- Title: Early morning scenes from Damascus, a day after rebels seized Syrian capital
- Date: 9th December 2024
- Summary: KYIV, UKRAINE (RECENT - DECEMBER 2024) (REUTERS) PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND CHIRTSMAS TREE INSTALLED AT ST. SOPHIA SQUARE MAN TAKING PICTURE OF CHRISTMAS TREE CHRISTMAS TREE PEOPLE LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS TREE, ST. MICHAEL'S CATHEDRAL IN BACKGROUND CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION ENTRANCE TO CHRISTMAS FAIR PEOPLE WALKING CAROUSEL AND ITS REFLECTION IN PUDDLE CHRISTMAS SOUVENIR STAND WI
- Embargoed: 23rd December 2024 04:46
- Keywords: Assad Damascus Syria roads streets
- Location: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
- City: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001571809122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The streets of Damascus were empty and shops were closed at dawn on Monday (December 9) a day after rebels seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia.
The developments marked an end to a 13-year civil war and more than 50 years of the Assad family's rule in Syria.
The lightning advance of a militia alliance spearheaded by Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate, marked one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations. Assad's fall wiped out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised influence across the Arab world.
HTS is still designated as a terrorist group by the U.S., Turkey and the United Nations, although it has spent years trying to soften its image to reassure international governments and minority groups within Syria.
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