Syrianrebels have declared the capital Damascus “liberated” after entering the city to scant resistance from regime forces, while claiming President Bashar al-Assad has fled the capital ...
boarded a plane and left Damascus for parts unknown, two senior army officers told Reuters. A rebel fighter gestures in Homs countryside, after Syrianrebels pressed their lightning advance on ...
Damascus fell not long after rebels on Friday besieged the Syrian city of Homs with a rapid assault on government forces that left three of the country’s five largest cities in their hands and ...