{"id":282145,"date":"2024-12-09T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T12:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=282145"},"modified":"2024-12-09T06:32:02","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T06:32:02","slug":"syria-war-live-news-al-assad-in-russia-search-for-detainees-at-sednaya-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/12\/syria-war-live-news-al-assad-in-russia-search-for-detainees-at-sednaya-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria War Live News: Al-Assad in Russia; Search for Detainees at Sednaya Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>8 Dec 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1kw180w\">\n<ul>\n<li>Rescue teams and the relatives of forcibly disappeared people in Syria are searching for their loved ones at the notorious Sednaya prison in Damascus.<\/li>\n<li>Russian state media reports that ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow and has been granted asylum after Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry said earlier that he stepped down and left the country.<\/li>\n<li tabindex=\"-1\">Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/12\/8\/israel-seizes-buffer-zone-in-syrias-golan-heights-after-al-assad-falls\" >says<\/a> Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights following the opposition\u2019s takeover in Syria. Israel has also carried out dozens of air strikes across Syria.<\/li>\n<li>The dramatic turn of events comes after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/12\/8\/what-happened-in-syria-has-al-assad-really-fallen\" >opposition forces in Syria seized several strategic cities<\/a> in a lightning offensive that began on November 27.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>9 Dec 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Israeli Forces Seize More Territory in Syria<\/h3>\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1kw180w\">\n<p>Israel\u2019s Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced that Israeli forces are seizing \u201cadditional points\u201d in the buffer zone in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, according to YNet News.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet cited Katz as saying that he instructed the Israeli military on Sunday night to \u201cto act immediately in Syria\u201d and that soldiers \u201ccontinued to seize additional points in the buffer zone\u201d during the night.<\/p>\n<p>Katz also said he instructed the Israeli military \u201cto create a security zone free of heavy strategic weapons and terrorist infrastructures that could threaten Israel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The move aims \u201cto thwart the renewal of the weapons smuggling route from Iran to Lebanon through Syria and at border crossing points\u201d, he was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"combined-share__social combined-share__social--row\">\n<h3>The Moment Syrian Soldiers Near Damascus Abandoned Their Posts<\/h3>\n<p>Footage, verified by Al Jazeera\u2019s Sanad Agency, shows dozens of Syrian government soldiers abandoning their positions on Sunday as opposition forces advanced from Homs to Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers, dressed in civilian clothing, are seen walking along the Homs-Damascus road. Military fatigues are seen lying discarded on the road.<\/p>\n<h3>How the World Reacted to Al-Assad\u2019s Fall<\/h3>\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1kw180w\">\n<p>UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was among a host of world leaders who welcomed the end of al-Assad\u2019s 24-year rule in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>He said,\u00a0\u201cAfter 14 years of brutal war and the fall of the dictatorial regime, today the people of Syria can seize an historic opportunity to build a stable and peaceful future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more reactions from across the world <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/12\/8\/world-reacts-to-bashar-al-assads-fall-capture-of-damascus\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2024\/12\/8\/syria-war-live-news-opposition-groups-say-al-assad-rule-is-over\" >TO READ FURTHER UPDATES Go to Original &#8211; aljazeera.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 Dec 2024 &#8211; Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow; has been granted asylum. Israeli forces seized a buffer zone in the occupied Golan Heights and carried out dozens of air strikes across Syria. UNSG Antonio Guterres: \u201cAfter 14 years of brutal war and the fall of the dictatorial regime, today the people of Syria can seize an historic opportunity to build a stable and peaceful future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":282146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[703,2446,88,1497,767,1190,413,395],"class_list":["post-282145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-al-qaeda","tag-bashar-al-assad","tag-israel","tag-kurds","tag-middle-east","tag-regime-change","tag-syria","tag-turkiye"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282147,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282145\/revisions\/282147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}