Syrian Rebels Overthrow Assad After Swift Advance, sparking joy in Damascus streets
Amid the wreckage of years of civil war, a new chapter has begun in Syria. Rebel forces have captured the capital, Damascus, and the Assad regime has collapsed.
The fall came swiftly. After a lightning advance led by a rebel coalition led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Syrian government forces crumbled. On Monday, handicrafting workers affiliated with the now-defunct regime scoured Saidnaya Prison, a location where they say political prisoners remained trapped.
‘We are working hard to achieve new hope and we must be prepared for the worst,’ they stated in a statement on Monday. The hell portrait clearly
