Syria: Bashar al-Assad flees Syria as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani rebels of the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seize Damascus
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has resigned and fled the country, according to the Russian foreign ministry, after a stunning offensive by rebels who seized the capital city of Damascus on Sunday.
Amid scenes of jubilation in the streets, the rebels proclaimed that “the city of Damascus is free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad” and that “Assad has fled” after various factions encircled the capital from the north and the south.
