
Syrian opposition fighters rejoice the autumn of the Syrian authorities, in Damascus, Syria on December 8, 2024.
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Insurgent forces in Syria have ousted President Bashar al-Assad from energy, ending greater than half a century of brutal rule by the Assad household.
Assad’s downfall got here lower than two weeks after an preliminary incursion west of the nation’s second largest metropolis, Aleppo, triggered a cascading sequence of routs and retreats by the demoralized Syrian navy.
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A person steps on an image of Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad as individuals enter his residence in Damascus’ Malki space after Islamist-led rebels declared that they’ve taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending al-Assad fleeing and ending 5 many years of Baath rule in Syria.
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Folks stand atop a toppled statue of Syria’s late president Hafez al-Assad in Damascus.
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A person kisses a Syrian insurgent fighter who returned to the central metropolis of Homs, after being in exile for 12 years after insurgent forces entered Syria’s third metropolis in a single day.
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Syrian insurgent fighters and civilians collect within the central metropolis of Homs, after insurgent forces entered Syria’s third metropolis in a single day.
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A girl waves a Syrian opposition flag as she celebrates at Umayyad Sq. in Damascus.
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Opposition fighters rejoice in Damascus, Syria.
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An aerial view exhibits site visitors on the streets in Syria’s capital Damascus, after Islamist-led rebels declared that they’ve taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending al-Assad fleeing and ending 5 many years of Baath rule in Syria.
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Syrian opposition fighters drive alongside the Damascus-Beirut freeway, Syria.
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Abu Mohammed al-Golani speaks on the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Golani, a former al-Qaida commander who minimize ties with the group and says he embraces pluralism and spiritual tolerance, leads the most important insurgent faction and is poised to chart the nation’s future.
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Syrian opposition fighters rejoice after the Syrian authorities collapsed in Damascus, Syria.
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Authorities troopers and their allies huddle on the bottom whereas being detained by insurgents in Homs, Syria.
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A hearth burns in a room of the Tishrin residential palace of Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus’ al-Muhajirin space.
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An opposition fighter fires his AK-47 within the air in celebration after opposition forces took management of town in Damascus.
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Syrian Islamist-led insurgent fighters pray in a mosque within the central metropolis of Homs early on December 8, 2024, after getting into Syria’s third metropolis in a single day.
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Displaced Syrians break into tears as they return to central metropolis of Homs, after insurgent forces entered Syria’s third metropolis in a single day.
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A Syrian insurgent fighter fires rounds as individuals rejoice close to the Clock Tower within the central metropolis of Homs, after insurgent forces entered Syria’s third metropolis in a single day.
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Detained Syrian pro-government troopers chant slogans exterior the central metropolis of Homs, after surrendering when insurgent forces entered Syria’s third metropolis in a single day.
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A person tries to take a lamp as individuals seek for belongings within the ransacked non-public residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad within the Malkeh district of Damascus, Syria.
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Residents rejoice the autumn of the capital Damascus to opposition forces, in Homs, Syria.
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Folks wave weapons within the air, as they collect to rejoice the autumn of the Syrian regime in Umayyad Sq. in Damascus, Syria.
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A broken poster of Bashar al-Assad is seen as a hearth burns at a safety compound that homes the Syrian Navy Intelligence Interrogation Division, in Damascus, Syria.
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A portrait of Hafez al-Assad, father of Bashar al-Assad, is seen discarded, in Umayyad Sq. in Damascus, Syria.
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Members of armed teams rejoice by taking pictures into the air on the Umayyad Sq. after sixty-one years of Baath Get together rule in Syria collapses on Sunday when, the capital fell out of the arms of regime management in Damascus, Syria.
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