Coverage of the extraordinary events in Syria have filled the front pages in the UK, US and Australia
and his subsequent flight to Moscow have reflected on the Assad family’s five decades of dynastic rule in Syria, jubilation across the country, and questions over what will happen next.splashed with “Rebels seize Damascus as Assad flees to Moscow”, with a picture underneath of celebrations in Damascus. There was a pointer to Peter Beaumont’s, in which he writes: “Bashar is gone, swept out of power by an offshoot of al-Qaida.
Syrians stormed Assad’s palace, walking out with trophies, the paper reported. “In jarring contrast, rebels also broke into the regime’s most feared jails … and broke down the doors of cells crammed with inmates”.ran a picture of grinning Syrian refugees in Lebanon. “Joy erupted in Syria,” chief reporter Giles Sheldrick wrote. “Thousands poured on to the streets chanting ‘Assad is gone’ as the army collapsed and the former president begged his ally Russia for asylum.”.
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