Sunni government in Syria? | Assad government falls after rebels took Damascus on 08 December 2024.

Assad government falls after rebels took Damascus on 08 December 2024, news shortly came of al-Assad fleeing Syria.

Opposition fighters captured the capital, and declared victory on state television on Sunday, the swift topple of Assad government took a total of 10 days.

Russia says Bashar al-Assad has left the country and given orders for a peaceful transition. His whereabouts are unknown, reports.

Syrian refugees are reported to have begun entering the country again, mostly from Turkey, Germany, Lebanon, UK, Jordan, etc.

Syrian refugees accounts to 13 million plus, with more than 7.2 million Syrians remain internally displaced according to various reports.

The 2011 conflict has finally seems to have ended in 2024, with 13 years of battle and suffering, of Syrians, it has left more than half a million people have been killed.

People around the country and capital were reported celebrating the ousting of Bashar Al-Assad, he ruled Syria for 24 years, with multiple crackdown and quelling of rebellion against his power.

Syria rebel forces led by the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) attacked Damascus after little to no resistance from Syrian army, the rebels took, key cities like Homes, Hama, Aleppo just in 10 days.

Before Al-Assad, his father Hafez al-Assad used to rule the country, he himself was involved in crushing many rebellion movements. The Assad family has ruled the Syria for around half of the century.

The Syrian rebellion against government once again flared in 2011, and it's been more than 13 years since Bashar al-Assad's security forces opened fire on protesters demanding democratic reforms.

In the March 2011, thousands of Syrians took to the streets protesting and demanding reforms in the government policies. The peaceful anti-government protests soon took the armed conflict after Assad ordered use of power to quell the protests. In 2017 with the help of Russia and Iran's proxies militias, Syrian army took control of most of the countries main cities including capital Damascus.

Brief overview of the battle since 2011:

While areas bordering Turkey and Iraq were in control of other parties involved, namely HTS and other rebel groups. SDF/YPK/PKK, FSA forces which are supported and backed by the United States. Traffic jams were seen along the Turkish-Syrian border as thousands of Syrian refugees hurry back home to Syria.

According to reports, nearly 4 million Syrian refugees live in Turkey, and around 2 million live in Europe.

Sunni government to form in Syria:

Syria is a Sunni Muslim majority country, and Bashar Al-Assad comes from Alawites background and was famous for his tyranny in Syria and around the world.

Reports say the rebels has promised a country wide reform with ruling with Sharia law would be implemented. The Sunni government will be in power in Damascus.

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