BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said President Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had entered Damascus after a remarkably swift advance across the country.

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali said the government was ready to “extend its hand” to the opposition and hand over its functions to a transitional government.

  • Skiluros@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Let’s see what comes out of this.

    It would have been better to put him on trial and execute him for crimes against humanity.

    • FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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      It’s ok, I convened a kangaroo court similar to his here in my lounge while his plane was in freefall and we concluded we should entrust him to the care of gravity.

      • wewbull
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        Saddum Hussein got the same judgement.