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   Zecharias Zelalem (zekuzelalem@dair-community.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 11:56:20 JST Zecharias Zelalem

   State television headquarters in Damascus, as well as Damascus International Airport, have been seized by rebels, according to the Middle East Eye.

   Bashar Al-Assad, according to their sources (and many others), is no longer in Syria.

   This appears to be it.

   https://www.middleeasteye.net/live/live-syrian-rebels-close-damascus

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     Timnit Gebru (she/her) (timnitgebru@dair-community.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 11:58:35 JST Timnit Gebru (she/her)

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     @ZekuZelalem I guess I haven't been following what has been going on. Was this expected or is it a surprise? The end of an era. May he face justice. May the Syrian people have stability and not the usurping of people's revolutions that we're so familiar with 😞

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     Zecharias Zelalem (zekuzelalem@dair-community.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 12:02:30 JST Zecharias Zelalem

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     • Timnit Gebru (she/her)

     @timnitGebru the swiftness of the offense is a surprise...I don't think anyone a week ago could say they saw a lightning offensive ending it all in days. Although...with critical allies Iran and Hezbollah weakened, and Russia bogged down in Ukraine, Assad had fewer allies willing/able to fight alongside him and prevent his downfall.