Day 429 - Rebels capture Damascus, Assad rule ends in Syria

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

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🗓️ 8 December 2024

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Arab Affairs correspondent Gianluca Pacchiani and Jewish World reporter Zev Stub join host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing podcast.

Pacchiani reviews the latest in the stunning takeover in Syria by rebel forces followed by celebrations in the streets of Damascus as the Assad family appears to have fled the country. He discusses the Russian, Kurdish and Turkish strongholds in the country, the Islamic tone of the rebel forces and what that could mean in the country's new political reality.

Stub discusses the details of the early Friday morning arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue, the reactions within the Jewish community and the eventual designation of the fire as a terrorist attack by the Australian government.

Steinberg briefly discusses the latest in the Hamas hostages and the release of a video of hostage Matan Zangauker on Saturday. Zangauker's mother, Einav Zangauker, has emerged as one of the most vocal anti-government voices in the ongoing hostage situation.

For news updates, please check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing live blog.

Discussed articles include:

Rebels declare Damascus captured in stunning end to Assad family rule in Syria

Syria rebels take areas near Israel border; IDF warns them not to ‘turn in our direction’

Syrian rebel commander urges Israel to support uprising, strike Iran-backed forces

Who are the rebels battering Syria’s regime, and do they pose a risk to Israel?

Australia rebuffs Netanyahu’s claim synagogue arson due to ‘anti-Israel’ government

Police hunt 2 suspects in devastating arson attack on Melbourne’s Addas Israel synagogue

Hamas video shows Gaza hostage Zangauker for first time as thousands rally for deal

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IMAGE: Israeli soldiers near the Israeli border with Syria on December 8, 2024 (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. It is Sunday, December 8th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with Arab Affairs correspondent Gianluca Pachiani and Jewish World Reporters of Stubb, making his daily briefing debut. Hi to both of you.
0:20.6	Good morning, Jessica. Hi, Jessica.
0:22.5	Hi there, guys. It is day 429 of the war. In a stunning end to the Assad family rule in Syria,
0:30.8	rebels declared they have captured Damascus, and the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is said to have
0:37.1	fled the country.
0:38.9	The IDF deployed in the Golan buffer zone with Syria, girding for any post-Assad chaos,
0:45.2	as the Syrian rebels took areas near the border with Israel, and the message has been from the
0:50.1	IDF to the rebels, you know, stay off our turf, stay away.
0:53.9	We'll discuss all of that as well as
0:55.9	the latest in Melbourne, Australia, where a synagogue was set ablaze before dawn on Friday in an act
1:02.6	that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of terrorism. We'll also talk about the latest with the
1:09.2	Hamas hostages as hostage Matanzangankar,
1:13.2	whose mother A. Nav has been leading the anti-government protest for months, appeared in a
1:18.5	Hamas video on Saturday. Stay with us as we get to all of those headlines.
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