Rebels take over Syria as long-time President Bashar Assad flees country
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🗓️ 9 December 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, Ad-Free right now. |
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| 0:12.5 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. |
| 0:14.8 | And today is Monday, December 9th, 2024. |
| 0:17.8 | This is the excerpt. |
| 0:26.2 | Today, we have the latest from Syria after long-time president Bashar Assad fled, plus how some Democrats indicate their support for Trump picks and initiatives, |
| 0:31.5 | and how colleges are shifting guidance for students who could be impacted by Trump immigration |
| 0:36.6 | policies. |
| 0:42.7 | The people of Syria begin this Monday, entering a new uncertain era. |
| 0:45.6 | Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus yesterday, |
| 0:48.5 | and longtime president Bashar Assad has fled the country amid the collapse of his regime after 13 years of war. |
| 0:53.0 | Assad and his family arrived in Russia, granted asylum on humanitarian |
| 0:56.9 | grounds. Russian news agencies reported yesterday, citing a Kremlin source. Rebel forces led by |
| 1:02.7 | Hayat Thahrir al-Shahm, an Islamist movement that was once an al-Qaeda affiliate declared in a statement |
| 1:08.6 | on state-owned TV that Syria was free from the tyrant |
| 1:12.5 | Assad. The rebel coalition said it was working to complete the transfer of power to a transitional |
| 1:17.8 | governing body with executive powers to rule the country. President Joe Biden was monitoring |
| 1:22.8 | the events in Syria, the White House said, while President-elect Donald Trump said the U.S. |
| 1:27.2 | should not get involved. |
| 1:29.1 | Biden yesterday also said his administration is still trying to return Austin Tice to his family, |
| 1:34.8 | referring to the former U.S. Marine missing in Syria since 2012. |
| 1:39.4 | Assad's downfall also marks the latest development in one of the deadliest civil wars of the 21st century. |
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