Syrian rebels appear to have entered the capital Damascus after facing scant resistance from regime forces, as President Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long grip on power appeared to wane by the minute.

Israeli soldiers stand guard on a security fence gate near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s president on Saturday received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators since. Close. MyNorthwest.

Lightning rebel advance ousts Assad; Assad-ally Russia says he has left Syria; Syrian Air plane left Damascus around the time capital taken; Plane made abrupt U-turn then disappeared off the map ...

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Mills is in Damascus in an unofficial visit organized by a Syrian-American nonprofit, the first visit by U.S. legislators since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad in December.