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.

  • @Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In
    -2•4 days ago

    It’s one less route for weapons to end up in the West Bank.

    Only true if the revolution was Israeli sponsored.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•4 days ago

      To think the US haven’t had some hand in toppling a regional Russian ally would be naive.