🇸🇾⚡️- "Bashar al-Assad left Damascus for an unknown location." - Reuters, citing two Syrian security officials.

🇸🇾⚡️- Sources in Damascus report relative calm in the city- there is little to no fighting, and the situation is normal.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡️- BREAKING: Reuters reports that Bashar al-Assad is fleeing to Russia.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡️- Bashar al-Assad is reportedly on board a Russian IL-76 cargo aircraft, bound for Russia.

The aircraft just passed over Homs, Syria.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡️- All US personnel in Syria have been placed on a heightened state of alert.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡️- US fighter jets audible over western Iraq, bound for Syria.

There are reports that a coalition of US-aligned nations will launch airstrikes against weapons depots of the Assad regime to prevent the mass proliferation of weapons across Syria.

🇸🇾⚡️- Syrian rebels have captured the official state television and radio station in Damascus. An announcement is expected shortly.

🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡️- Russian jets over western Syria.

🇸🇾⚡️- Mosques all over Damascus are chanting calls to prayer following the collapse of the Syrian Arab Republic.

🇸🇾⚡️- The plane reportedly carrying Assad has disappeared from radar!

🇸🇾⚡️- BREAKING: The Syrian General Staff of the Armed Forces has ordered ALL military to surrender!

🇸🇾🚨⚠️The airplane just dropped from over 12,000 ft in altitude to 3,500 ft in just a few minutes just outside of Lebanese airspace north of Akkar.

🇸🇾⚡️- Celebrations in Umayyad Square, Damascus.

🇸🇾⚡️- An explosion was reported in the village of Al-Suwayri, west of Homs.

🇸🇾⚡️- Unconfirmed reports of the plane allegedly carrying Bashar al-Assad being shot down / crashing in the area.

🇸🇾⚡️- There is speculation that Assad's plane simply turned off its transponder, disappearing from OSINT radar. However, the plane was rapidly decreasing in altitude prior to vanishing from radar. It's highly likely Assad's plane was shot down.

🇸🇾⚡️- 3D images of open-source data available on the plane reportedly carrying Assad.

It's highly likely that it crashed.

🇸🇾⚡️- Locals report hearing the launch of anti-aircraft missiles from a nearby base known to hold anti-aircraft weapons prior to the plane crashing.

🇸🇾⚡️- Syrian rebels inside a television center in Damascus.

The main man talking can be heard first mentioning the breakout of prisoners, followed by mentions of a plane crash, before the video cuts off.

🇸🇾⚡️- The Syrian National Transitional Government has released its first statement since the fall of the Assad government.

"O free sons of Syria,

After long years of injustice, tyranny and oppression, and after great sacrifices made by the sons and daughters of this dear homeland, we announce today to the great Syrian people and the entire world that the regime of Bashar al-Assad has fallen, and that he has fled the country, leaving behind a legacy of destruction and suffering.

On this historic day, we announce that the forces of the revolution and opposition have taken control of affairs in beloved Syria, and we affirm our commitment to building a free, just and democratic state in which all citizens are equal without discrimination.

We pledge before God and before the people the following:
1. Preserving the unity and sovereignty of Syrian territory.
2. Protecting all citizens and their property, regardless of their affiliations.
3. Working to rebuild the state and its institutions on the foundations of freedom and justice.
4. Striving to achieve comprehensive national reconciliation, and returning refugees and displaced persons to their homes in safety and dignity.
5. Holding accountable all those who have committed crimes against the Syrian people, in accordance with the law and justice.

We call on all the Syrian people to unite and stand together at this historic stage, and we affirm that the new Syria will not be the monopoly of anyone, but rather a homeland for all.

Long live a free and proud Syria,
And peace, mercy and blessings of God be upon you."

National Transitional Council
Damascus, 12/08/2024.