Brief: Syrian opposition says Assad has fled as they enter Damascus
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
As Israel’s war on Gaza and Lebanon continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. This week: Syrian opposition fighters have declared victory over the government of Bashar Assad. Israel continues to attack medical infrastructure in Gaza. It is day 429 of the war in Gaza, where at least 44,580 Palestinians have been killed.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Enders, and this is The Take. We're coming to you on Sundays with weekly roundups |
| 0:08.1 | as Israel's war in Gaza and Lebanon continues. Syrian opposition fighters have declared victory |
| 0:16.3 | over the government of Bashar al-Assad. Israel continues to attack medical infrastructure in Gaza. |
| 0:23.6 | Lebanese wonder how they will rebuild. |
| 0:26.6 | Today is Sunday, December 8. |
| 0:29.6 | It is day 429 of the war in Gaza, |
| 0:33.6 | where more than 44,580 Palestinians have been killed. |
| 0:43.3 | There were celebrations in the Syrian capital of Damascus Sunday |
| 0:49.3 | after opposition fighters entered the city and declared victory over the government of Bashar al-Assad. |
| 0:56.1 | The apparent fall of Assad followed a rapid campaign launched in northern Syria a little more |
| 1:01.0 | than a week ago. |
| 1:03.0 | Al Jazeera Zena Khoda reported from the Lebanese-Syrian border, where Syrian refugees in Lebanon |
| 1:09.0 | were already lining up to return home. |
| 1:12.6 | It's history in the making. The past 10 days, the fast-moving developments, |
| 1:18.4 | how the rebels pushed out of their stronghold in the northwest Idlib, |
| 1:23.4 | and made those rapid advances, taking Aleppo, Hama, and then the city of Homs, and now rebels |
| 1:29.6 | inside the seat of power of President Bashar al-Assad, Damascus. |
| 1:35.6 | This undoubtedly, people are in shock and in disbelief, but they are also euphoric. |
| 1:41.7 | They are, they have no words really to explain what they feel, especially |
| 1:46.4 | many of them, the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who left Syria. They either fled |
| 1:52.8 | because of persecution or in search of a better life because of the Assad government, even |
| 1:59.2 | though it claimed victory a few years back, was not able to improve living conditions for Syrians. |
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