certainty on the 10th of december 2024 in doha to tom shay come on the award for translation and international understanding from the arabic language to mankind. the survey as president bush auto satisfied the capitalized opposition fighters into damascus and declared the end of his room. the other ones are in georgia is nice and go on with the continuing coverage of graphic developments in syria earlier oppositional fights as to controlling of home city known as the capital of the revolution. syrians react to the opposition of fond statues at the tone down after decades of the assets goodness,

the that we begin the breaking news out of syria, of course opposition. the forces have declared the end of president special le sides rules after 13 years of civil war earlier, religious news reported that the leader who room for 24 years and actually left the capital damascus. a few hours ago, rebel forces had amounts they entered damascus. they also said they've taken over the cities airport in the state to be building the survey and 5 minutes to says the government was ready to hand of a pilot to any leadership chosen by the people for a few minutes. and then why do i am here at home? i am not leaving this and i don't intend to leave. i expect in a peaceful manner to guarantee the continuity of the public authorities and the institutions and state apparatus and to guarantee the safety and security for all citizens. and we are extending our hands even to the opposition to extend their

hands and gave assurances. they will not cause any harm to any citizens who belong to the syria of ours. when moments before opposition and fights as to control to the airport open. so slight track as recorded a single plane in serious aspects. an illusion. 76 that crop with flight number syrian and 9 to 18 was the last like to take off from damascus 1st if you east. and then it turned, know for a few minutes later, it's signal disappeared as it circled over holmes. what honda slo takes a look back at the bush, all sides. he is in power. there was hope for political change in syria when but showed a subs inherited power in 2000 after the death of his father help is. but apart from some economic reforms, he differed little from his father's 30 year, tougher royalty. the young said wasn't originally meant to take power. he was

starting to become an eye doctor in london when he was recalled after the death of his older brother besset. the parliament had to lower the age for presidential candidates from 40 to 34 so that he could be eligible for office. a decade later, he faced his 1st real challenge. in march, 2011, people took to the streets, demanding democracy. the president dismissed the rebellion and called little foreign conspiracy. as it was also the head of the only legal party in syria, the bat, and commander in chief of the armed forces. his response was a heavy crack down on protesters which brought even more syrians to the streets, eventually triggering a civil war. as it did have some public support, particularly from the minority l. whites, a sect which his family as part of the syrian liter repeatedly dismissed his

opponents calling them terrorists, why bottle? i'm not sure. don't fit in what you are facing is not a political problem. it's a conspiracy until it is in the political reform process, continues to move forwards, yet terrorism is not going down. as the war dragged on, it was the backing of allies russia and did on which provided political and military support that allowed a said to recapture territory and hold onto power. shows that the thank you for the what is government was unable to redeem legitimacy in the eyes of much of the international community. in the shadow of war. he held the elections in government control territories that were dismissed by many as on democratic and dislike. never winning the war. he survived with a narrow support base and with only partial control of the country. the syrian leader was always uncompromising and defiant and ignored

a you and lead political process to bring about a democratic transition. once seen as a reformist, a said stands accused of using chemical weapons against his own people. his government was responsible for killing and imprisoning thousands, displacing millions and for starving, those who lived in besieged area is controlled by the rebels for city is you wouldn't always be remember as the president to exhibit it's very low leadership. he's the one to actually who destroyed his country displayed on people. and she's not on the loss. is one of the laws that entire i'm not in elections in 2021, said 17 more years in power in 2023. after more than 12 years of conflict, as it was welcome back into the era bleak by the same arabs states that once john,

tim, but the situation on the ground remain the same. syrians who were hoping for a new beginning were still living in economic collapse and humanitarian crisis. and in late 2024, the long stagnant war came a ring back with the rapid advance involved physician fighters quickly took control of several major cities at a time when, as its allies were busy with their own conflicts elsewhere, but showed a said leave the country in ruins and millions of syrians wondering what's next for this ancient nation. what russell said ivan garcia, and to have that somebody took his border with syria, a race so. so as we're saying that earlier, we are talking to your position fighters now in the capital reports that president bush on a side has fled, leaving on a plane that's taken off away from the airport. bring this all together for us, right? so right. so what have you been hearing this so well,

the garden this year and discharges most of the official touches we actually do not have it yet. however, i present the album of trinity in the last couple of these. again, again, he has rich tv trays of his position and expressing his support for the position to ad ones. and he said that we wish they will not face any issue and reach to damascus, which is something that has happened now that they are in the opposite that in the capital city off of damascus. so just let's remember that the admins of the position has started on the 27th of november. it has started from the progress of ellipse, which is directly connected to turkey and turkey. it has been the lifeline both in the province where this is the level position was bes, seems 2016 on for the last 8 years. and now the same position has taken control of

other people, the 2nd largest city of syria. and then how about the 4th largest, and now the homes, the 3rd largest, and finally the capital of the country. so for georgia tech, on one hand, it is quite according to the calculus for why we agreed to put you on a team because they what took his position was an entire city and government position for more than decades and seen the government gun is something that i'm kind of was wishing for and also the believe that's a stable the celia run by deal position will put a half create that will put the trinity that the, the city of effigy is in charge of roughly around $3.00. mean it will usually majority 2 of them. cool. go back to data and comes with this issue of the, the, the, the, the, the immigration has been quite an issue for turkey, particularly in the last couple of years. so that is another opportunity that kinda is looking for both on the other hand is extremely concerned as well. while the

state is go, deem again that and sylvia is just shutting down, making down them is not only the ceiling and the position backed by turkey or in the regular having a coordination with. but also we're talking about the, the, the s, the of the city of democratic forces, the co dish, mainly made up of new position as best buy usa and took, it, sees the position as a terminal organization. but now they had in control of several cities, including those that got data zoar and look him on the board, the gates that's connecting celia to iraq as well. so towards this position on one hand, they are supporting 2 positions adventist towards the thinking, the capital, and finally taking the control of the government. but the other hand on kind of doesn't want the curve is lead with the position as you have to have more and more territories, which is a case that has happened in the last year. so if this is quite

a difficult balance for um, cut off the rest of the statements coming from the prime minister of syria on state tv, which we saw pictures earlier. he has books at the country. surprisingly, what's he'd been saying, wrestle well, this is simply saying that he is at home, he's not living there, he's not leaving damascus, but that doesn't mean that the government you've decided to fight. so simply, she is saying that we help being guaranteed we are being given guarantees. buddy, she has a level position that is now gradually picking the control of the capital. and he's saying that the problem is that they will not be losing. they will not be storming into the that the state after that this is the governmental buildings and so on. and just minutes off that his statement. another statement came from the me, the off the issue. yes, the position one month of july, the simply quoting on his soldiers on his troops,

visual fighters of not storm in vandalizing, the state of the buildings, the government buildings and the facilities. and saying that, let this, they mapped out. this is buildings and facilities to be managed by the probably ministry of syria. so we see that based on this, that means that the jury know there is a coordination between the position that is taking control of the capital. gradually, the prime minister does is already in the mask a so informed that the aim of this coordination is actually to provide or to preserve, to make sure that there will be a smooth transition. because now we're talking about a, it's a 54 year room of the sub dynasty coming to an end, and it is coming off the wall most is 13 years old, assuming war. so there is a lot at stake, anytime anything cool break up and the new vitamins or the public school,

you're welcome to go just a rough. so that's why they need to be extremely careful. now the position is given, guaranteed to be for the segments of the societies. no muslims, minority is a, she almost blooms and all the other. and in return know those who have served in the highest range of the government, including the prime minister himself. he is actually very, it's in debt confirming that they have been together these and just confirming that they are ready to cooperate with the in government in coming to leadership, not the government yet, but with the didn't come in leadership. so to just make sure that there will be a similar to transition. all right, so i'll just say it was, rachel said all the in. got so you're in tip that somebody took is border with serial racial for now. thank you, and it's bringing out as there was no real danger. johnson's live from the jordanian capital. i'm on new is so events in syria happening literally within days and now within hours, overnight took us through the significance of what's been happening in syria name. but recently the arab countries looking in on what's happening

so this is seismic, i think that is the one word that can possibly describe just how dramatic, how big and how consequential what we are covering and watching right now in syria, the fall of the side, the regime is an end of an era in the middle east and it will have implications across the region. let's start with the regimes allies. a iran will no longer have an extension of its fear and its influence into the live on. it will not have access land access to it's important to ally in live and on his beloved syria, which of the subs regime or other had presented itself as part of the excess of resistance will also not be able to extend any support even rhetorical to

palestinian factions that allied themselves with that regime. the implications in terms of security are also huge. you have millions of syrian refugees in jordan here, a bit over 700000 in 11 on a lot more than that. perhaps more than double then the refugees hosted in jordan. if turkey as this one was saying also a host of millions of refugees and around the world's fax, the fees refugees might now be able to go home is very important for their domestic purposes. all of these governments, but then there are the questions, of course, the fact that the mascot is now free of the aside to regime without a fight without bloodshed, is very important because it may signal that there is a path forward without bloodshed, without the country plunging. into civil war and that will uh, i think bring

a lot of comfort to governments around around this region. and beyond. of course, the era countries, the arab league, will be watching very closely. they have allies inside syria, within the opposition, and they will want to capitalize on this historic moment and make sure that they have a say, or at least an influence in the future for syria. but certainly what has happened, what is happening right now. the importance of is the significance of it to see syrians in the marie and square celebrating this is something anybody who's lived in syria would tell. you could not have been imagine just a few days ago. and so all lives, of course, now waiting and nears to hear from the syrian opposition, it is a reported that they will perhaps address the syria nation on syrian state tv. and

later on in the day, the jordan jordan government has not issued a statement yet of course we know that they shut the border about 2 days ago in order to secure their own territory. and we'll wait to hear from israel as well, which occupies syrian territory and has talked about a at creating a self declared buffer zone inside syrian territory inside syria and go line in order to protect its own occupied territory. so we'll have to wait and see how these things transpire and move forward in order to assess what kind of new syria we are witnessing. all right, so i'm just, there was no data reporting live from a jordanian capital m. i know we're gonna come back to you throughout the morning, but for now thank you and it's spring and john, this nor coordination joins us live now from a live that's inside 0. i know you've been reporting for us all morning about events happening that just bring us up to date full ideas. so just joining us here

on out to 0, tell us what you've been seeing and hearing the a ground 0 here is actually the news that hundreds of thousands of serious have been waiting for over 14 years. now, people have not, you know, staging their houses, women and children men, they are on there in the country now on the street celebrating this historic event that they have been waiting for a 113 years and a on the military base at 6615 a yeah, it was purchased by the military operation commander that you are in need of a shuttle bus that has the escaped and at 615 we declare the freedom us gets the free from the during the but short on the a. so, but however they were a non actually very emotional in their speech and they, uh, they immediately addressed the people of damascus to the people of the matthews, who chose to leave, to redeem support, to, but then refused to support the we really treasure your current. yes. downtown for

all of those who dropped their weapons, you have, you have a safety and that must be the, from the us. and from from of the shutter of the, the general commander talking about the shut a little, how much a do not need to all are fighting forces in damascus. your forbidden to a and the, to good to get close to any public institute will be under the supervision of the previous b m, until they were formally a formally delivered. and now all of those are the cases that you're witnessing a new ero res, syria and a new era of the people rolling syria. and it was also pretty but loose the previously stated. but some of the show that the s p s will be the soul into the entire, into the entirety of a syria. and then the entire period of faction isn't in the areas of the, of the syrian. that's an indication of the true intentional building a true and new syria that gathers all syrians in the country. and the story on the

tv uh story. the serial probably minister made a statement earlier on television, which we showed here and i'll just see what's, what's he been saying? no, i'm on. what is, what is the state to the system telling syrians as events some fold that the i'm sorry, i lost the last the connection. yeah, because off to you, we saw the syrian prime minister speak earlier on state tv. once they've been saying, i'm what that state tv i've been saying about, they've been some folding inside the country and actually the beer was adjusting the addressing uh cereals and the main media media out this for the for the cn reggie and has been a, been, you know uh you know, uh, misleading people for over the past 24 hours and telling them that nothing is happening and keep kept on telling them that nothing is happening until the uh, the opposite end forces to control of the city. and now, as i stated previously,

that be able to take over uh, temporarily until the things that are offered officially handed handed to the opposition leaders. i'm just the final question to you. i mean, there was things of jubilation on the streets of the capital. we seen a lot of this throughout the cities, as the opposition forces have moved from the north down through aleppo. how about homes and now damascus. how of people feeling? we'll see motion know on the streets. it actually is very, very hard to describe this. we've been waiting for 14 years. we've all lost loved ones and the other syrian on the ground. and this one was the 1st person i thought of was my was my latest camera man who passed away in other po, 5 days ago. and a 100 looks of syria's are now remembering those who perished along the way and telling them that they have reached their destination and their blood and sacrifice

didn't go in vain. and now they have reached damascus and they have achieved the goal that they have a keep the goal. they uprise the back in 2011. a lot of the all series are now remembering those 2 for old patters along the way of the bosses started with you to be adjusted on the positive side. it was the startled and hundreds of thousands, the whole page that had the highest surprise to get to this point. and now the trying this to tears are mixed with gears. oh, oh oh, sadness enjoy. and basically they're telling them that we're going to move on with it when do with your dreams achieving a pretty serious all syrians. all right, and i'll come or show thanks very much for that update will not come back to you a little bit later in the program. and now 13 years avoidance there. we have killed more than 350000 people to space millions and turn the country upon. let's take a look now at some of the key turning points in the conflict,

but it all began but peaceful protest in damascus. and that uh the outside governments violent response led to an armed uprising conflict, intensified with the battle of a net post position for his comforter lodge parts of the city. the same and ami recaptured it. 4 years later. within 2013 a chemical weapons attack in eastern booth to kill hundreds of civilians and it prompted international condemnation. i let the syria agreeing to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile as well. i saw the color face across syria and iraq of the capturing log swathes of territory rock and i became that de facto capital in syria and their reign loss of the until 2019 were russia. then began direct ministry intervention and support of bush aside. russian. it strikes elton, the tide in favor of government forces. the us been got involved launching missile strikes against government targets in response to a chemical weapons attack in hom, shay cooling? well, the conflict as long as you become a frozen one over the past 4 years until on groups launched an operation last week

from in the spring and james dorsey's, emily specialist. i'm an a junk senior fellow at the estimated direct not in school of international studies at non young technological university. joseph live from single to have you with us as always, and i'll just say or less so opposition fighters. we've seen them celebrating in the capital, damascus and report suggesting that the president bush outside himself fled the situation, though still very fluid. so unclear. whatever the case though, this offensive has been extremely rapid, was it happened to us so quickly. and it's happened much quicker than anybody's thought. i don't think this one should be surprised by the offensive in and of itself. it was always a question of when not if, but the collapse of the serial military at the moment that the bush auto upsets at allies, were preoccupied with major issues of their own. i think that is what the main

surprises and it simply says tells us how on the one hand, how riddled support for the bush are less that redeem was, but also how brittle the sicilian military was. and i think that's one of the problems that both the ratings and the russians now, if you don't have a military, a national military on the ground to defend the regime. then there was really very little that the radiance or the russians could have done short of virtually occupying the country. yeah. and, and what about the syrian president himself making he had, by the options open to him because events of a took him essentially didn't they as well. they certainly overtook him and he presumably did not have a real sense of reality. the notion, nobody framed the civil war from the beginning as a war against terrorist. it was a war against, quote, unquote terrace, of his own making. and he systematically, uh, sabotage, any attempt to uh, to have

a peaceful process in which that wouldn't be reform of this, of the, of the, of the syrian political system and reform that would be inclusive, as well as a, provide a group of the goods and services that the syrians desperately wanted. i'm terms of final thought to you in terms of administer dynamic on the ground. i mean, you know, it is extraordinary and this looks like a complete route for the serial. now, i mean, they didn't even seem to put up any kind of effective fights against the opposition forces. so that's surprising. not really. i mean, the serious military is your correspond as a rule node. it was a conscript military in which people were forced into the 1000000 into the military and often not paid properly and not compensated properly. so the fact that they would ultimately jump ship or not put their lives on the, on the line for a regime that wasn't catering to their needs is not really

a surprise. alright. that james dorothy life has that from now. i'm using technology, click university in single board, james many times for your time or wait for just joining us here on, i'll just say or let's just remind you of fast moving events on the ground opposition forces have declared the end of president bush. alas, that's the rule of the 13 years of civil war earlier. reuters news reported that the leader who for 24 years i left the capital damascus a few hours ago, rebel forces at announcement and to damascus. they also said they've taken over the cities airport in the state to the building. the syrian prime minister says the government was ready to handle the power to any leadership chosen by the people. what else you've been telling your morning that been seems of celebration jubilation in areas under the control of opposition to fight. as people have been gathering in central homes and slashed post as a president bush on either side, they climbed onto the statute of his father hafez assad. anyone of the con reports

syrian opposition forces have added another city to their tally. drove their forces into homes, the 3rd largest city in syria, and say it is now under their control. within just a few days, the major cities of a level hama, and there have fall into opposition fighters. as they approach the city center, they released hundreds of prisoners for the sake of prison. the we'll see if we as a fellow majority known as we have advised them in the audit and to show compassion to the people. whoever lays down the western women supposed to be granted safety and whoever the lease is not to be pursued. scenes of jubilation played out in the heart of the city. at the new clock square landmark. the area hold strong memories for syrians. one of the largest protests against president bush are all

a side to place here in 2011. 7 which ended in mass blood shed when government forces use live rounds on protest homes hold strong strategic important. it's on the m 5 highway that links the north of the country to the capital, damascus. the experts say the advancements are the results of the careful plan. it appears to be in and circling that strategy, and we also have rentals from the southern part of the country and the south west that are encroaching, advancing due north. so clearly, i think if, if anything stands out about the rebel offensive, it's just how meticulously organized it is. i feel like we live 2 years just in the last 2 weeks in the middle east. government forces say there are reinforcing their position in the capital. but with momentum on their side, these fighters say not only is a capital within their sites, but also within their grass rental, find out when it's bringing well,

just trying to have these, the middle east security. i'm mr. jones, a slide from sidney in australia. roger, i mean, as we've been seeing this morning, this has been a lightning offensive by opposition forces, which has taken everybody by surprise. what do you make of it as you see then some fold on your tv screen? roger? yeah, it was an absolutely extraordinary note. i think for the price of developments, but it's $1.00 of those things in the military's fee. once you build my man to man, the opposition that you're up against and as is it to the fight, as you are, then you can that my mention can excel, right? and that's exactly what we've saying here. we say the opposition who are extremely motivated for the military and the political in state that i want to achieve. and a syrian military who i'm particularly interested in the fight and a peer to is i'm a band and it posts more often than not. and what about the syrian president himself, brother? i mean, he had very few realistic options open to him,

but to see the company. yeah, exactly. once he got to these points, uh, people they, uh, ruminating as to what he could have done previously. and most part is one of the issues that has come up time and time again is that he was quite inflexible in his approach, in terms of any negotiations with the regional states or with opposition groups and always choose why or the highway and as it turned out at the end of the day it was the highway, but for him on the, on a new just touched on this point just a 2nd ago, many terms of the ministry dynamic and it's, it's been a complete route of the serial. now, i mean that i don't seem to put up any kind of fight against the opposition forces did not come as a surprise to yeah, listen, i think uh the complete disintegration uh effectively of the siri military. they had more than enough time for.