Another mid eastern country (Syria) in trouble
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 1:45 pm
now is not a good time to be anywhere in the mid east
Thousands flee as Syrian rebels close in on third major city
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/syri ... rcna183144

BREAKING: ASSAD FLED SYRIA?
Rumors and local reports suggest the Syrian President has fled the country, possibly to Iran, as his regime crumbles under pressure.
HTS rebels are advancing rapidly, the government has collapsed, and the Syrian military appears unwilling—or unable—to defend the nation.
If Assad is gone, Syria faces a haunting question: who will lead a country shattered by decades of war, and what future lies ahead for its exhausted people?
Thousands flee as Syrian rebels close in on third major city
If Homs were to fall, it would leave three of the country’s five largest cities in the hands of the forces led by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Thousands of people have fled the Syrian city of Homs as rebel fighters pushed further south with their rapid assault on government forces, a leading monitoring group said.
If the strategically important municipality were to fall, it would leave three of the country’s five largest cities in the hands of the forces led by the militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and no major cities between rebel forces and the Syrian capital of Damascus.
In less than two weeks they have already captured the second city of Aleppo in the north, as well as the central city of Hama — where government forces were forced out Thursday.
“Our forces continue to advance towards the city of Homs at a steady pace, thanks to God, after the arrival of convoys carrying hundreds of displaced people from Homs to deter Assad’s aggression against their city,” said Hassan Abdul-Ghani, senior commander of the HTS-led forces on Friday in a post on X.
While Hama was a more symbolic victory for the HTS-led insurgents, taking Homs would send a more practical message, said Neil Quilliam, an associate fellow with the MENA Programme at Chatham House, a London-based think tank.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/syri ... rcna183144
Rumors and local reports suggest the Syrian President has fled the country, possibly to Iran, as his regime crumbles under pressure.
HTS rebels are advancing rapidly, the government has collapsed, and the Syrian military appears unwilling—or unable—to defend the nation.
If Assad is gone, Syria faces a haunting question: who will lead a country shattered by decades of war, and what future lies ahead for its exhausted people?