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Ousted Syrian President Assad, Family In Moscow, Granted Asylum: Report

Ousted Syrian President Assad, Family In Moscow, Granted Asylum: Report

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New Delhi: Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and family have landed in Moscow and have been granted asylum, Russia state media reported today, hours after Islamist-led rebels took control of his country. “Assad and members of his family have arrived in Moscow,” a Kremlin source told the TASS and Ria Novosti news agencies. “Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds,” he added. There was buzz on social media with flight trackers speculating the mysterious whereabouts of Assad for most part of Sunday. A Syrian Air plane took off from Damascus airport around the time the capital was taken by rebels, according to data from the Flightradar website. The aircraft initially flew towards Syria’s coastal region, a stronghold of Assad’s Alawite sect, but then made an abrupt U-turn and flew in the opposite direction for a few minutes before disappearing off the map. The sudden change in course and disappearance of the plane from tracking could indicate it had been shot down, or that it had switched off its transponder. With Assad and family in Russia …

Armed Syrian group ‘steals’ cars from Italian envoy’s garden in Damascus | World News

Armed Syrian group ‘steals’ cars from Italian envoy’s garden in Damascus | World News

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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 …

Who are Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? The Syrian rebels who overthrew Bashar al-Assad | World News

Who are Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? The Syrian rebels who overthrew Bashar al-Assad | World News

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Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, gained international attention after it led a successful blitzkrieg-style assault campaign to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad successfully. Syrian rebel fighters celebrate at the entrance of Homs province early on December 8, 2024, after rebel forces entered Syria’s third city overnight. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied anti-government factions have pressed a lightning offensive since November 27, sweeping swathes of the country from government control, including major cities Aleppo, Hama and Homs.(AFP) Starting their campaign on November 27, the rebels had cleared their intention to use “all available means” to overthrow Assad and declared Damascus free of the “tyrant” once the president reportedly fled the capital on Sunday. Origins of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Led by the 42-year-old former Syrian militant and jihadist Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the group is the modern avatar of the al-Nusra front, which was once named Jabhat Fateh al-Sham. Jolani founded the al-Nusra front, Syria’s branch of al-Qaeda, to fight the Syrian government in 2011 after Assasd’s crackdown on ‘pro-democracy’ …

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Has Left The Country: Russia

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Has Left The Country: Russia

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (File) Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed the country after giving orders there be a peaceful handover of power. In a statement, the ministry did not say where Assad was now and said Russia has not taken part in the talks around his departure. It said Russia’s military bases in Syria had been put on a state of high alert, but that there was no serious threat to them at the current time. It said Moscow was in touch with all Syrian opposition groups and urged all sides to refrain from violence Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Syrian civil war: Who are the rebels at Damascus gates, what’s their aim | World News

Syrian civil war: Who are the rebels at Damascus gates, what’s their aim | World News

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As Syrian opposition forces “entered” capital Damascus after having taken control of key cities, President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday left for an ‘unknown location’ on a plane, a development confirmed by Army officers to Reuters. Syrian opposition fighters drive past a burning government armoured vehicle south of Hama, Syria, on Dec. 7, 2024. (AP) On just Saturday, the Syrian rebels captured four cities, Daraa, Quneitra, Suwayda and Homs, terming it to be the “liberation” of these places. The rebel group’s spokesperson Lt. Col. Hassan Abdul Ghani early on Sunday affirmed their intentions of capturing the Capital Damascus, saying, “Our eyes are on the capital, Damascus.” There were no signs of Army deployments in the capital as rebels encircled the city, forcing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to board a plane and leave the city. Who are the opposition fighters?  The most powerful insurgent group in Syria, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, launched a surprise offensive against President Assad’s regime on November 27. The HTS is working along with an umbrella group of Turkish-backed Syrian militias known …

After Hama, Assad Loses ‘Cradle Of Revolution’? Syrian Rebels ‘Capture’ Daraa ‘Post-Deal With Army’

After Hama, Assad Loses ‘Cradle Of Revolution’? Syrian Rebels ‘Capture’ Daraa ‘Post-Deal With Army’

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Russian, Syrian warplanes target rebels in Aleppo, military sources say | News Today News

Russian, Syrian warplanes target rebels in Aleppo, military sources say | News Today News

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Russian and Syrian warplanes targeted insurgents in an Aleppo city suburb on Saturday, two Syrian military sources said after the rebel fighters penetrated the heart of the city in Syria’s northwest in a surprise attack the previous day. The attack by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham marks the most significant challenge in years to President Bashar al-Assad, jolting the frontlines of the Syrian civil war that has largely been frozen since 2020. The Syrian Civil Defense, a rescue service operating in opposition-held parts of Syria, said in a post on X that the Syrian government and Russian aircraft carried out airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods, a gas station, and a school in rebel-held Idlib, killing four civilians and wounding six others. Russia, which deployed its air force to Syria in 2015 to support Assad in the war, has promised Damascus extra military aid to thwart the rebels, the two military sources said, adding this would start arriving in the next 72 hours. The insurgent force began its surprise offensive earlier this week, sweeping through …

Israel conducts ground raid into Syria, nabs Syrian citizen linked to Iran | World News

Israel conducts ground raid into Syria, nabs Syrian citizen linked to Iran | World News

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The Israeli military said Sunday it carried out a ground raid into Syria, seizing a Syrian citizen involved in Iranian networks. It was the first time in the current war that Israel has announced sending troops into Syria. Rescuers evacuate a body at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a village near the Syrian border with Lebanon(AFP) Syria did not immediately confirm the announcement. Also Read: MEA says it is in touch with Indians in Israel, necessary advisories issued Israel has carried out airstrikes in Syria multiple times over the past year, targeting members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and officials from Iran, the close ally of both Hezbollah and Syria. But it has not previously made public any ground forays into Syria. Also Read: Israeli forces capture senior Hezbollah operative in Lebanon’s Batroun: Report The raid comes as Israel has waged an escalated campaign of bombardment in Lebanon for the past six weeks, as well as a ground invasion along the countries’ shared border, vowing to cripple Hezbollah, On Saturday, an Israeli military officials …

‘Israel will pay for attack on Iran embassy in Syrian capital’: Hezbollah | World News

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Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group warned Tuesday that Israel will pay for killing high-level Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in a strike on the country’s consulate in Damascus, Syria, the day before. Smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike to a buidling close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024. (REUTERS) Hezbollah has exchanged near-daily cross-border fire with Israel in support of its ally Hamas since the Gaza war erupted in October. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. “Certainly, this crime will not pass without the enemy receiving punishment and revenge,” Hezbollah said in a statement. The Israeli strike killed seven IRGC members including Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi and another high-ranking officer, Brigadier General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, the IRGC said. Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 11 people were killed in the strikes, including eight Iranians, two Syrians and one Lebanese, all of them fighters. Hezbollah said Zahedi was “one of the first to support, sacrifice, and persevere …

Mumbai City completes signing of Syrian international Thaer Krouma

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Mumbai City FC on Saturday announced the arrival of defender Thaer Krouma. The Syrian international joins the Islanders on a short-term contract until the end of the 2023-24 season. The experienced centre-back has played most of his football in his home country of Syria. In addition to this, he has also plied his trade in the top flight divisions of Iraq, Lebanon and Bahrain. Most recently, Krouma turned out for defending Syrian Premier League champions Al Fotuwa SC and represented the Syrian club in continental competitions as well, having participated in the 2023-24 AFC Cup. The 33-year-old defender has over 30 caps for the Syrian Men’s National Football Team and recently represented his country at the ongoing 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, playing every minute of Syria’s memorable campaign. Krouma was a part of the Syrian defence that only conceded two goals in the entire tournament before their penalty shootout defeat to Iran in the Round of 16. Krouma will join the Islanders’ camp in Mumbai in the coming days and will wear the …