As Bashar Al-Assad fled to Moscow, the looters started raiding the presidential palace and people took the streets of Damascus to celebrate his demise. The Syrian president had tried to hang on until the bitter end, still desperately sending an SOS to anyone who would listen, including Donald Trump. The despot had run out of road. The […]
By RT The government in Kabul has welcomed the fall of Damascus to opposition forces The Taliban government in Afghanistan has congratulated the coalition of armed opposition groups that seized Damascus, toppling President Bashar Assad. A loose collection of fighters led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a surprise offensive late last […]
Syria’s rebel leader hailed a “historic” victory Sunday from a landmark Damascus mosque after his Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group headed a lightning offensive, snatching the capital from government control in less than two weeks. His speech came as Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad fled — for Moscow according to Russian news agencies — triggering celebrations […]