Bashar al-Assad’s regime has fallen
A dazzling advance
Jubilation in Syria and the diaspora
The leader of the rebels at the Umayyad mosque
The leader of the HTS group, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, visited the Umayyad mosque in Damascus on Sunday. “This victory is a triumph (…) for the entire Islamic community,” he insisted. “Syria has been purified. » He wants an “official transfer” of power and has decreed a curfew in Damascus which was to end at dawn on Monday.
Between relief and worry
While welcoming the fall of power, several countries have urged Syrians to avoid the trap of extremism. France called on the population “for reconciliation” and UN chief Antonio Guterres to protect “the rights of all Syrians”. The HTS group says it has broken with jihadism, without really convincing Western chancelleries.
IDF “takes control” of the Golan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to “take control” of the Golan buffer zone, in southwest Syria, on the edge of the part of this plateau occupied and annexed by Israel.