Rebels close in on Syrian capital as Bashar al-Assad regime faces collapse

The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is on the brink of being overthrown by rebel fighters who are closing in on the capital of Damascus.

Led by a former al-Qaeda splinter group, the insurgents stormed Syria’s second-largest city last week.

They have now taken control of two provincial capitals and are amassing in the capital’s suburbs.

Vincent McAviney reports.
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[shutup]

This will end in tears, lots of people actually think this means Syria will now be a democracy

[muizismail]

so syria will be like iraq and libya after their leader dead or run away.

[ilona]

Reminds me of Libya where US removed the “dictator “ and now the country is in poverty and endless civil war

[TroysSweetCornhole]

I know Assad was a shady figure over the years, but i dont know how well intentioned the "rebels" claim to be.

[robertcowie]

this is the example of a free palestine state sort of the same story of going from bad to worst

[stickyburger]

My family lives in Damascus they said that Syria is gone it’s been taken over I think only Tartarus is left and thankfully the rebels didn’t kill anyone in fact the locals cheered for them

[billythekid]

now the warlord era begins there may God Have mercy on them

[veredp.]

And all university students are going to march in defence of the poor Syrian people?

Why not?

[hawrahgold]

These are terrorists and dont mean any good, the questionable thing is how they got control so fast

[NikkiMonavari]

I don't get it.. how did the rebels/terrorist push so quickly and unnoticed??? They literally came out of nowhere

[conworldus]

What does this mean to non-Muslims in Syria who would be living under basically ISIS rule?

[licenciado]

Goodbye socialism, hello Islam dictatorship

[MrDeathhtaed]

I swear every arab story is like this: 1. Dictator overthrown 2. Party 3. Islam extremism takes over and people start becoming refugees 4. Travel to foreign nation and say it's not Islamic enough, I'm so tired of this story

[Babajagnee]

Libya, Iraq 2.0. These Arabs never learn

[thegreatnormad]

The Asad family regime has fallen after 56 years of brutal dictatorship

[Adam-uccq]

Allah buyuktur ❤God is the greatest ❤

[jgriffin]

“Rebels”. Who are they exactly? Who are they funded by and what are their ideals? Aren’t you the least bit curious?

[useractivities]

History repeatedly reminds us that no autocratic regime in this world lasts forever. Time and again, we have witnessed the dreadful fate of rulers who monopolize power. Figures like Hitler, Mussolini, Gaddafi, and Saddam Hussein once rose to the pinnacle of power, yet over time, they fell. Some lost their lives, while others were forced to flee their countries.

Sri Lanka's former Prime minister Gotabaya Rajapaksa, due to his abuse of power, bankrupted the nation and was compelled to leave the country amidst a popular uprising. In Bangladesh, too, the fall of autocratic regimes has occurred in the past, such as the downfall of Ershad, and more recently, Sheikh Hasina’s exit from power. Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has been condemned globally for exemplifying tyranny against his own people. History teaches us that it is impossible to sustain power by suppressing the rights of the people.

This truth must never be forgotten: those who unjustly cling to power are destined to see their days numbered. By the will of Allah, such autocrats are weakened, and in the end, the peoples always prevail.

[Ramon_]

Anyone else remembers a certain Moammar al Qadaffi ? ... We all know what happend to Lybia after he got removed !
Anybody who dreams that this is gonna end up well for the Syrian people you better wake up fast !

[CanadianEhHole]

There's a reason the #1 rebel group early in the civil war was al-Nusra Front, an Islamic extremist group.

So many westerners still don't get it. Not everyone longs for your principles of liberalism and democracy. In this part of the world, strength is revered and religion is #1 to their entire culture, philosophy, and political governance. The #1 complaint a lot of the early rebel groups had with Assad is that he was a protector of religious minorities and did not impose Islam on the rest of the population. Look at this area of the world and how many Islamic extremist groups have popped up in the last 20 years and so many of you still think these Syrian rebel groups are completely different and that somehow Syria is completely outside this trend. Delusional and a complete lack of local politics.

The Taliban did not lose in 20 years because you cannot defeat an ideology the same way you defeat a traditional enemy in war. For every Taliban member the US killed, they would create new ones in the hearts and minds of regular Afghanis because the US was always going to push the Afghani leaders they installed away from an Islamist state -- but that's what the people want.

Assad could only fight this for so long. The area where the rebels maintained and have now grown out of is Idlib, which was controlled by an al-Qaeda affiliated group (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) for the past few years. This group, HTS, is considered the strongest of the Syrian rebel groups. It's also considered a terrorist organization by the US, Canada, the EU, and others.

... but ya, you're all geopolitical experts because news outlets tell you Assad is a bad man and so therefore the other side MUST be good... what mindless drivel.