08/12/2024
🚨Damascus Has Fallen, Assad Flees to an Unknown Destination
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🟥 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left Damascus by plane to an unknown location. His departure comes as rebel group HTS seizes Damascus. The rebels have also freed inmates from Saydnaya prison where thousands of opposition supporters are said to have been tortured and executed.
What brought the lightning advance of rebel forces?
Bashar al-Assad was being kept in power by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah. Russia has been heavily stretched in its war against Ukraine. It cannot sustain another frontline far away from home. It has also lost thousands of soldiers and currently relies on soldiers from North Korea.
Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy armed group initially thought to be one of the strongest non state military organization joined Hamas in its war against Israel. It was dealt a devastating blow, with all its leaders eliminated and military infrastructure destroyed. It's currently licking its wounds and incapable of mobilizing its militia to save Bashar. Hezbollah has withdrawn its soldiers from areas it controlled in Syria.
Iran joined its proxies in fighting Israel. Its strategic military bases were hit, with much of its arsenal wiped out. It cannot move military ware to Syria. Israel has also kept in check Iran's weapons supply routes. As a result, the Syrian army has disintegrated. Damascus has fallen.
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