Syrians Take To The Streets As Assad's Rule Collapses

Celebrating crowds flooded the streets of Syria's biggest cities, Damascus and Aleppo, early on December 8 after the opposition declared an end to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Men in Damascus snatched the head from a statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, the father of Bashar al-Assad. The total of their rule spanned from 1971 to 2024. In the central city of Homs, armed rebels celebrated in the mosque accommodating the grave of medieval Arab commander Khalid Ibn al-Walid. In Damascus, the Iranian Embassy was stormed and looted.