Syrian rebels topple Assad who flees to Russia in Mideast shakeup

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017.


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What you need to know:

  • As the sun set in Damascus without Assad for the first time, the roads leading into the city were mostly empty, apart from motorcycles carrying armed men and rebel vehicles caked with mud as camouflage.

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