The Syrian regime has fallen: Damascus in the grip of the opposition factions

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Syria Bachar el-Assad Baath Party Rebels

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime was toppled on Sunday, less than two weeks after an alliance of opposition groups launched a lightning offensive, ending decades of the Baath Party authoritarian rule. Damascus fell into the hands of the rebels overnight, as Assad fled the country heading to an unknown destination. Syrians across the ...