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 Adam Rasgon and Raja Abdulrahim Abu Mohammad al-Jolani spearheaded a lightning assault that led to the fall of President Bashar al-Assad. Source: The New York Times Category: War and Armed Conflicts, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Al Nusra Front, Al Qaeda, Free Syrian Army, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Assad, Bashar al-, Jolani, Abu Mohammed al-, […]
By Constant Méheut The tally differs sharply from estimates by U.S. officials and military analysts, who have said the number is closer to 70,000. Source: The New York Times Category: Defense and Military Forces, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Kyiv (Ukraine), Ukraine, Russia