{"id":134531,"date":"2024-12-08T00:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T17:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134531"},"modified":"2024-12-08T00:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T17:47:50","slug":"syrian-forces-withdraw-from-damascus-suburbs-monitors-say-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134531","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Forces Withdraw From Damascus Suburbs, Monitors Say: Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s political survival was under threat on Saturday as the Syrian government battled opposition rebellions around the country and one of his most important allies, Iran, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/06\/world\/middleeast\/iran-syria-evacuation.html\" title=\"\">pared back military support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By Saturday, the main rebel offensive that began on Nov. 27 had reached the outskirts of the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/06\/world\/middleeast\/syria-rebels-damascus-iran.html\" title=\"\">strategic city of Homs<\/a>, only about 100 miles from the seat of Mr. al-Assad\u2019s power in the capital, Damascus. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The group leading the offensive said it was preparing to surround the capital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cOur forces have begun implementing the final phase of encircling the capital Damascus,\u201d rebel commander Lt. Col. Hassan Abdulghani said on Saturday afternoon in a statement posted on the rebels\u2019 official Telegram channel. He gave no further details and it was not immediately clear whether any operation on the ground near Damascus was underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe have started sending more reinforcements from the north and south to the axes of the capital Damascus to support our ongoing operations there,\u201d Mr. Abdulghani said hours later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The new uprisings present the most serious challenge in years to Mr. al-Assad. And it is unclear how long he can hold onto the rapidly shrinking pocket of territory under his control, especially without the help of one of his staunchest allies, Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The government in Tehran has lent robust military support that was crucial to Mr. al-Assad\u2019s survival over the past 13 years of civil war.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dzyl5h\">\n<section data-testid=\"inline-interactive\" id=\"syria-control-map-dec-6-vqvye\" data-id=\"100000009864790\" data-source-id=\"100000009864790\" class=\"interactive-content interactive-size-scoop css-174j8de\">\n<div class=\"css-17ih8de interactive-body\" slug=\"syria-control-map-dec-6-vqvye\" data-sourceid=\"100000009864790\" id=\"embed-id-100000009864790\">\n<p><!-- Generated by ai2html v0.121.1 - 2024-12-07 11:12 --><br \/>\n<!-- ai file: syria-control-map.ai --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-syria-control-map-box\" class=\"ai2html ai2html-responsive\" role=\"img\">\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: 335 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-syria-control-map-335\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"max-width: 335px;max-height: 390px\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.86\" data-min-width=\"0\" data-max-width=\"599\">\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-syria-control-map-335-img\" class=\"g-syria-control-map-img g-aiImg\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-12-07-syria-control-map-dec-6\/2e198199-7d8e-4efb-b032-ad184f1e5fec\/_assets\/syria-control-map-335.jpg\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:7.5131%;margin-top:-16.3px;left:35.6511%;width:133px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Joint control with <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Syrian government<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:7.7698%;margin-top:-16.3px;left:1.0556%;width:127px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Turkish army and <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Syrian opposition<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:28.4268%;margin-top:-8.7px;left:36.8747%;width:191px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle2\">Kurdish advances on Friday<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-11\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:57.539%;margin-top:-17.1px;left:18.0323%;width:121px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle6\">Rebel advances <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle6\">since November<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-13\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:67.5858%;margin-top:-16.3px;left:53.2088%;width:126px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">U.S. military base<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">and Syrian allies<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai0-16\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:93.2581%;margin-top:-24.3px;left:1.0556%;width:104px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Southwestern<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">opposition<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">groups<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- Artboard: 600 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-syria-control-map-600\" class=\"g-artboard\" style=\"width:600px; height:526.695466060236px;\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.139\" data-min-width=\"600\">\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-syria-control-map-600-img\" class=\"g-syria-control-map-img g-aiImg\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nytimes.com\/newsgraphics\/2024-12-07-syria-control-map-dec-6\/2e198199-7d8e-4efb-b032-ad184f1e5fec\/_assets\/syria-control-map-600.jpg\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"\/><\/p>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-1\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:4.7971%;margin-top:-24.3px;left:19.6792%;width:101px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Turkish army <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">and Syrian <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">opposition<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-2\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:3.2782%;margin-top:-16.3px;left:37.3044%;width:133px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Joint control with <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Syrian government<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-9\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:41.0543%;margin-top:-15.2px;left:42.3976%;width:134px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle6\">Kurdish advances <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle6\">on Friday<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-16\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:60.2114%;margin-top:-17.1px;left:22.1396%;width:121px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle10\">Rebel advances <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle10\">since November<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-20\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:81.3119%;margin-top:-16.3px;left:42.8145%;width:126px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">U.S. military base<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">and Syrian allies<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"g-ai1-22\" class=\"g-labels g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"top:94.982%;margin-top:-16.3px;left:3.2401%;width:128px;\">\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">Southwestern<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-pstyle0\">opposition groups<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ai2html - 2024-12-07 11:12 -->\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">But late on Friday, Iran moved to start evacuating military commanders and other personnel from Syria, according to Iranian and regional officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Opposition fighters in Homs were facing some of the stiffest resistance they have encountered so far from government forces there, who are trying to block the rapidly moving rebel advance heading toward Damascus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Syrian government forces are stationed on the outskirts of Homs and were shelling areas newly captured by the rebels, according to a British-based war monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There were also clashes between rebels and government forces north of the city, the Observatory said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cSyria is witnessing a historic change,\u201d the rebels said in a statement released on their official Telegram channel. \u201cAnd the people\u2019s message has become clear: There is no place for injustice, no return to tyranny, and the end is closer than Bashar imagines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">An array of different groups have been taking territory from the government in other parts of the country as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">Government forces and their Russian allies withdrew from more than a dozen positions in the southwestern province of Quneitra near Israel and rebels took over the positions, according to the Observatory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In eastern Syria, government forces in the city of Deir al-Zour have nearly entirely withdrawn from their positions, including from the airport and a military base, according to the Observatory. In their place, Kurdish-led forces backed by the United States have sent military reinforcements and released prisoners from a military prison there, the war monitoring group said.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"imageblock-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"img-sz-medium css-d754w4 e1g7ppur0\" aria-label=\"media\" role=\"group\"><figcaption data-testid=\"photoviewer-children-caption\" class=\"css-gbc9ki ewdxa0s0\"><span class=\"css-jevhma e13ogyst0\">Anti-government fighters outside a municipal building in Hama, Syria, on Friday.<\/span><span class=\"css-14fe1uy e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span aria-hidden=\"false\">Mohammed Al-Rifai\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">With Syria\u2019s allies pulling back, the weakness of the national military has come on full display.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Friday urged U.S. citizens to leave Syria now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe security situation in Syria continues to be volatile and unpredictable with active clashes between armed groups throughout the country,\u201d an Embassy statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">The main rebel offensive now approaching Homs is led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. It has taken major cities and large parts of four provinces since launching a surprise offensive last week out of its base in northwestern Syria.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">In the southern province of Daraa \u2014 where the Syrian uprising against Mr. al-Assad\u2019s authoritarian rule began in 2011 \u2014 a separate grouping of local rebel factions has taken control of more than 80 percent of the province after government forces withdrew from checkpoints and military headquarters, according to the Observatory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-h61jh5 evys1bk0\">And in the neighboring province of Sweida, a different array of local opposition groups attacked police and military checkpoints and took control of the main prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-1smqmx3 etfikam0\">Anton Troianovski<!-- --> contributed reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/07\/world\/syria-war-damascus\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bashar al-Assad\u2019s political survival was under threat on Saturday as the Syrian government battled opposition rebellions around the country and one of his most important allies, Iran, pared back &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134531\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}