Cheers in Damascus: Assad flees - Syria celebrates the new beginning!

Cheers in Damascus: Assad flees - Syria celebrates the new beginning!

Damaskus, Syrien - The political shocks in Syria reach a dramatic highlight: President Bashar al-Assad was reportedly overthrown by Islamist rebels. On Sunday there was an unexpected offensive in Damascus, in which the government troops retired and Assad left the capital with an unknown destination. Witnesses report cheers among the citizens who celebrated in the streets and climbed on tanks. The joy festival in the streets of Istanbul was also documented in neighboring Türkiye, as the news platform Oe24 reported.

explosions and cheers in the capital

The offensive was initiated by the Islamist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which accompanyed its attacks with violent explosions and machine gun fire. According to reports, the rebels also entered the strategically important city of Homs, an event that experts identified as a turning point in the civil war, since control over Homs is a significant threat to Assad's regime, as ZDF analyzed. On the streets of Damascus ’shots were heard, but also outcry of joy when Assad's retreat became public. The Syrian Prime Minister Mohamed al-Jalali offered a cooperation for a change of power and advocated a peaceful handover of power.

Developments not only cause excitement in Syria, but also internationally. In the middle of the unrest, thousands of Syrian soldiers left the country, while Iraq took numerous people with numerous members of the army. The human rights observer Rami Abdel-Rahman confirmed that Assad left the capital, which calls the spirits in the country among the citizens- they are torn between fear and hope. While some families have already fled to Lebanon, the question of future stability in Syria and the fate of the citizens in the middle of this chaotic turn remains.