Damascus has Fallen

The head of the Syrian National Coalition, Hadi al-Buhira, announces the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and confirms the readiness for the transition phase.

Abu Saleh the Arab Dask

This was the announcement. It was dramatic. It was on point. And overnight, the Russians extracted Bashar Al-Assad. He has emerged in Russia. Here:

⚡ Bashar al-Assad has requested political asylum in Russia — Russian Foreign Ministry

December 7, 2024, is a day Syrians will remember. It was the day the revolution against Bashar al-Assad succeeded, and the country became a new place. What exactly? Time will tell.

Suffice it to say that rumors circulated about the fate of Assad and his family. Earlier in the day, there was a rumor that he had left for Abu Dhabi. Late in the events of the night, he was on board a cargo plane that was likely shot down near Homs. He tried to get to Lebanon but was denied entry into that airspace. I have been treating all these as rumors. What is above seems to be the first non-rumor.

Breaking news rules apply to a lot of this… as we used to say, early on, everything can be wrong.

Let’s examine the geopolitics of this because the chessboard changed, and Russia got a black eye. First…