Italy on Sunday said that an “armed group” entered its ambassador’s garden in Syrian capital Damascus and stole three cars after the Islamist rebels, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), seized the capital city, forcing president Bashar al-Assad to flee the country. A man holds an AK-47 and flashes the victory sign as he poses for a photo in a hall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.(AP) The Italian foreign ministry held a crisis meeting on the volatile situation in Syria. “This morning an armed group entered the garden of the residence of Italy’s ambassador. They took away three automobiles,” said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. The minister said that neither the ambassador nor the Carabinieri (embassy police) at the residence were touched and the rebels only entered the premised to check for the presence of government forces. “The situation is completely under control in a complicated situation of great jubilation, but jubilation in Syria is manifested by shooting in the air, so still complicated,” news agency AFP …