Syrian opposition fighters remove the Syrian government flag from an official building in Salamiyeh, east of Hama - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 12.12.2024
Fall of the Assad Regime in Syria
On December 8, 2024, Syrian President Bashar Assad stepped down as a leader after holding negotiations with the opposition and left Syria for Russia, where he was granted asylum. Mohammed al-Bashir of an Idlib-based opposition administration was named interim prime minister.

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© AP Photo / Hussein MallaOpposition fighters celebrate as a military court burns in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.
Opposition fighters celebrate as a military court burns in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 10.12.2024
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ANKARA (Sputnik) - The new Syrian administration will announce a "roadmap" after the transition process, which includes conducting a census, creating a new constitution, and holding free elections, Turkish pro-government newspaper Hurriyet reported, citing its own sources.
The "roadmap" will be announced after the establishment of the interim administration, the newspaper specified.
Syrian armed opposition groups captured Damascus on Sunday. Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali said that he and 18 other ministers had decided to remain in the capital. Al-Jalali also said he was in contact with the leaders of militant groups that had entered the city. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Syrian President Bashar Assad had stepped down and left Syria after negotiations with some participants in the Syrian conflict.
Syrian opposition fighters remove the Syrian government flag from an official building in Salamiyah, east of Hama - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 09.12.2024
Fall of the Assad Regime in Syria
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On Sunday, a source in the Kremlin told Sputnik that al-Assad and members of his family had arrived in Moscow, and Russia had granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds. The source also noted that Russian officials were in contact with representatives of the armed Syrian opposition, whose leaders had guaranteed the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic facilities in Syria.
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