President Joe Biden addressed the coup in Syria from the White House on Sunday, calling the removal of President Bashar al-Assad a "fundamental act of justice" and a "moment of historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria."
"After 13 years of civil war in Syria, more than half a century of brutal authoritarian rule by Bashar al-Assad and his father before him, rebel forces have forced Assad to resign his office, flee the country," he said. "At long last the Assad regime has fallen."
