{"id":77,"date":"2024-12-09T05:26:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T05:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aceroaid.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2025-01-09T05:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T05:29:28","slug":"syrian-rebels-topple-assad-who-flees-to-russia-in-mideast-shakeup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aceroaid.com\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"Syrian rebels topple Assad who flees to Russia in Mideast shakeup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iron-fisted-assad-never-quelled-syrian-rebels-who-came-back-topple-him-2024-12-08\/\">President Bashar al-Assad<\/a>&nbsp;fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family&#8217;s autocratic rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In one of the biggest turning points for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/\">Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;in generations, the fall of Assad&#8217;s government wiped out a bastion from which Iran and Russia exercised influence across the Arab world. 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