BEIRUT: Syria's embattled government said on Saturday (Dec 7) that it was setting up a ring of steel around Damascus, as rebels on a lightning advance said they were bearing down on the capital. "There
Syria govt says it has set up security cordon as rebels advance on DamascusThe leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham , the militant group which heads the assault, told fighters to prepare to take Damascus, 10 days into a renewed offensive in Syria's years-long conflict, which had become mostly dormant.
AFP has been unable to independently verify some of the information provided by the government and the rebels, as its journalists cannot reach the areas around Damascus where the rebels say they are present. "Although my house was destroyed and despite all these circumstances, I am happy with the liberation of Hama and the liberation of Syria from the Assad regime," city resident Kharfan Mansour said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces had ceded more key ground, losing control of all southern Daraa province, cradle of the 2011 uprising.The Britain-based Observatory said troops were also evacuating posts in Quneitra, near the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. A Syrian opposition fighter holds a rocket launcher in front of the provincial government office, where an image of Syrian President Bashar Assad is riddled with bullets on the facade, in the aftermath of the opposition's takeover of Hama, Syria, Friday, Dec 6, 2024.
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