It's Monday, December 9th, 2024.

A dictator falls in the Middle East.

Trump lays down the law on MSNBC, and Pete Hankseth fights on next on the AM update.

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who used chemical weapons multiple times on his population,

has fled Syria after rebels stormed the capital city of Damascus.

Assad, who was trained as an eye doctor in the United Kingdom before succeeding his father's

leader of Syria.

He, along with his British-born wife and their three children fled their country, according

to Syrian television.

A video statement from a group of men on Syrian state TV said that Assad had been overthrown

and all prisoners had been set free. Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi al-Jalali said early

Sunday he didn't know the whereabouts of Assad. Reuters and Axios both reported later on

that he may be in Russia.

Crowds of Syrians gathered in the central squares of Damascus to celebrate some chanted

anti-Assad slogans and honked horns in other areas. Celebratory gunshots rang out.

Syria has been embroiled in a bloody nearly 14-year civil war as Islamist rebels looked to overthrow

the Assad dynasty, the apparent collapse of

more than 50 years of Assad family rule over the Syrian Arabian Republic is a monumental

turning point in Middle East power politics. I've mixed feelings about this. I'll share those

later on. It is a momentous day regardless. When a leader of a country gets overthrown and violently

so it brings an end at least for now to that civil war. Donald Trump for the first time after his

resounding win in the election last month sat down to talk to mainstream media. Here he is

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