"Our approach has shifted the balance of power in the Middle East."
President Joe Biden has welcomed the fall of Bashar Al Assad and taken credit for his ouster by saying his policies weakened Bashar's main backers - Russia, Iran and Hezbollah.
Biden added that American troops would remain in eastern Syria to fight ISIS.
This speech by Palestinian writer and activist Susan Abulhawa is already being acclaimed as one of the greatest ever delivered at the Oxford Union.
Watch her extraordinarily powerful condemnation of Israel and Zionism here in full.
In the Indian state of Odisha, a rally organised by the Hindutva group VHP and Bajrang Dal protested against alleged “atrocities” against Hindus in Bangladesh, which escalated to a monk stating that Hindus view cows as mothers and would "play Holi with the blood" of those who harm them.
During the rally, members of VHP and Bajrang Dal also chanted hateful slogans like "Shoot the Bangladeshi Mullah (Muslims)" and "Hindus get together and reply to the Jihadis."
The event which took place on December 5 was marked by violent rhetoric and calls for communal violence against Muslims.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the blows Israel inflicted on Iran and Hezbollah directly led to the fall of Bashar Al Assad in Syria.
He also said that Israel extends "the hand of peace" to all communities in Syria.
"The most brutal Arabic regime has come to an end."
Sheikh Haitham Al Haddad's emotional message to the Ummah following the overthrow of Bashar Al Assad.
Rebel leader Abu Mohammed Al Jolani enters the Ummayad Mosque in Damascus before giving his victory speech.
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From Damascus to Istanbul to Malaysia, Muslims have been celebrating and giving thanks to Allah SWT following the news of Bashar Al Assad's ouster this morning.
This was the historic moment from the early hours of this morning when the Syrian rebels announced the fall of Bashar Al Assad from the studios of Syrian National TV and Radio.
Sunni Muslims in Saida, Lebanon, celebrate the ousting of Bashar Al Assad.
Rebels release women and children from the Sayadna Prison in Damascus.
The first adhaan in the post Bashar era at the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
