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This is a developing story…
Live: Syrian rebels topple Bashar al-Assad
- Ousted president flees Damascus to unknown destination president flees Damascus to unknown destination. Rebels enter Assad's residence
- Thousands of political prisoners freed
- Syrian PM: Ready to support governance continuity
- Lebanese group Hezbollah withdrew all of its forces from Syria on Saturday as rebels approached the capital Damascus, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters. One of the sources said that the supervising forces that Hezbollah had deployed to Syria overnight between Thursday and Friday had been sent to oversee the pullback.
- The Lebanese Army has meanwhile deployed reinforced units to the northern and eastern with Syria borders in response to the current situation in Syria, the military said.
- Dozens of Syrian men, women and children explored toppled president Bashar al-Assad's luxurious six-storey home in Damascus after it was looted.
- The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed the country after giving orders there be a peaceful handover of power. In a statement, the ministry did not say where Assad was now and said Russia has not taken part in the talks around his departure.
- Syrian rebels announced a curfew in Damascus starting 4 pm local time until 5 am.
- In an interview with Middle East Eye, Hadi al-Bahra, who heads the Syrian political opposition coalition overseas, stressed the need to preserve the Syrian institutions and protect the economy over the next phase.
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