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Source: https://apnews.com/article/syria-assad-sweida-daraa-homs-hts-qatar-7f65823bbf0a7bd331109e8dff419430
Syrian Rebels Say They Have Captured Damascus, President Assad Has Fled
(AP) Bassem Mroue - The Syrian government fell early Sunday. Syrian state television aired a statement saying that President Bashar Assad has been overthrown and all detainees in jails have been set free. Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali said the government was ready to "extend its hand" to the opposition and turn its functions over to a transitional government. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Assad had left Damascus. Soldiers and police officers left their posts and fled, and looters broke into the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense. The police headquarters in the capital appeared to be abandoned, its door left ajar.