08/12/2024
People in Syria celebrate the end of President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule on Sunday, December 8, 2024.
The Syrian government collapsed Sunday, falling to a lightning rebel offensive that seized control of Damascus and sent crowds into the streets to celebrate the end of the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule.
Syrian state television aired a video statement by a group of men saying that Assad had been overthrown and all prisoners had been set free.