Speaker 1: United States of America, US backed Kurdish lent, Syrian Democratic
Speaker 1: Forces SDF and TALKING backed islam LEN held the heir
Speaker 1: of sham Hts have pushed out Iran and Russia backed
Speaker 1: President Basha al Assat from Syria, with US President elect
Speaker 1: Donald Trump calling President Joe Biden and other government officials
Speaker 1: at the White House warmongers trying to cause World War
Speaker 1: three they stand in USA from the civil crisis in Damascust,
Speaker 1: local media reported with videos that Christians in the Mascots
Speaker 1: gathered at a church Saturday night to pray for guidance
Speaker 1: as the opposition Islamic and Kurdish rebels closed in on Damascust.
Speaker 1: Some of the local media added that the fall of
Speaker 1: Damascost called mark the end of a two thousand year
Speaker 1: old Christian presidence in the city. On Sunday, early morning,
Speaker 1: Syrian President Basha al Assad boarded a plane and left
Speaker 1: the Mascots for an onloon destination. Two senior army officers
Speaker 1: to routers as rebels said they had entered the capital
Speaker 1: with no sign of army deployments. Syria's army command also
Speaker 1: notified officers that President Basha or asserts rule ended following
Speaker 1: a lightned rebel offensive. A Syrian officer who was informed
Speaker 1: of the move stated, according to routers with Syrian rebels,
Speaker 1: saying the Mascous is now free of Assad. According to
Speaker 1: our verified information, the plane that might have been carrying
Speaker 1: Assad out of Damascots had gone into sharp descent and
Speaker 1: disappeared from the raiders. There has been no official information,
Speaker 1: but a check showed that as at on Sunday early morning,
Speaker 1: a Syrian plane took off from Damascos Airport, around the
Speaker 1: time the capital was reported to have been taken by rebels.
Speaker 1: According to data from the flight Radar website, the aircraft
Speaker 1: initially flew towards Syria's coastal region, a stronghold of asserts
Speaker 1: allow it set, but then led an robbed yuton and
Speaker 1: flew in the opposite direction for a few minutes before
Speaker 1: disappearing of the mouth. Iran had earlier started to evacuate
Speaker 1: military commanders from Syria in a sign that the regime
Speaker 1: is loosen. First in Basha al Assad's ability to hold
Speaker 1: back a rebel uprises, which started newly on November twenty seven,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, advancing fastus Unlike since the Civil War
Speaker 1: in Syria began in twenty eleven. Tehran has sent commanders
Speaker 1: and staffed back to neighboring Lebandon in Iraq. The New
Speaker 1: York Times reported, citing three Iranian officials and regional officials,
Speaker 1: the renewed fighting in Syria had brought into focus the
Speaker 1: role of foreign powers in the country. Turkey, Iran, Russia
Speaker 1: and the US have all deployed troops in Syria since
Speaker 1: twenty eleven, while Israel mounts frequent strikes in Syrian territory.
Speaker 1: The Surprise rebel offensive advanced so quickly that its troops
Speaker 1: were as of Saturday, within twelve miles twenty kilometers of
Speaker 1: the southern guilt of Damascos. Hassan abdul Ghani, the rebel commander,
Speaker 1: said israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement on
Speaker 1: Saturday said over the past twenty four hours, armed forces
Speaker 1: have entered the buffer zone on the Syrian side of
Speaker 1: the border with Israel. Among other actions, attacks were carried
Speaker 1: out against United Nations Disengagement Falls UNDL forces in the area.
Speaker 1: Israel is concerned about violations of the nineteen seventy four
Speaker 1: disengagement agreement between Israel and Syria, which also poses a
Speaker 1: threat to its security, the safety of its communities and
Speaker 1: its citizens, particularly in the Golden Heights region. The State
Speaker 1: of Israel does not intervene in the internal conflict in Syria.
Speaker 1: Israel Foreign Ministry statement ends in court. Thousands of courts
Speaker 1: have fled their villages in northern Syria after tarari Fat
Speaker 1: was captured by the Turkish Bated rebel group. Syrian National
Speaker 1: Army SNA for many of the courts. According to local
Speaker 1: media reports, it was the second time the half Hard
Speaker 1: to abandon their wounds. They had already fled the capture
Speaker 1: of the Afrin region in twenty eighteen. Videos on line
Speaker 1: showed anti government protesters toppled the statue of half Is
Speaker 1: al Assad in Harma, Syria. The crowd started chanting as
Speaker 1: the statue of Basha al Assad's father was pulled down.
Speaker 1: Syrian rebels made their bilious gains since the war began
Speaker 1: thirteen years ago, striking a devastating blow to President Basha
Speaker 1: or Assad. Crowds were seen in the city of Harma
Speaker 1: chanting God Is Great as a statue of his father
Speaker 1: was was pulled down by anti government protesters. Close watchers
Speaker 1: said in Syria, the US maintained no formal diplomatic relations
Speaker 1: with the government of embattled President Bashar al Assad for years,
Speaker 1: but it does back the Syrian Democratic Forces SDF, a
Speaker 1: Kurdish led coalition based largely in the northeast, as an
Speaker 1: ally in defeating isl Isis. Us BA alliance led by
Speaker 1: Syrian Collish fighters captured their Elzo, the government's land foothold
Speaker 1: in the vast eastern desert, on Friday. The rebels sized
Speaker 1: Aleppo and Hammer in the northwest and center earlier in
Speaker 1: the lightning offensive that began on November twenty seventh, twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four, the Syrian Colish for sun Islamic State, a
Speaker 1: Johannist group that imposed martial law under its HASH role
Speaker 1: before its defeat by a US led coalition in twenty seventeen,
Speaker 1: had taken control of some areas in eastern Syria. Aaron Lund,
Speaker 1: a fellow at think tam Century Foundation, said Assat government
Speaker 1: was fighting for their life at this point. Syrian rebels
Speaker 1: on Saturday had sent the sinsed control of the southern
Speaker 1: city of Dara on Saturday, the birthplace of the twenty
Speaker 1: eleven uprising against President Basha al Assad, and the fourth
Speaker 1: city his forces have lost in a week. The rebels said.
Speaker 1: The military agreed to make an orderly withdrawal from Dara
Speaker 1: under a ding given army officials safe passage to the
Speaker 1: capital Damascos, about one hundred kilometers sixty miles north, and
Speaker 1: videos posted online showed government forces abandoned their positions. Social
Speaker 1: media videos showed rebels on motorcycles and others mingling with
Speaker 1: residents on the streets. People fired shots into the air
Speaker 1: at the city's Men Square in celebration, as say in
Speaker 1: the videos. The rebels had claimed late on Friday that
Speaker 1: the hard advanced to the edge of the central city
Speaker 1: of Homes, a key crossroads between the capital and the
Speaker 1: Mediterranean coast, house capturing courts of Damascus, from the coastal
Speaker 1: stronghold of us ASATs minority allah it Set, and from
Speaker 1: a naval base and urbans of his Russian allies in
Speaker 1: the area. Our forces have liberated the last village on
Speaker 1: the outskirts of the city of Homes and are now
Speaker 1: on its walls, the Syrian faction leading the sweeping assaults
Speaker 1: said on the telegram messaging app. The coalition of rebel
Speaker 1: factions that include the Islamist group hat Tahir al sham
Speaker 1: Hts made a last call on forces loyal to Assas
Speaker 1: government in homes to defect ahead of the rebel advance.
Speaker 1: Thousands of people fled homes towards the coastal regions of
Speaker 1: Latakia and Tatos, strongholds of the government, residents said. Turkish
Speaker 1: President Tai Adawan said on Saturday that there was now
Speaker 1: a new reality in neighboring Syria, where Toki has long
Speaker 1: supported opposition forces that carried out in Kashuls against Kolish
Speaker 1: forces that it regards as terrorists. Turkish presidents stened this
Speaker 1: while speaking. Assyrian rebel entered suburbs of the city of Homes,
Speaker 1: opening a path to Damascos in enlightening advance. As front
Speaker 1: lines collapse and government forces battle to save President Basha
Speaker 1: al assats twenty four year rule. There is now a
Speaker 1: new reality in Syria politically and diplomatically, and Syria belongs
Speaker 1: to Syrians with all its ethnic, Satarian and religious elements,
Speaker 1: edy one said in a speech in the southern Turkish
Speaker 1: city of Ghaziante, adding the people of Syria are the
Speaker 1: ones who will decide the future of their own country.
Speaker 1: As Turki our wish is for our navo Syria to
Speaker 1: quickly regain the peace, stability and tranquility it has been
Speaker 1: longing for thirteen years. He added that the best way
Speaker 1: for the region to deal with the situation will before
Speaker 1: responsible actors and all international organizations to support the preservation
Speaker 1: of Syria's territorial integrity. A man concern of Turki is
Speaker 1: the presence in northern Syria of the Syrian Kurdish YPGI militia,
Speaker 1: which it regards as a terrorist group closely tied with
Speaker 1: militants in Turki, who have fought a forty year insulgency
Speaker 1: against the Turkish state. According to international news media, local
Speaker 1: media reported that the Syrian rebels had claimed full control
Speaker 1: of Hammer, a significant blow to President Basha al Assats regime.
Speaker 1: After the military pulled out of the city, the leader
Speaker 1: of the Islamist militant group hed the heir of sham
Speaker 1: Hts Abu Mohammad al Jolani, declared victory in Harma, promising
Speaker 1: no revenge for those who had fought against them earlier.
Speaker 1: HTS fighters and their allied strong Hammer Central Prison released
Speaker 1: hundreds of inmates after intense fighting. The Syrian military reported
Speaker 1: redeploying its troops outside the city to avoid father of
Speaker 1: bancombat and protect the life of civilians. A city of
Speaker 1: one million people located one hundred and ten kilometers south
Speaker 1: of Aleppo, was captured by rebels after they launched a
Speaker 1: surprise offensive from the stronghold in the northwest. Desperate reinforcements
Speaker 1: sent by the military and earth support from Russia, the
Speaker 1: Syrian army was unable to prevent the rebels from overtaking
Speaker 1: the city on Thursday, According to residents, rebel commander Hassan
Speaker 1: abdul Ghani reported intense fighting across several districts in Hama.
Speaker 1: By the afternoon, he confound that hundreds of prisoners had
Speaker 1: been freed from the central prison and the city was
Speaker 1: fully liberated. The rebels also secured Harma Military Airport and
Speaker 1: the strategically important Jabalzan al Abadin Hill, which overlooks the
Speaker 1: King Damascos Aleppo Highway. In a statement, amum Moohanad Aljolanis
Speaker 1: said the fighters had entered Hamato planned the wound that
Speaker 1: has enduled in Syria for forty years. Jim Chimri, a
Speaker 1: center rights conservative, has said on his ex social media
Speaker 1: platform that the ancient city of Damascos, one of the
Speaker 1: oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, finds its Christian
Speaker 1: community fencing an increasingly green future as the Syrians sivil
Speaker 1: more continues to reach. For nearly two thousand years, Christians
Speaker 1: have been an integral part of the city, contributing to
Speaker 1: its cultural, social, and religious identity. Yet today this rich
Speaker 1: Christian presence is on a direct thread from the radical
Speaker 1: Islamist factions that now played the region. Damascos holds a
Speaker 1: special place in Christian history, being the site of the
Speaker 1: convergen of Soul, later known as Paul the Apostle, holds
Speaker 1: dramatic transformation mark a pivotal moment in Christian tradition. For centuries,
Speaker 1: the city has been home to ancient churches, monasteries, and
Speaker 1: Christian naboos that serve as enduring symbols of the faith. However,
Speaker 1: as the world deepings, these vital Christians sites are now
Speaker 1: facing destruction at the hands of radical groups. While the
Speaker 1: Syrian government currently maintains control of Damascos, the surrounding areas
Speaker 1: arrive with violence and instability rebel factions, many of which
Speaker 1: include Islamist extremist groups like ISIS and Alcada affiliates continue
Speaker 1: to challenge the government. These Jihanist elements, driven by a
Speaker 1: fundamentalist ideology, cause an existential threat to Christians, as their
Speaker 1: ideology often involves the violent persecution of religious minorities, including
Speaker 1: first convergence, abductions and killings. For Christians in Damascos, the
Speaker 1: situation is dire. Despite the authoritarian nature of the Asad regil,
Speaker 1: many Christians view the government as a protector against these
Speaker 1: extreme forces. Under Azad circular rule, Christians have had a
Speaker 1: level of protection not afforded to religious minorities in other
Speaker 1: parts of the Middle East. However, as radical Islamist groups
Speaker 1: grow in strength, this protection has become increasingly fragile. The
Speaker 1: presence of such groups in surrounding areas only heightens the
Speaker 1: risk to the Christian community in Damascos, as the city
Speaker 1: could soon become a battleground between these extremists and the
Speaker 1: government forces. The fall of Damascos to such hostile forces
Speaker 1: would have catastrophic consequences for the Christian population. Radical groups
Speaker 1: like Isis have already shown their brutal intolerance for religious minorities,
Speaker 1: including Christians, by destroying churches, fossil convergence and perpetrating unspeakable violence.
Speaker 1: Should Damascus fall, these extremists would almost certainly attempt to
Speaker 1: erase the Christian presence, leading to the destruction of churches, monasteries,
Speaker 1: and cultural landmarks that have two for centuries. This would
Speaker 1: likely result in a mass exodus of Christians, marking the
Speaker 1: end of a community that has been a cornerstone of
Speaker 1: Damascus identity for nearly two thousand years. As the threats
Speaker 1: to Damascus grows, many Christians in the city have turned
Speaker 1: to prayer for guidance and protection. Church gatherings have become
Speaker 1: a means of holding on to faith, not just for
Speaker 1: personal survival, but for the preservation of their religious identity
Speaker 1: and heritage. Their prayers are both a cry for divine
Speaker 1: intervention and a plee for the international community to recognize
Speaker 1: the grave danger the first and act in their defense.
Speaker 1: When many Christians already fleeing to CEFA regions or abroad,
Speaker 1: those who remain in Damascos continue to hope they can
Speaker 1: preserve their homes and legacy. Their prayers reflect both the
Speaker 1: fear of what may come and the hope that one
Speaker 1: of the world's oldest Christian communities can endure the storm
Speaker 1: of radical Islamist violence. As the international community watches the
Speaker 1: broader Syrian conflict unfold, the plight of Syrian Christians calls
Speaker 1: for augent attention. The need for global Christian solidarity has
Speaker 1: never been more pressive. The survival of Christianity in Damascos,
Speaker 1: one of the First's most historic centers, is now hanging
Speaker 1: by a thread, threatened by the growing rise of radical
Speaker 1: Islamist forces determined to eradicate its presence, Jims stated. Donald Trump,
Speaker 1: the US President elect, on his ex social media handled
Speaker 1: on Saturday, said with some of his words written completely
Speaker 1: in capital letters, that I am hereby demanding that the
Speaker 1: US do not get involved in the conflict between Syria, Russia,
Speaker 1: and Iran. This is not our fight. We should not
Speaker 1: see send one penny to Damascus or any other party involved.
Speaker 1: We cannot let the one man gas in the White
Speaker 1: House succeed in starting World War III. Opposition fighters in Syria,
Speaker 1: in an unprecedented move, have totally taken over numerous cities
Speaker 1: in a highly coordinated offensive and are now on the
Speaker 1: outskirts of Damascos, obviously preparing to make a very big
Speaker 1: move toward taking out Asad Russia, because they are so
Speaker 1: tied up in Ukraine and with the loss there of
Speaker 1: over six hundred thousand soldiers, seems incapable of stopping this
Speaker 1: literal march through Syria, a country they have protected for years.
Speaker 1: This is where former President Obama refused to honor his
Speaker 1: commitments of protecting the red line in the sand and
Speaker 1: all health broke out with the Russia stepping in. But
Speaker 1: now they are like possibly assaund himself being forced out,
Speaker 1: and it may actually be the best thing that can
Speaker 1: happened to them. There was never much of a benefit
Speaker 1: in Syria for Russia, other than to member Obama LUK
Speaker 1: really stupid. In any event, Syria is immense, but it's
Speaker 1: not our friend, and the United States should have nothing
Speaker 1: to do with it. This is not our fight. Let
Speaker 1: it play out, Do not get involved. Donald Trump words
Speaker 1: and in quote Meddy bringay you bring in a more
Speaker 1: digital way.