated over the years. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Once clad in traditional jihadist militant attire, he has adopted a more Western-style wardrobe in the past years. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">But who is Jawlani - or Ahmed al-Sharaa - and why and how has he changed? <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q0w1g8zqvo" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">Find out more </a>in my analysis. </p></article></div><div class="ssrcss-7hul07-PostActions e1ua5vbq1"><div></div><div data-testid="share-tools-container"><div data-testid="information-panel" class="ssrcss-5tewi8-StyledInformationPanel eu74mg85"><div><div data-testid="information-panel-button"><button width="content-length" type="button" aria-label="Share post: From jihadist leader to rebel politician: Abu Mohammed 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The Syrian flag (red top, white centre with two green stars and black bottom) is to his left" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/2d20ab18-db26-47a1-99b0-e58afa20e7cc.jpg.webp" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/2d20ab18-db26-47a1-99b0-e58afa20e7cc.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/320/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/2d20ab18-db26-47a1-99b0-e58afa20e7cc.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/2d20ab18-db26-47a1-99b0-e58afa20e7cc.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/2d20ab18-db26-47a1-99b0-e58afa20e7cc.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/2d20ab18-db26-47a1-99b0-e58afa20e7cc.jpg.webp 800w" width="1022" height="575" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/></span><span role="text" class="ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">Image source, </span>Getty Images</span></div></figure><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">There’ve been few tears shed for the Assad regime. President Macron of France said a barbaric state had fallen. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Chancellor Scholz of Germany said the Syrian people had suffered appallingly and the end of Assad was good news. But that satisfaction was outweighed by concern about what might come next. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The United Nations’ special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, said it was a moment of only “cautious hope” and emphasised the need for a stable transition. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Arab countries in the Gulf - which had repaired relations with Assad in recent years – looked on nervously at the prospect of an Islamist-led Syria. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Qatar’s foreign ministry voiced “great concern” and called for Syria’s unity to be protected. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">A senior Emirati diplomat, Anwar Gargash, told the Manama Dialogue Syria was “not out of the woods” and hoped different groups there could work together.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Countries with a direct stake emphasised continuity. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The US has military forces in eastern Syria and a senior Pentagon official said they would remain there to combat the Islamic State group which, he admitted, could exploit the chaos to step up its operations. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Turkey hosts more than three million Syrian refugees and the country’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, said they could now return home. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">He also said Turkey would continue to fight Kurdish groups in Syria that his country brands terrorists. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">As for Assad’s allies, Russia and Iran, the EU foreign affairs chief, Kaja Kallas, said both were weakened. Russia’s foreign ministry said its two military facilities in Syria were on high alert but there was no serious threat. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">President-elect Donald Trump said the fall of Assad meant President Putin should agree an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Iran - which has lost its territorial link to Hezbollah in Lebanon - said, without irony, the Syrian people should determine their future “without any destructive interference or external imposition”.</p></article></div><div class="ssrcss-7hul07-PostActions e1ua5vbq1"><div></div><div data-testid="share-tools-container"><div data-testid="information-panel" class="ssrcss-5tewi8-StyledInformationPanel eu74mg85"><div><div data-testid="information-panel-button"><button width="content-length" type="button" aria-label="Share post: Few tears shed for Assad after lightning regime collapse" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" class="ssrcss-vgzeyl-Button 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e10rt3ze0"><span role="text" class="ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2"><span>Syrians return home from Jordan and Lebanon</span><span class="ssrcss-etauer-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0"><span data-testid="timestamp" class="ssrcss-umer6k-Timestamp ekpio9q4"><span data-testid="accessible-timestamp" class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">published at 23:58 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2024</span><div class="ssrcss-iymvnm-Wrapper ekpio9q3"><span aria-hidden="true" class="ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2">23:58 GMT 8 December 2024</span></div></span></span></span></h3></span></header><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Pictures from earlier on Sunday showed Syrians in Lebanon and Jordan entering Syria, just hours after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">On the Lebanon-Syria border, an correspondent with the AFP news agency saw dozens of cars lining the main Masnaa crossing, with crowds cheering and chanting anti-Assad slogans.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">On the Jaber crossing from Jordan, one man told Reuters: "I have been in Jordan for 12 years. When we heard the news that Bashar al-Assad fell, we felt better emotionally. We can return to our country with safety and security."</p><figure class="ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22"><div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><span class="ssrcss-18se6nf-Placeholder etlorgc0"><img alt="Four adults and one child, all wearing winter coats, carrying backpacks and suitcases walk along a street with parked car in background" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/86042bc1-0609-4945-85df-dee2f36a8e29.jpg.webp" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/86042bc1-0609-4945-85df-dee2f36a8e29.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/320/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/86042bc1-0609-4945-85df-dee2f36a8e29.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/86042bc1-0609-4945-85df-dee2f36a8e29.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/86042bc1-0609-4945-85df-dee2f36a8e29.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/86042bc1-0609-4945-85df-dee2f36a8e29.jpg.webp 800w" width="999" height="653" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/></span><span role="text" class="ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">Image source, </span>Reuters</span></div><figcaption class="ssrcss-11b8pqw-StyledFigureCaption e1xtk7to0"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">Image caption, </span><div spacing="6" class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">At the Masnaa crossing on the Lebanese-Syrian border, families carried suitcases and bags</p></div></figcaption></figure><figure class="ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22"><div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><span class="ssrcss-1y71a8i-Placeholder etlorgc0"><img alt="People carrying suitcases gather outside an office at the Masnaa border crossing, with signs in Arabic and one sign with the word Depart and a rock painted with the Lebanese flag" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/f9e8ff26-49fc-4f9a-a63e-18c440b6a039.jpg.webp" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/f9e8ff26-49fc-4f9a-a63e-18c440b6a039.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/320/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/f9e8ff26-49fc-4f9a-a63e-18c440b6a039.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/f9e8ff26-49fc-4f9a-a63e-18c440b6a039.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/f9e8ff26-49fc-4f9a-a63e-18c440b6a039.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/f9e8ff26-49fc-4f9a-a63e-18c440b6a039.jpg.webp 800w" width="1024" height="683" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/></span><span role="text" class="ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">Image source, </span>Getty Images</span></div><figcaption class="ssrcss-11b8pqw-StyledFigureCaption e1xtk7to0"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">Image caption, </span><div spacing="6" class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">A regular flow of people turned up to the Masnaa crossing with luggage</p></div></figcaption></figure><figure class="ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22"><div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><span class="ssrcss-b8s61n-Placeholder etlorgc0"><img alt="Line of cars at a border crossing. Car closest to camera has the boot overflowing with large plastic carrier bags with the boot unable to close. 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I was only 35kg when they released me</span><span class="ssrcss-etauer-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0"><span data-testid="timestamp" class="ssrcss-umer6k-Timestamp ekpio9q4"><span data-testid="accessible-timestamp" class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">published at 23:24 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2024</span><div class="ssrcss-iymvnm-Wrapper ekpio9q3"><span aria-hidden="true" class="ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2">23:24 GMT 8 December 2024</span></div></span></span></span></h3></span></header><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Syrian communities in cities across the world have been celebrating the downfall of President Assad's regime.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Earlier, crowds gathered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to cheer and wave flags.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Mazen Haseno helped organise the demonstration on Sunday afternoon. Before arriving in the UK eight years ago, Haseno said he was imprisoned and "tortured by the Syrian regime" for two-and-a-half years.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Watch below for his story - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y4v42n9m4o" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">or click here for the full article from BBC Northern Ireland.</a></p><figure class="ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22"><div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><div data-chromatic="ignore" class="ssrcss-dtyrnv-MediaPlayerWrapper e1h75hkw4"><div data-testid="media-player-container-landscape" class="ssrcss-aaorng-MediaContainer e1h75hkw3"><div class="ssrcss-199fzb3-MediaInner e1h75hkw2"><div data-testid="bbc-logo-wrapper" class="ssrcss-1twt4cc-LogoIconWrapper e1h75hkw0"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 112 32" class="ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M111.99999,4.44444577e-05 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e14e9ror1"><h3 type="normal" class="ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0"><span role="text" class="ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2"><span>Key dates that led to collapse of Assad's regime</span><span class="ssrcss-etauer-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0"><span data-testid="timestamp" class="ssrcss-umer6k-Timestamp ekpio9q4"><span data-testid="accessible-timestamp" class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">published at 22:30 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2024</span><div class="ssrcss-iymvnm-Wrapper ekpio9q3"><span aria-hidden="true" class="ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2">22:30 GMT 8 December 2024</span></div></span></span></span></h3></span></header><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">In our last post (see below), Jeremy Bowen said that Assad's regime collapsed in less than a fortnight - here are the key defining moments that led to the rebels' victory.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">27 November:</b> Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allies announce they have launched an offensive - accusing the government of escalating attacks on civilians in the north-west.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">30 November: </b>Syria's military confirmed that rebels had entered "large parts" of Aleppo.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">5 December:</b> Hama falls to the rebels following days of fighting.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">6 December:</b> rebel forces in southern Syria capture most of the Deraa region - the birthplace of the 2011 uprising against Assad.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">7 December: </b>rebels say they have taken Homs - Syria's third largest city.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"><b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">8 December: </b>in 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class="ssrcss-iymvnm-Wrapper ekpio9q3"><span aria-hidden="true" class="ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2">22:12 GMT 8 December 2024</span></div></span></span></span></h3></span></header><p class="ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2"><span class="ssrcss-1srjmpl-ImageWrapper etflsgg1"><span class="ssrcss-1105681-Placeholder etlorgc0"><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/128/cpsprodpb//vivo/live/images/2016/7/16/91b7c95b-4e5e-42e1-89b3-2b0a3bc9f743.jpg.webp" width="64" height="64" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/></span></span><span><strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BowenBBC" class="ssrcss-2kny4l-ContributorLink etflsgg0">Jeremy Bowen</a></strong><br/>International Editor, reporting from Turkey</span></p><figure class="ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22"><div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><span class="ssrcss-ud2cw3-Placeholder etlorgc0"><img alt="Women use their mobile phones near a damaged picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assa" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/3b2ffe6c-476f-4dc8-afaf-c606121baeea.jpg.webp" srcSet="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/3b2ffe6c-476f-4dc8-afaf-c606121baeea.jpg.webp 240w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/320/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/3b2ffe6c-476f-4dc8-afaf-c606121baeea.jpg.webp 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/480/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/3b2ffe6c-476f-4dc8-afaf-c606121baeea.jpg.webp 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/3b2ffe6c-476f-4dc8-afaf-c606121baeea.jpg.webp 624w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/12/8/3b2ffe6c-476f-4dc8-afaf-c606121baeea.jpg.webp 800w" width="1000" height="562" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/></span><span role="text" class="ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">Image source, </span>Reuters</span></div></figure><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The fall of the Assad regime is another violent upending of the old order in the Middle East, the latest and probably not the last in the series of geopolitical earthquakes since the Hamas attacks on Israel in October last year. Strategically, Syria is at the centre of the Middle East. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">What happens in Syria shapes the region – and affects the wider world too. One example – a quarter of Syria’s pre war population now forms a global diaspora of refugees. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"> During 14 years of war so many outside powers intervened - including Russia, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the US and Iran - that it went from being a Syrian civil war to a mini world war. </p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10"> The challenge now for the rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, for all Syrians and for outside powers is to try to end the war, not help it take a new and even more bloody form.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The best scenario is for Syrian rebels to refrain from revenge attacks, to restore law and order and to start a political process in which all Syrians can take part. Outside powers need to act in the interests of Syria, not take advantage of its fragility.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The nightmare scenario is that Syria might go the way of other Arab dictatorships – Iraq after Saddam Hussein and Libya under Muammar al Gadaffi – and descend into years of killing and chaos.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">The Assad regime used to boast that its Syria was the beating heart of Arabism. Bashar al-Assad repeated that when the Arab League readmitted Syria last year. He was hoping for rehabilitation to seal his victory over the rebels. 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class="ssrcss-tvuve5-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">Image source, </span>Reuters</span></div><figcaption class="ssrcss-11b8pqw-StyledFigureCaption e1xtk7to0"><span class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">Image caption, </span><div spacing="6" class="ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260"><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani addresses supporters at a mosque in central Damascus</p></div></figcaption></figure><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">We're now bringing you some more details from rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani's speech earlier today <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3Ae8365c67-485f-4c50-b3bf-49602c45d3bd#post" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus</a>.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Jawlani, leader of the HTS group that spearheaded the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, told the crowd it was "a victory for the entire Muslim nation" and represented a "new page for the region".</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">He thanked the "martyrs" who had died in Syria's long conflict - the civil war started in 2011 - and said Assad had spread "sectarianism" and "corruption".</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">He said that Syria was "abandoned as a playground for Iranian ambitions" under Assad, but today everyone could "breathe freely". </p></article></div><div class="ssrcss-7hul07-PostActions e1ua5vbq1"><div></div><div data-testid="share-tools-container"><div data-testid="information-panel" class="ssrcss-5tewi8-StyledInformationPanel eu74mg85"><div><div data-testid="information-panel-button"><button width="content-length" type="button" aria-label="Share post: Syria was playground for Iranian ambitions, rebel leader says" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" class="ssrcss-vgzeyl-Button eoocusk1"><span 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role="text" class="ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2"><span>Watch: BBC sees rebel leader address supporters in Damascus mosque</span><span class="ssrcss-etauer-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0"><span data-testid="timestamp" class="ssrcss-umer6k-Timestamp ekpio9q4"><span data-testid="accessible-timestamp" class="visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0">published at 21:40 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2024</span><div class="ssrcss-iymvnm-Wrapper ekpio9q3"><span aria-hidden="true" class="ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2">21:40 GMT 8 December 2024</span></div></span></span></span></h3></span></header><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">Earlier, we reported on Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani - leader of Syrian rebel group HTS - being cheered as he spoke in the landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.</p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">"It was a moment no one could have imagined just 24 hours earlier," <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3A9a587e11-2114-431e-9f02-683d0e054903#post" class="ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0">wrote BBC Arabic special correspondent Feras Kilani.</a></p><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">We can now bring you footage from Feras, as Jawlani arrived in the mosque. </p><figure class="ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22"><div class="ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21"><div data-chromatic="ignore" class="ssrcss-dtyrnv-MediaPlayerWrapper e1h75hkw4"><div data-testid="media-player-container-landscape" class="ssrcss-aaorng-MediaContainer e1h75hkw3"><div class="ssrcss-199fzb3-MediaInner e1h75hkw2"><div data-testid="bbc-logo-wrapper" class="ssrcss-1twt4cc-LogoIconWrapper e1h75hkw0"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 112 32" class="ssrcss-xi5oyi-StyledIcon e161cein1" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M111.99999,4.44444577e-05 L111.99999,32.0000444 L79.9999905,32.0000444 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Israel has not commented </li><li spacing="rich-text" class="ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260"> A short while ago, US President Joe Biden said the <b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">US has carried out around a dozen precision air strikes</b> against IS targets in Syria - the US military later said the number of strikes stood at 75 </li><li spacing="rich-text" class="ssrcss-1uix24b-Stack e1y4nx260"> Western leaders have welcomed the end of the Assad regime but highlighted the <b class="ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0">"moment of risk and uncertainty" for Syria's future</b></li></ul></article></div><div class="ssrcss-7hul07-PostActions e1ua5vbq1"><div></div><div data-testid="share-tools-container"><div data-testid="information-panel" class="ssrcss-5tewi8-StyledInformationPanel eu74mg85"><div><div data-testid="information-panel-button"><button width="content-length" type="button" aria-label="Share post: A lot has changed in one day - here's what you need to know" aria-haspopup="true" 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