By FRANCE24 The Lebanese army said it was reinforcing its presence on the border with neighbouring Syria, after the government of longtime President Bashar al-Assad fell and rebels took the capital Damascus. More information with France 24 correspondent in Beirut, Rawad Taha. Source: France 24
By FRANCE24 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was a “historic day in the… Middle East” and the fall of a “central link in Iran’s axis of evil”. He also took part credit for the the fall of Assad, saying it is a direct result of blows dealt […]
By FRANCE24 Syrian rebels declared they had ousted President Bashar al-Assad after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, forcing him to flee and ending his family’s decades of autocratic rule after more than 13 years of civil war. What did life look like under Assad’s regime? France 24’s Erin Ogunkeye asked Radwan Ziadeh, executive director […]