president asad has fled the country and the capital has fallen. political prisoners have been freed from the country's notorious jails. this appears to show prisoners leaving this military prison. the syrian army has abandoned its post. rebel commanders have warned people not to harm them. serious prime minister has stayed in damascus and has offered the rebels a peaceful transition of power. >> this country can be a normal country. a country that builds good relations with its neighbors and the world. without entering any regional alliances but we will leave this matter to any new leadership chosen by the syrian people and we are ready to cooperate with any new leadership and facilitate what they need so the various government parliaments can be transferred smoothly and systematically in a way that preserves the state's facilities. >> rebels only reached the outskirts of damascus yesterday afternoon. this happened a few miles from the center of the syrian capital. a statue of syrians last leader was pulled down. the rebels since the victory was i

could have been would've came to the defense of bashar asad there is no question israel's actions along with ukraine keeping russia preoccupied has created this opportunity but again i been in and out of syria since my first meeting with bashar asad since 2001, i know a lot of people in the opposition force there and the liberties similarly there is an opportunity but it's one where president trump in his coalition is going to have to work very quickly in a different kind of strength and leverage it for going to see government and syria and lebanon able to represent all of the people and be peaceful. >> it's fascinating you said you sat down with bashar asad and when you and to aggression obligations and officials do that, what is that like i was in the people's palace with his room 10 feet thinking is this what it changes guys behavior, what was the meeting like what was he like and what were your objections at that time. >> there was a history when he was intended to be president he had been a reformer and when his brother died he became president he was still talking about reform and during the bush administration there was a

re-admitting syria to that ÃÃ what you heard me say at the time the position of the united states is asad hasthings that the international community collectively asked him to do. every country has to make their own decisions about how to respond to that refusal on his part but we the united states decided that we were not ready to restore relations with him we were not ready to lift the sanctions on him i think it's a combination of his refusal to engage with his own public and the pressure we and other countries around the world put on him to got where we are today. >> i don't want to totally reject the premise of the question tom because i do respect the question but i do think that a time like this that really is the wrong way to look at the question it's not a question of what leverage or influence the united states has because ultimately this is a process that needs to be led by syrians, not the united states. not by any other countries in the region. so what we can do is make clear we will support the syrian people. i miss path towards a better future we will protect their own interest

ukraine .2 large wars and the question has always been, will these blend together into one larger conflict? and that's partially what's happened here because the asady hezbollah. and with russia being distracted by the war in ukraine and with hezbollah having suffered enormous blows in its war with israel, clearly what happened here is that factions that are opposing the asad regime, including some extremists come of people with extremist ties who have been operating in the northwest of syria for a long time, decided to make this move, this kind of lightning offensive to take territory, including aleppo, an enormous city inside of syria, and really threaten the viability of the asad regime again. this is kind of interact with two big wars. it shows you, stephanie, just how precarious and volatile a situation we have, not just in the middle east but in terms of great power politics, great power conflict. this is the situation that donald trump is stepping into. >> that sort of the thing. they are separate wars until they are not because with russia backing asad, how big a role are they going to play here? they've got their own war to contend with. >

has been gutted by ukraine. they didn't have the force to help asad in his time of need. and post october 7th iran has been gutted by israel. to have air defense. in fact, air defense right now. these two powerful allies of the sod -- in the time of need, nowhere to be seen. >> let's take a look at exactly what happened and then get to richard hoss. they toppled bashar al assad over the weekend, ending his family's decade-long rule. the rebels seized damascus after a lightning advance across key cities like aleppo. according to a senior biden administration official, asad has fled to moscow, where he has been granted asylum. as the news broke, celebrations erupted nationwide. even in regime strongholds. meanwhile, israel bolstered security but stated it will not intervene. president biden delivered remarks from the warehouse yesterday, shortly after the regime fell. >> we support syria's neighbors. including jordan, lebanon, iraq and israel. through this. make a transition. i will speak with leaders of the region in the coming days. i've had long discussions with all of ou

borders, to lebanon where ten years ago, hezbollah crossed into syria to help asad and to prop up his regime. today, hezbollah has air strikes. let's look at another border, that of turkey, positioning itself as a protector of the region. how do you think that ankara will be viewing this right now? what do you think its next move could be?— its next move could be? turkey is -la in: a its next move could be? turkey is playing a huge _ its next move could be? turkey is playing a huge role _ its next move could be? turkey is playing a huge role in _ its next move could be? turkey is playing a huge role in these - playing a huge role in these developments and it's playing a huge role in these developments and its expected to play an even bigger role in the future. if we are looking at the geopolitical map of what is happening to try to understand the regional powers. for turkey commit sees that iran is weaker today than it used to be before. around seven years ago, there was an agreement between russia, turkey and iran that is known as... that did divided —— divided the influence inside syria. today turkey sees that

iran has had only one state partner in its 45 year existence and that has been the assad family, in damascus and syria, and asad'sst indie rock wall. —— against most in the iraq war. this is worth remembering exterior appoints a key role in iran's axis of resistance, this is what the regime has against israel, arab states and us positions, and iranian officials have often referred to syria in this way, and they have allowed it to be an eastern mediterranean power and are its cheap proxy, but that has now been cut with this fall in damascus —— arm its chief proxy. in damascus -- arm its chief rox . ., �* , , proxy. now let's bring it right u . proxy. now let's bring it right u- to proxy. now let's bring it right up to date — proxy. now let's bring it right up to date to _ proxy. now let's bring it right up to date to right _ proxy. now let's bring it right up to date to right now, - proxy. now let's bring it right up to date to right now, so i up to date to right now, so what have you heard about the political situation that gives you any nudge about how you think this could play out politically? it think this cou

obviously, hamas, decimated, hezbollah, decimated, the asad regime, toppled. israel hasts sights on trend 26 right now. right now, you have donald trump coming into office, will that emboldenand others in america, who have long set their sights on iran, who see iran now weakened and vulnerable, for a possible regime change? >> i think there is a very good chance of that. our colleague at nbc has been reporting on this a long time, and he thinks, there is a whole array of hardliners who really wants the israelis, with u.s. help, to try to take out the regime in iran. it has been an astonishing series of setbacks, as you said. hamas, decimated, hezbollah, decimated. the attacks today on yemen by israeli forces show that netanyahu really believes in israeli military power. so, i think there will be, there could be a large strike on tehran and the only wildcard here is the issue would be chaos. there is fears of chaos in syria, and the kind of sectarian and other strikes that could happen there and what might emerge in iran. but, i do think trump will give a green light for

del país, poniendo fin a más de 50 años del gobierno de bachar a al asad, el presidente joe biden le habló a su nación tras la noticia. haseguró que es momento de incertidumbre. el presidente derrocado presuntamente huyó de damasco y, según medios rusos, supuestamente se encuentra en moscú con su familia, donde ha recibido asilo. los sirios salieron a las calles el domingo con disparos de celebración después del sorprendente avance rebelde, pero planteando interrogantes sobre el futuro del país y de la región en general. esto es una situación compleja porque no es entre buenos y malos. no estamos lidiando con 2 grupos. la categoría de ellos es de de de mucha violencia. entre el entre los 2, ambos hubieron muchas muertes s de inocees. alamo salinas, el líder del mayor grupo insurgente de siria, declaró la victoria. el hombre de 42 años es catalogado por estados unidos como un terrorista y se perfila como una figura importante en el futuro de siria. este domingo, un pasajero de un vuelo de volaris que cubría la ruta del bajío en el centro de méxico a la fronteriza tijuana, intentó desviar el avión hacia estados unidos ante

president asad fled the capital over the weekend and has been granted asylum by russian president putinis family have ruled the country in a brutal dictatorship in half a century and engaged in a bloody civil war the past 14 years backed by russia, iran and hezbollah. the question now, so what happens next? the u.s. has some 900 troops stationed in the country right now, as american forces carried out air strikes on isis positions this weekend. we're gonna talk with national security adviser jake sullivan in just a moment. but first chief international correspondent james longman is at the syrian border for us. james, tell us what you're seeing right now. >> reporter: robin, it's a very tense situation right now. let me show you around here. we've got thousands of people streaming out of syria, desperate to leave the country because they're not sure what the change means for them. the lebanese army has put a barrier up there, stopping people from coming out. meantime, you are seeing all these cars and it streams all the way down there, of people going into syria. this is the chaos that

but these are pictures obtained by the news agency afp, which the bbc has verified, of a bust of the president's father hafez al—asad toppled in president's square in the damascus neighbourhood of jaramana. meanwhile, the group of rebels are advancing on the capital after snatching the southern province of daraa from government control. these latest pictures show rebels driving in a seized military vehicle in the region of daraa. news agency reuters says other rebels from hts have advanced from the north and are inside the city of homs with the syrian army, loyal to president assad, simply falling away. the civil war began in 2011, but the rebels outside homs were forced into retreat five years later. now, in just ten days, rebels have taken the whole of syria's second—largest city of aleppo. another major city, hama, fell to hts, and now they are on the edge of homs, syria's third city. but fighting there is reported to be intense. a uk—based war monitor says regime air strikes have killed 21 civilians. with more on this, our correspondent hugo bachega is in antakia, on the turkish—syria border. yeah, i think the s

asad should be held accountable. >> there are reports that hezbollah has violated the cease-fire agreement with israel and there isorts that hezbollah is out of syria in the cease-fire expires when president biden leaves office. alicia: it is alecia. can we continue the conversation on the destabilization in the region can you talk about the risks right now for syria to become a breeding ground for terrorist organizations to plan attacks on the united states or u.s. interest? >> we seen this in the past with libya, with iraq we saw in egy egypt. certainly there is a risk of uncertainty and instability. there's a lot of questions about the chemical weapons stockpile, president trump in april 2017 in the year later launched dozens of cruise missiles into syria to destroy bashar al-assad's defense weapons and they said that was a redline. they call that a redline that obama said he would honor him did not. he went to congress in there were no strikes. the big risk from officials in the white house and they say are the weapon stockpiles and as i mentioned earlier there is also kurdish backsliders by the u.s. governmen

it has also been a lot of fighting in and asad stronghold after the rebel authorities tried to arrest official, which triggered a lot of fighting with asad loyalists. you know, this is the kind of thing that we have seen in the past, iraq for example provides a great example that there are still regime loyalists that will be around. it won't be a simple sort of issue of administering an order and providing basic services. but they need to do this. the depth of complexity of the challenge that awaits syria's new rulers is astonishing. there are millions of syrians abroad in refugee camp around the world that want to come home. there's this huge economic challenge. this basic services. it's just immutable. >> we will be watching. senior editor, thank you very much for literally going around the world with us this morning. >>> up next, house speaker mike johnson's future. it remains in the balance as his own colleagues now question whether he should keep his role in the new year. >>> coming up on "morning joe" donald trump voters are growing concerned that he will soon cut it if it's tha

but in social media pictures, which the bbc has verified, protestors can be seen toppling a bust of the president's father hafez al—asads square in the damascus neighbourhood ofjaramana, about ten kilometres from the centre. the rebel group advanced rapidly on the capital after snatching the southern province of daraa from government control. these latest pictures show rebels driving in a seized military vehicle in the region of daraa. news agency reuters says other rebels from hts have advanced from the north and are inside the third city of homs with the syrian army, loyal to president assad, simply falling away. there are also reports that some 2000 syrian soldiers have fled the front lines and crossed into iraq these pictures were filmed on the syrian side of the border with iraq. iraqi officials say some of the soldiers who were allowed to enter the country were wounded, and have been hospitalised. with more on this, our correspondent hugo bachega is in antakia, on the turkish—syria border. it seems that the capital of damascus is increasingly under threat as these rebels continue to advance from the south. they m

asad we can both iran and russia? >> it absolutely does. in mont -- ron has invested billions in the syrian government. they do their military drills in syria and months -- and some of the more remote regions. they also lose a lot of access to the mediterranean that they relied upon. this absolutely hurts. what we're seeing right now is an unapologetic retreat of some of the russian and iranian allies in the region which therefore has to engage in a whole new calculus. even the european union has issued statements that there should be zero russian or iranian influence in the new syrian government. the new government has a very different tone toward the nation of israel so it's a very interesting time and you are correct. they are both losing their grip on the region. >> trace: it's a very interesting time. thank you all. coming up, gavin newsom, the governor of california can say all he wants about doge but apparently the terminator himself had a plan to terminate waste in the state budget. the architect of arnold schwarzenegger's plan joins us live onset next plus the head of a california business gro

asad's flight to moscow. the un security council said it will hold close consultations on syria on monday, and russia's request, and us presidentjoe biden hasof historic opportunity, while saying there remains a and uncertainty. at long last the assad regime has fallen. this regime brutalised and tortured and killed literally hundreds of thousands of innocent syrians. the fall is a monumental act of justice will stop it is a moment of opportunity for the long—suffering people of syria to build a betterfuture long—suffering people of syria to build a better future for their proud country. it is also a mode of risk and uncertainty, as we all turn to the question of what comes next. and it uncertainty about syria's future, the pentagon says us warplanes struck more than 75 islamic state targets on syria on sunday. the more i spoke to our state department correspondent bateman. president biden called this moment both an opportunity and a risk. what more can you tell us about his remarks? frankly, i think the _ us about his remarks? frankly, | think the white _ us about his remarks? frankly, i think the white house - us about his remarks? frankl

the asad regime is a link to iran's access of evil. this hase blows we inflicted on iran and hezbollah the major supporters of the regime. this created a chain reaction throughout the middle east of all of those who wanted to be freed from this regime of oppression. charles: joining me, dan danny danon. traffic is pretty tough in new york city this time of the year. i want to pick-up on what benjamin netanyahu was talking about just how critical this was, everything is linked together but also it reveals iran, hezbollah, and even russia, all they have all been degraded to certain extent in part because of israel's aggressiveness since october 7, who all of the authors of october 7 certainly miss calculated israel, didn't they? >> exactly charles look what happened on october 8 the day after, announced he's joining the fight in order to show it was hamas, we know he's not among us anymore. syria, look what happened in syria, and today, you have a list, a much safer one, a better one but it's still challenging because those guys who are taking ov

the shared d isis vision is a priority for them initiation making a pretty clear and has been the case before the asadregime, bradley i don't want to operate in hypothetical, word and continue to monitor what is happening in the region and take it from there. i will double check on that, answer the question on the call as i mentioned talking about peace and stability across the region and making sure that there's nothing happen that we would view as escalatory for a priority for partners in the region and more specifics of the call beyond that. senator rubio is here secretary bhagat had an opportunity to sit down with senator rubio it was a good and substantive conversation. as we said initially when they first had the opportunity to speak on the phone that we expected them to have an engagement at some point this is consistent with that and as we said we continue to stand ready to help support a seamless transition from january the presiding officer: have all senators voted? does any senator wish fo change his or her vote? if not, on this volt the yeas are 73, the nays are 27. three-fifths of the sen

pictures obtained by the news agency afp, which the bbc has verified, protesters can be seen toppling a bust of the president's father hafez al—asads square in the damascus neighbourhood ofjaramana, about ten kilometres from the centre. the rebel group advanced rapidly on the capital after snatching the southern province of daraa from government control. these latest pictures show rebels driving in a seized military vehicle in the region of daraa. news agency reuters says other rebels from hts have advanced from the north and are inside the third city of homs with the syrian army, loyal to president assad, simply falling away. the news agency reports around 2,000 syrian troops, many wounded, have crossed the border into iraq and sought refuge. with more on this, our correspondent hugo bachega is in antakia, on the turkish—syria border. yeah, i think the speed with which this offensive by rebels has been advancing in syria has caught everybody by surprise, has stunned everybody, because now we are watching what's happening in homs, which is the third—largest city. and this is a crucial city, because if the rebels manage to seize th

asad. the united nations says at least 370,000 people have been displaced by fighting in syria in the past ten days, most of them women and children. the rebel advance haslitated by assad's allies — including russia, iran and lebanon's hezbollah — all involved in fighting other conflicts. with the latest from the turkey—syrian border, here's hugo bachega. the rebels�* advance has been swift and astonishing. yesterday, they captured hama almost unopposed. there were celebrations as they entered the city. "i can't describe my joy," this man says. "we wish that every honourable syrian can experience these happy moments." the rebels said they wouldn't stop there, and they didn't. gunfire. today, they continued to make progress towards homs. they still haven't taken the city, as the military tries to slow their progress. the civil war in syria started in 2011, when president bashar al—assad crushed protests against his regime. a rebel stronghold, homs was under siege for three years. and the last opposition forces left the city in 2015 under a deal brokered by the un. if the rebels take homs, damascus, the capital, would be quite an easier target. the syrian

asad when the rebels were clearly on the advance. you can basically take everything that the biden team has done to the middle east over the past four due to the opposite which is what israel did and get to the outcome. the only reason that we see the advancements in the middle east against russia and against iran and the terrorist is because benjamin netanyahu in the state of israel effectively ignored biden, they did not operate out of fear and operate out of fear of escalation and they have been destroying their enemies. this is what happens when you reward friends and allies and go after your enemies. we have to give large credit to president donald trump being reelected. i tell you every terrorist in that region remembers what he did in 2022 qasem soleimani and they are all scared. stuart: on truth social trauma call for an immediate cease-fire. zelenskyy and ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness, they ridiculously lost 400,000 soldiers and many more civilians. do you think we are moving out quickly toward some kind of cease-fire in ukraine? >> i think so it's clearly what the american people want and what the

hts has try to get the sna to focus on the regime. this was prior to the fall of asad.as on kara's mercenaries for sometime now. at the time, you have the stf, the syrian democratic forces, led primarily by kurds, what's really critical there is that they control presents containing thousands of isis fighters and territory of 70% of syria's energy reserves and also agricultural wealth, so there is going to be a fight for these resources in the future, and that could cause clashes between all of these various umbrella groups. figs these various umbrella groups. as quick as this movement was by these rebels, this next step really could take some time stub sounds like a complicated stuff. natasha hall, great to get your perspective, thank you. great to get your perspective, thank ou. . ~' great to get your perspective, thank ou. . ~ , ., earlier, i spoke to wa'el alzayat, the ceo for emgage and former state department official, who immigrated to the us from syria when he was younger. first of all, as a syrian american, i would love to get your reaction to what we have seen

has nearly 1,000 troops in syria. the government says they're not picking sides after rebels attacked the asad regime.l report coming up. incoming border czar, tom homan, said we'll see fewer caravans reaching our southern border, the flow of migrants is not really stopping. >> i think the cartels are breaking up into smaller groups that way the president of mexico can say hey, i've stopped the large caravans. this is not going to stop. stuart: i personally don't see anything changing until trump is back in the oval office. former acting ice director ronald vitiello will tell me if he agrees and he's next. ♪ what does a good investment opportunity look like? at t. rowe price we let curiosity light the way. asking smart questions about opportunities like clean water. and what promising new treatment advances can make a new tomorrow possible. better questions. better outcomes. to go further, you need to be ready for what's down the road. as energy demand continues to rise, we're harnessing breakthrough innovations to increase production in the u.s. gulf of mexico. our latest deepwater development, ancho

meanwhile asad is out in syria, another blow to iran and russia per the political map of the east has been rewritten in trump is going to call the shots, he said we should stay out of syria it is not our fight, he wants the hostages released before the inauguration all eyes on trump before he takes the oval office. on sunday he appeared on nbc and laid out what is going to do with this president and the first 100 days, he's going to do something for the dreamers, the migrants brought here years ago as children is in all the branch and is not going to fire jay powell, that's reassuring to wall street coming back would appoint a special prosecutor investigator joe biden it will be his retribution. trump assumed the role of president and biden played the spoiler our military is striking targets in syria even though trump says we should stay out. biden set another billion dollars worth of weapons to ukraine just as trump calls for an immediate cease-fire, these are minor distractions, trump is driving the train he is the one telling the world where america is going the biden era is over.

asad. >> i have not thought of it, i think we have to get on with their lives, we'll see what happens but right now syria has a lot of indefinite nobody knows is going to happen in syria. i think turkey will hold the key to syria i don't think you heard that from anybody else. i want to thank you all and we're going to make america great again. thank you very much. >> president-elect donald trump making a lot of news the mar-a-lago press conference accompanied by his choice to be the next commerce secretary united states howard lightning at cantor fitz-gerald. a couple of clarification on ukraine for example they have to make a deal referring to president zelenskyy to make a deal. one clarification the president-elect mentioned again it again tariffs are a friend they're good for the american people and tariffs will make us rich. of course there is a y division on that. that the tariffs ultimately are going to be borne by american it 80s and pass along to american consumers that president-elect feels otherwise and they were magical for him in his first term and the tariffs copied on the chinese were not infl

multiethnic that has high expectations for a transparent participatory form of government that benefits the syrian people who have suffered so extraordinarily after five decades of rule of the asadsee if -- who wants to be a team maker, an individual can shared those authoritarian and islamist strict practices, and just adapt for the community. remember, he is still designated as a foreign terrorist organization. and syria is probably the most heavily sanctioned country in the world after russia and north korea. so, he has got to deliver. and he has to at least walk the walk and talk the talk. we will see if it lasts. >> i did think it was interesting after meeting with us officials, they did take down the rewards for justice. you mentioned this is a designated terrorist organization, but the page when you click on it now, it's no longer there. it has been taken down. i want to ask you, how is this being viewed not only in israel but by regional partners? are they also suspicious, are they helpful? what are you hearing from people in your part of the world? >> i think it is a wait and see approach, exactly as aaron was saying. there is not a bright history of the replacements of

has fled the country and landed in moscow today. president biden said u.s. support for israel and ukraine help weaken ashad's allies iran and russia. but the collapse of the asadto destabilize the already unstable middle east. folks in northern new jersey have been rattled this week and buy more sightings of mysterious drones some spotted near president-elect's golf course in bedminster witnesses tell police summarize because an suv some behind the drums and where they're coming from a local police department said there is no threat to public safety. i will see you and 30 minutes for the "fox report" for all your headlines log on foxnews.com. i'm jon scott new york. he literally steals classified information out of the senate squiff, there's no immunity, let out of the senate squiff, then he's vice president of the united states and he keeps stealing information, he likes to har hoard information appare. he takes little note cards, they go back and try to collect that information. he says he turned it all in but he kept it, why, because he wanted to make a book deal. he makes a book deal. they have a ghost writer, by the way, look what i have and he's got thes

government who has carried out human rights atrocities against its own people and is backed by russia and iran. what do we do? >> tunited states cannot publicy or really in any diplomatic way side with asadpeople and he is contrary to the weight we present ourselves to the world. if this was not complicated enough just consider this, turkey nato ally is a partner with the rebel forces. that is one when added complex. another added complexity say the rebels knock off a site let's say asada falls your tongue want more instability it's likely to be these rebel groups that we consider terror groups. >> it does seemed like we are facing the sort of situation you had over so many decades from 1979 in afghanistan that nobody is our friend in this. i want to move slightly to the west and look at the situation for israel right now. a cease fire is always a fragile one with hezbollah and the north and lebanon. there's no signs at this point of a cease fire with hamas in the south in gaza where do we sit with that particular conflict which is where this all started of course. >> the cease fire with hezbollah is a cease-fire between israel and lebanon. lebanon has a responsibility of keeping hezboll

and asad would still be in power in syria and iran would be stronger than ever. that is your legacy. this congress hasassed the ship act in the abraham court special one t boy and you did enough of the special envoy and you did not enforce the ship act pretty you had over a year to do both. that is your legacy and you leave the world worse off today than it was when you inherited it. >> time is and recognizing. >> enjoy reading that. >> this isiscy your legacy. >> very different legacy when they'll be happy to reflect on and iad would have the time to o it today because of course you don't provide time to do it and very nice to make a give me no time to respond. >> the cheers recognized. >> thanky you mr. chair and secretary blinken, the me just say that hearings such as this onech probably will aid you in getting over this job pretty quickly. i do thinksu that you have servd wonderfully and also that you have been handed an unprecedented set of world affairs that you handled it very well and i think you for that. i also along with so many of my colleagues want to express my tribute thanks troubled st

they launched a lightning offence of that led to mr asad's downfall. mr assad hascountry and been granted asylum by russia. and the regime he left behind is swiftly falling in line behind the victorious rebels. on monday, mrjolani met the man who, until sunday, was head of mr assad's cabinet. mohammad ghazi aljalali has been replaced as prime minister, but he says he will still help with a smooth transition of power. former assad loyalists and his once powerful ba'ath party now seemed to be closing ranks. mrjolani says the new government will benefit from the experience of those who served mr assad. in damascus, thousands of relatives of disappeared political detainees are flooding to the notorious saydayna prison, desperate for news of their loved ones. inside, volunteer rescue workers are trying to gain access to underground floors — where they believe more inmates are trapped — but have been unsuccessful. rebels freed thousands of people after toppling the assad regime on sunday — some emerged confused after decades in confinement. former prisoners have been giv

we still do not know better how asad fled to syria or where he has gone, he leaves the country scarred you are because a duck that is —— chapter of unspeakable loss. 0ur international edit aspect to us earlierfor 0ur international edit aspect to us earlier for his take on the regime change in syria. it is a seismic moment in the region. it is the date forget that besser al asad, was preceded by his father, his family had syria as their private business. a former british ambassador said to be that the best way to understand the regime was to watch a mafia movie like the godfather or the sopranos in terms of how they operate. they are now gone and because syria is in such a strategic place in the heart of the weed of what happens in syria affects all its neighbours and by extension do i do answer the question now is whether rebels who are taking over can be to dishes and try and promote stability and they said they should be no revenge against minority groups. let's see what happens because what i have just described is see what happens because what i havejust described is if see what ha

asad is in moscow. the riaa quoted an unnamed kremlin source, saying that moscow has granted mr assad political asylum outf humanitarian consideration for the prussian tv set company representatives were in touch with the syrian armed opposition for the borough corresponded is in damascus and told us what she has seen on the streets dead today. it this is the capital of the country that has been billed by a dictatorship for five a dictatorship forfive decades. from temperament the father and assad the son. so people are out on the street celebrating and not believing that this is really happening. some of this people we have spoken to say it is like a dream. others told us we feel like we are flying over the sky. people are really out and about with an emotional about what is happening. the main square, as we have seen in this report, was mixed with verbals, shooting in the air and celebratory way but also lots of civilians. the women and children walking around watching this scene. syrians wanted one day to be the centre of their protest that broke in 2011, calling for change. calling for democracy. it t

has been refusing turkish demands. the turks at this point wanted to ratchet up the pressure and push bashar al—assad very forcibly. what remains to be seen is whether the asadl crumble and there will be nothing forforeign powers to leverage. be nothing for foreign powers to leverage-— to leverage. thank you for takin: to leverage. thank you for taking us _ to leverage. thank you for taking us through - to leverage. thank you for taking us through some i to leverage. thank you for taking us through some ofj to leverage. thank you for - taking us through some of the issues on that story in syria. the leader of south korea's ruling party has said the country's president could put the public at risk if he stays in office and has announced that he should be suspended from his duties. the head of south korea's governing party has urged the swift removal from power of president yoon suk yeol, who caused outrage earlier this week by declaring martial law. these are the live pictures from seoul outside the parliament today. you can see a large crowd has gathered with protestors and the media present too. we can see a large crowd gathering. south korea's main parties