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Assad’s Syrian government falls after jihadists take control of the capital

SYRIAN jihadists took control of the capital yesterday as President Bashar al-Assad was reported to have fled the country.

But activists labelled yesterday’s collapse of President Bashar Assad’s Syrian government a “victory for imperialism.”

The defeat of the Syrian government came after a lightning offensive by jihadist insurgent groups, mainly under Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which seized control of the capital, Damascus.

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