Tag: Damascus

Watching with trepidation and glee, Netanyahu orders military to seize Syria buffer zone

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria was a “direct result” of Israel’s...

The fall of Bashar Assad after 14 years of war in Syria brings to an end a decades-long dynasty

BEIRUT (AP) — The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's government Sunday brought to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold...

Why Syria’s army collapsed so suddenly

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, as rebels said they had infiltrated the capital with...