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Al Jazeera Staff

What happened in Syria? How did al-Assad fall?

People celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 8, 2024 [Louai Beshara/AFP]

In the early hours of Sunday morning, opposition forces declared Syria liberated from the rule of President Bashar al-Assad as opposition forces surged into the capital.

The former president in question reportedly fled Damascus, with no information yet as to which country will receive him.

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