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France welcomes fall of Syria's Assad, calls for peaceful transition

Syrian opposition fighters celebrate on Sunday after the Syrian government collapsed in Damascus. AP - Omar Sanadiki

France has called on rebel leaders in Syria to ensure “unity” in the country following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, ending five decades of Baath party rule.

Islamist-led rebels announced "the liberation of the city of Damascus and the fall of the tyrant Bashar al-Assad" on state television on Sunday, after advancing on the capital in the early hours of the morning.

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