8th DECEMBER 2024 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
End of dictatorship in Syria - Assad forces announce
- As Islamist-led Assad forces captured the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus today (Dec. 8), the Assad family's 50-year tyrannical rule has come to an end, the Assads said. After the Assad forces announced that President Bashar al-Assad had left the country, people living in areas of the Syrian capital Damascus were seen cheering.
- Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed al-Jilali said that he was ready to cooperate with any leadership elected by the Syrian people and that no one should damage public property. President Bashar al-Assad fled Syria through Damascus International Airport before the military forces withdrew.
- While all major cities, including the capital Damascus, and most provinces, have long been under the control of government forces, the rebels launched a sudden attack and advanced in Aleppo province last week. The army, unable to withstand this unexpected attack, retreated.
- The Syrian army announced on Thursday that it had also evacuated the city of Hama after its defenses were breached. Following that, the rebels also captured that city. In this context, the rebels launched a sudden attack and captured the country's second largest city, Aleppo, last week.
- Subsequently, another important city, Hama, also fell to them on Thursday. They are also in a position to capture Syria's third largest city, Homs. In this situation, the rebels have also captured the capital, Damascus.
