Syrian insurgents’ sweep concludes a lightning offensive that overturned a years-long stalemate and ended the half-century Assad dynasty.
Opposition rebels all but sealed their control of Syria on Sunday, storming the capital as army troops melted away, and President Bashar Assad was reported to have fled the country. The insurgents’ sweep into power concludes an astonishing Turkish-backed offensive that saw them overturn a years-long stalemate to overrun major cities in less than two weeks.
'It quickly became clear now that it was false.' The Syrian civil war began in 2011, when anti-government protests — as part of the Arab Spring uprisings — were brutally suppressed, triggering an armed insurgency that overran wide swaths of the country. Assad remained in power thanks to Russia, Iran and the Iran-backed Lebanese military group Hezbollah, allies that dispatched fighters and arms to bolster the Syrian president’s flagging troops.
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