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| Jihadists enter Damascus – CNN | |
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| President Bashar Assad’s office has denied rumors that he plans to abandon Damascus to the terrorists | President Bashar Assad’s office has denied rumors that he plans to abandon Damascus to the terrorists |
| Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) jihadists and other anti-government militias continued their advance towards Damascus on Saturday, with HTS reportedly reaching the city’s suburbs and the US-sponsored Free Syrian Army (FSA) seizing the ancient site of Palmyra. | Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) jihadists and other anti-government militias continued their advance towards Damascus on Saturday, with HTS reportedly reaching the city’s suburbs and the US-sponsored Free Syrian Army (FSA) seizing the ancient site of Palmyra. |
| HTS, a group led by a former Al-Qaeda commander and previously known as Jabhat al-Nusra, launched a surprise offensive from the opposition-held province of Idlib in northern Syria last week, swiftly driving the Syrian Army from Aleppo and entering the cities of Hama and Homs on the road south to Damascus. | HTS, a group led by a former Al-Qaeda commander and previously known as Jabhat al-Nusra, launched a surprise offensive from the opposition-held province of Idlib in northern Syria last week, swiftly driving the Syrian Army from Aleppo and entering the cities of Hama and Homs on the road south to Damascus. |
| With Kurdish militants battling government forces in Deir-ez-Zor to the east and Palmyra falling to the FSA, several Western media outlets have claimed that Assad is preparing to flee the country. | With Kurdish militants battling government forces in Deir-ez-Zor to the east and Palmyra falling to the FSA, several Western media outlets have claimed that Assad is preparing to flee the country. |
| The president’s office, however, insists that he has no plans to leave Damascus. He has vowed to “eliminate” the rampaging jihadists and to punish their “sponsors and supporters.” | The president’s office, however, insists that he has no plans to leave Damascus. He has vowed to “eliminate” the rampaging jihadists and to punish their “sponsors and supporters.” |