Joy in Libya’s streets as Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad

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<p>Streets in Misrata and Tripoli were alive with celebration as Syrians in Libya rejoiced over the fall of Bashar al-Assad on Sunday (December 8).</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/8/nations-urge-stability-as-syrian-rebels-oust-assad-0043">Nations urge stability as Syrian rebels oust Assad</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/8/what-we-know-about-the-fall-of-syria-s-bashar-al-assad-2142">What we know about the fall of Syria&#x27;s Bashar al-Assad</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2024/12/8/-waiting-a-long-time-for-this-damascus-wakes-up-in-rebel-hands-1733">&#x27;Waiting a long time for this&#x27;: Damascus wakes up in rebel hands</a></div><p>Waving Syrian rebel flags and chanting slogans like &quot;The Syrian people are one&quot;, crowds gathered to mark the end of Assad&#x27;s rule after rebels seized Damascus.</p><p>Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family&#x27;s autocratic rule.</p><p>In one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations, the fall of Assad&#x27;s government wiped out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised influence across the Arab world. Moscow gave him and his family asylum, Russian state media said.</p>

<p>Streets in Misrata and Tripoli were alive with celebration as Syrians in Libya rejoiced over the fall of Bashar al-Assad on Sunday (December 8).</p>

Streets in Misrata and Tripoli were alive with celebration as Syrians in Libya rejoiced over the fall of Bashar al-Assad on Sunday (December 8).

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Joy in Libya’s streets as Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad

Joy in Libya’s streets as Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad

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Published Dec 09, 2024 08:39 AM PHT

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