A coalition of militant groups has stormed through the country in recent days, seizing a number of key cities
Local residents celebrate after rebels took control of Hama city centre and surrounding villages on 6 December The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stands on the brink of collapse, as rebel factions enter the suburbs of the capital city of Damascus.
The rebels are from a range of different anti-regime groups, but are being led by the jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al Sham .Anti-regime armed groups advancing in Syria’s strategically important province of Homs on 6 Decemebr Protesters calling for the fall of the Assad regime brought down a statue of the President’s late father in a main square in the Jermana suburb, nearly ten kilometres from the centre of Damascus, a witness and activists told Reuters.
An aerial view shows displaced families, who fled the current battles in the western countryside of Aleppo However, Dr Hellyer said that the future of Syrian governance would depend on the nature of Assad’s downfall and the approach of the rebel groups if he is toppled. “Others are that the Russians are distracted elsewhere, and that Hezbollah and the Iranians have been depleted in terms of their offensive capacity due to the last year. But there are other things as well, and I think that it’ll take some time for us to really uncover all of the different factors.”Incoming US president-elect Donald Trump said that the US should not get involved in the growing conflict within Syria.
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