by Admin
Dec 8, 2024
Things went from bad to worse for ousted Syrian President Bashaar Assad after the Syrian Rebels announced that they had seized the capital Damascus from the Syrian forces who withdrew before the rebels got to the city gate.
The hostile takeover strikes a deep blow into the shaky region that has suffered devastating tension between Israel, Gaza, Iran, and Lebanon since the October 7 terror attack in Israel that claimed over a thousand lives.
The Syrian military with aid from Iran and Russian forces failed to stop the fierce Syrian rebels from taking control of the capital city. The insurgents launched a widespread offensive against the Syrian military. They took over key cities in a massive military campaign in a matter of days with support from both Israel and Turkey Air Force pilots who provided air support for the rebels.
The hostile takeover by the rebels has left the Russians and Iranian government in disbelief of how the rebels swiftly took control of several cities within a matter of days, the Iranian foreign minister said the Iranian envoys tried to prevent the overthrow by organizing a diplomatic meeting between Turkey and Syrian government but failed due to the interference from the United States government and Israel.
The Iran elite Revolutionary Guards faced deadly Israeli strikes in Syria and gave an adequate response to the situation. The Iranian foreign ministry said Syria’s fate is in the hands of the Syrian people and they will be the ones to decide their future without any external interference.
Also, Hezbollah forces which have always provided essential support for President Assad for several years since the beginning of the civil war in 2011, withdrew all of its troops from Syria on Saturday as rebel factions approached Damascus.
The Russian government reported that President Assad had fled the country before the rebels got to Damascus and he left a message for a smooth transition in power between his government and the rebel forces.
The whereabouts of President Assad and his family were not disclosed by the Russian government who also revealed that they were not involved in the power transition plan for the rebels to take over the government.
The Russian government has been a major supporter and defender of Assad and helped him quell a rebellious uprising during the civil war broke out in 2011 between the Syrian government and several factions of the rebel groups including the ISIS organization that was backed by the United States government.
Rebel leader Abul Mohammed Al Golani hinted that there would be no going back or a cease-fire agreement between the rebels and the Syrian government, he said “The future is ours,” and that they are breaking free from the Assad family leadership that has led the country for close to half a century.
He further said “The great Syrian revolution has moved from the stage of struggle to overthrow the Assad regime to the struggle to build a Syria together that befits the sacrifices of its people,”
Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali called for free elections to take place in the country after Syrian government officials announced they had approved the transition plan for a new government.
Prodesq political analyst Temitope Oladeji gave an insight into how the situation deteriorated swiftly without strong resistance from Assad’s forces and his allies, Temitope Oladeji explained that the rot within the Assad government gave way for the collapse of the government, he further pointed out that the Syrian forces relented easily after they lost Aleppo the largest city in the country but failed to rally with the Russian forces and the Iranian support.
In an exclusive report, Temitope Oladeji stated that a coup attempt took place on Friday night within the Syrian army which led to the total takeover of Hama and Homs which the Russian government had planned to help the Syrian army mount a counter-offensive operation against the rebels. The Lacadiscal actions of the Syrian army made the Hezbollah forces withdraw from Syria coupled with the fact that the Israeli and the United States air forces supplied air support for the rebels in a clear message that showed that they were up against a superior enemy.
What next for Syria is quite unclear but from the historical precedent of what happened to Libya and Iraq after Islamic fanatics took over the country is a clear fate of what will happen in Syria because several rebel factions will tussle over power control which will lead to a new era of civil war but the fate of Assad in Syria is certainly sealed.