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.

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.

  • SkilurosEnglish
    6•4 days ago

    Let’s see what comes out of this.

    It would have been better to put him on trial and execute him for crimes against humanity.

    • @FourPacketsOfPeanutsEnglish
      11•4 days ago

      It’s ok, I convened a kangaroo court similar to his here in my lounge while his plane was in freefall and we concluded we should entrust him to the care of gravity.