{"id":7678,"date":"2024-12-08T06:42:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T11:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=7678"},"modified":"2024-12-08T06:42:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T11:42:04","slug":"syrian-rebels-capture-damascus-saying-president-assad-has-fled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=7678","title":{"rendered":"<h1><b>Syrian rebels capture Damascus, saying President Assad has fled<\/b><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7679\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-08-at-6.40.33-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"587\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-08-at-6.40.33-AM.png 587w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screen-Shot-2024-12-08-at-6.40.33-AM-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0\">Summary<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-8rsh1g-EditorialTextWrapper edl49zf1\" data-testid=\"test-election-component-editorial-text\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-wdw1q-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1x9m6ni-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rebel forces in Damascus say they&#8217;ve\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3A8dbbbd73-f766-4bdf-a3d1-5f83bd6f2e3e#post\">ended Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s rule<\/a>\u00a0as\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3A61e0bd63-bef7-49d6-a623-4b216610ca34#post\">government troops withdraw<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC correspondent Barbara Plett Usher is in the capital and reports\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3A0ee831d2-f332-4727-a463-4de336f61d4e#post\">Syrians are chanting in celebration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reports say that Assad has\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3Aee9608b1-61ca-4866-a357-26d5a77f594e#post\">left Damascus by plane<\/a>\u00a0for an unknown destination<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rebels say public institutions will stay\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3A49661230-3427-4b79-8bef-880b3bb85d16#post\">under the supervision of the former prime minister<\/a>\u00a0until they&#8217;re officially handed over<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The PM says he is\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3A0851a2ea-60b0-4761-b7ca-93932a28a2a3#post\">&#8220;ready to cooperate&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0with the leadership chosen by the people<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Who are Syria&#8217;s rebe<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cwy8xzxe0w7t\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/cwy8xzxe0w7t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}