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The Bashar Al-Assad regime collapsed as the rebel forces entered Damascus on Sunday, forcing the President to flee the capital city.
Syrian rebel groups close in on Damascus (AP Image)
Syrian Rebel Movement: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fled Damascus as the Islamist coalition Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-led rebel forces entered the capital city on Sunday and took over key strategic positions.
They also took control of the state television and broadcasting headquarters in the city.
They entered Damascus overnight searching for Assad, however, they failed to find him, the report said. “Militarily, Damascus has fallen,” CNN reported quoting a source familiar with the rebel groups’ movements.
The rebels were also in touch with the senior Assad regime officials who are mulling defecting, CNN reported.
Assad was “nowhere to be found in Damascus”, a source said.
Rebel Groups Advance Further
The anti-regime forces have been closing in on the capital city from the north, south, and east, and reached suburbs as close as 5 miles and in one case barely a mile away from the capital city.
The main rebel group earlier said that they had captured four cities within 24 hours – Daraa, Quneitra, Suwayda, and Homs – and it would now lay its focus on Damascus.
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Damascus, Syria
