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BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said President Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had entered Damascus after a remarkably swift advance across the country.

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali said the government was ready to “extend its hand” to the opposition and hand over its functions to a transitional government.

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[-] ECB@feddit.org 23 points 2 weeks ago

No love for Assad, but given all the islamist groups involved I have a bad feeling that this is going to end up even worse...

[-] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Armed rebellions rarely result in a stable regime that's less bad than what they replaced. It's just an unfortunate fact of history. What they create is an instability which often takes a generation to shake off.

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