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BBC in Umayyad Square amid deafening gunfire
Rebel fighters and members of the public have gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus to celebrate the end of President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. The BBC’s Lina Sinjab was drowned out by the sounds of celebratory gunfire as she reported from the scene. Follow live updates on this story. Source link
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What is happening in Syria and why now?
AFP Syrian rebel fighters and their supporters celebrated after entering Damascus with no resistance on Sunday The Assad family ruled Syria for more than 50 years with an iron fist. Now that has come to an end. Bashar al-Assad became president after the death in 2000 of his father Hafez, who had ruled for almost…
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the musical cancelled after viral Olympian’s legal threat
Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images ‘Raygun: The Musical’, was to be a parody about Rachael Gunn’s journey to the Olympics Australian breaker Rachael Gunn’s legal team has stopped a musical parody about her journey to the Paris Olympics from taking to the stage. The show titled ‘Raygun: The Musical’ was created by Australian comedian…
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‘First time I’ve come to Syria without fear of arrest’
A Syrian herself, BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab says this is the first time she has crossed into the country “without fear of detention, without fear of arrest”. Earlier, she watched as civilians and rebels celebrated the fall of the Assad regime. The BBC is the only UK broadcaster reporting from inside Damascus. Source…
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HTS leader not only player in Syria’s fast-changing future
EPA “They arrived here worried about the Islamists,” is how one source described the mood of Arab foreign ministers who flew into Doha on Saturday evening for urgent talks aimed at averting a collapse into chaos and bloodshed in Damascus. Within hours, the powerful Islamist group driving the rebels’ rise to power reported they had…
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BBC sees looting at Bashar al-Assad’s residence
BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab witnessed people looting a residence belonging to Bashar al-Assad, in chaotic scenes after he fled the country. “I’ve never been into this street… I can see people rushing into this place in revenge and also with lots of happiness that they’ve managed to break in,” she reported. Follow live…
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43,000 dead, Volodymyr Zelensky says in rare update
Some 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia’s invasion began, Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a rare admission of the extent of the nation’s casualties. In a post on social media, the Ukrainian president said 370,000 others had been injured, though this figure included soldiers who had been hurt more than once. He also…
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Video shows Syria presidential palace stormed
Syrians enter the presidential palace in the capital Damascus after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Objects and furniture were seen strewn across the empty rooms. Russia has confirmed President Assad left the country and claimed he had resigned from government. His current whereabouts is unknown. Source link
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Sounds of gunfire and military kit abandoned
The BBC’s Barbara Plett-Usher says she has heard gunfire and explosions but it is “relatively calm” in Damascus, after rebels took control of the Syrian capital. President Assad is said to have left by plane to an unknown location, and “everyone is waiting to see what will happen next,” she added. Source link
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John Mahama wins as Mahamudu Bawumia accepts defeat
Ghana’s Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has accepted defeat in Saturday’s election and congratulated former President John Mahama on his victory. “The people have voted for change,” said Bawumia. The elections come amidst the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation, which saw the country default on its debt. Despite Bawumia’s concession, no official results have been…
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