After the fall of the government, Syria’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday that it will keep helping its citizens living abroad. This decision came after rebels took control of the capital city, Damascus. The ministry said on its website that they are dedicated to assisting all Syrians and that many other ministries are urging their workers to come back to help.
“A new chapter is being written in Syria’s history,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. They promised to continue serving citizens and handling their issues, emphasizing that they want a future with “justice and equality” for everyone.
According to reports, the Syrian government seems to have collapsed after opposition fighters claimed they entered Damascus. A monitor from the opposition said that President Bashar Assad left the country on a flight early Sunday morning. Currently, there has been no official statement from the Syrian government regarding this change.
This marks the first time that opposition forces have reached Damascus since 2018 when government troops took back areas around the city after a long siege. Just the night before, opposition fighters captured the central city of Homs, Syria’s third largest, as government forces retreated.
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