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.

  • @FourPacketsOfPeanutsEnglish
    11•4 days ago

    Honestly makes me wonder why Russia has gone to this enormous trauma to secure a warm sea port. There are knock off battery powered home cinemas on AliExpress with stronger projection capabilities…

    • SkilurosEnglish
      8•4 days ago

      This is a re-occurring theme in russian history:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War

      While the russian economic model evolves with times (Tsarist feudalism, state managed economy under socialism, oligarchic capitalist plutocracy), attitudes around imperialism and governance unfortunately will not change until russians start being treated as they treat others.