Watch as Syria’s PM is frogmarched from his home by armed rebels to hand over power & fighters storm presidential palace
Amazing video shows armed revolutionaries frogmarching Syria’s prime minister leaving his residence.
After the tyrant left Damascus, footage also surfaced showing fighters breaking into Assad’s presidential palace.
After Syria’s opposition forces launched a quick 10-day blitz, the butcher’s dictatorship was overthrown overnight.
Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali of Syria was escorted out of his residence on Sunday by AK-47-wielding combatants.
According to reports, al-Jalali was brought to the rebel headquarters in Damascus to start the process of handing over power to the militants who had won the battle.
“The matter is up to any leadership chosen by the people and we are ready to cooperate,” the prime minister stated in a previous video statement. “All the properties of the people and the institutions of the Syrian state must be preserved.”
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“I hope all Syrians think rationally about the interests of their country.”
Al-Jalali said that he supports free elections in Syria, though it’s unclear what the rebels specifically desire.
Syrians also broke inside the presidential palace, searched drawers and cabinets, and strolled along the marble corridors.
One woman wearing pink slippers was among the curious townspeople who turned Assad’s house upside down.
While others clambered over a marble fountain, one man sat at a large oak desk filled with military maps.
In the opulent marble rooms, fighters snapped pictures while a poster of the overthrown tyrant was ripped to pieces on the floor.
“Long live Syria, free and proud for all Syrians of all sects,” the rebels declared as they read their own victory proclamation on Syrian TV.
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“The city of Damascus has been liberated, the tyrant Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown, and all unjustly detained prisoners have been released from the regime’s prisons.”
As the militants overthrew the butcher’s dictatorship in ten days, the tyrant took out in a jet early on Sunday.
In jubilation, thousands of people have flocked to the streets of Damascus, waving the rebel flag, lighting flares, and firing weapons into the air.
Rebels are yelling “freedom” as they celebrate the end of the Assad family’s 50-year rule.
While rebels claimed Damascus was now “free of Assad,” Syria’s army headquarters informed officers that Assad’s regime was finished, according to Reuters.
After capturing Aleppo last week, terrorists have now taken control of two of Assad’s palaces, including this one.
Clad in balaclavas and brandishing AK-47s, the combatants move through opulent bedrooms and an en suite, gathering objects from the dresser and inspecting cabinets.
They respectfully put things back where they found them and don’t wreck the house.
Assad’s location is uncertain in the meantime.
Walla claims to have taken a plane to the Khmeimim Air Base, which is run by Russia in a region of Syria that is still devoted to the government.
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Although there is currently no proof that he has left the country, US officials think he had plans to visit Moscow.
Assad’s administration has not released a formal comment.
A timeline of the Syrian civil war
A almost 14-year civil war in Syria may come to an end with the abrupt fall of Assad’s regime.
2011: The initial anti-Assad demonstrations swiftly expanded throughout the nation, and security forces responded with a flurry of shootings and arrests.As the unrest turns into an armed revolt that will receive assistance from Turkey as well as Western and Arab nations, some protestors pick up guns, and military units desert.
2012: Al Qaeda’s new Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front, gains authority and begins eradicating groups with a nationalist ideology after carrying out its first bombing in Damascus.
Years of U.N.-sponsored peace attempts will be thwarted by the world powers’ disagreements over how to accomplish the political transition, despite their agreement in Geneva that one is necessary.
As rebels gain ground and the conflict intensifies with both sides committing killings, Assad directs his air force toward opposition strongholds.
2013: Hezbollah in Lebanon aids Assad with his triumph at Qusayr, reversing the rebels’ momentum and demonstrating the group’s expanding involvement in the war.
A gas strike on rebel-held eastern Ghouta near Damascus kills dozens of civilians without prompting a U.S. military response, despite Washington’s declaration that chemical weapons use a red line.
The Islamic State group abruptly takes control of Raqqa in the northeast in 2014 and expands its territory in Syria and Iraq.
Their first significant loss in a major city, the surrender of the rebels in the Old City of Homs and their agreement to relocate to an outside suburb served as a model for subsequent “evacuation” agreements.
In order to help Kurdish troops reverse the jihadist trend, Washington forms an anti-Islamic State alliance and launches airstrikes, which strains relations with its partner Turkey.
2015: Islamist militants are playing a larger role, but rebel groups gain progress and take control of northwest Idlib with improved cooperation and more foreign-supplied weapons.
With airstrikes, Russia enters the battle on Assad’s side, turning the tide against the rebels for years to come.
2016: Turkey invades the area with rebel allies after becoming alarmed by Kurdish gains along the border, creating a new area under Turkish authority.
Assad’s greatest war win at the time was the defeat of insurgents in Aleppo by the Syrian army and its allies.
After breaking away from al Qaeda, the Nusra Front attempts to project a more moderate image by taking on a number of different names until deciding on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
2017: Israel admits to using airstrikes against Hezbollah in Syria in an effort to weaken Iran’s and its allies’ increasing power.
Islamic State is defeated in Raqqa by Kurdish-led forces supported by the United States. The jihadist organization is driven from almost all of its territory by that onslaught and another one launched by the Syrian government.
2018: The Syrian government regains control of eastern Ghouta, swiftly retakes the other rebellious areas in central Syria, and then advances on Deraa, the rebels’ stronghold in the south.
2019: The final remnant of Islamic State’s territory in Syria is lost. In order to stop attacks on its Kurdish allies, the United States chooses to retain some soldiers in the nation.
2020: A ceasefire with Turkey that freezes most frontlines is reached after Russia supports a government offensive. Assad appears to be firmly established, controlling the majority of the country and all major cities. The northwest is under rebel control.
A border strip is held by a force supported by Turkey. The northeast is ruled by Kurdish-led forces.
2023: Hezbollah’s role in Syria is eventually diminished and Assad is mortally undermined after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel leads to fighting between Israel and the group in Lebanon.
2024: Aleppo is the target of a fresh rebel attack. Assad’s army rapidly disintegrates as his supporters turn their attention elsewhere. Assad has been overthrown by the rebels, who have captured most major cities and entered Damascus eight days after Aleppo fell.
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