The armed Syrian opposition will instruct Mohammed al-Bashir to form a new Syrian government for a transitional phase, as the Israeli army continues its massive attack on Syria launched on Monday.
Syria’s rebels begin forming government
The armed Syrian opposition will instruct Mohammed al-Bashir to form a new Syrian government for a transitional phase.
According to the TV station’s correspondent, this was agreed at a meeting between the commander of the opposition’s operations department, Ahmed al-Shara, and al-Bashir and the prime minister of the former regime government, Mohammed al-Jalali.
They met to discuss the order of the transfer of power. According to Al Jazeera, al-Bashir will be appointed as the new prime minister of the Syrian government.
He served as minister of development and humanitarian affairs in the government to save the Idlib revolution in 2022, the TV channel specified.
Meanwhile, the streets of Damascus continue to be chaotic and gunfire can be heard.
Israel destroys military planes, air defence systems, weapons depots in Syria
The Israeli army has launched a massive attack on Syria since Monday. Israeli media reported that “army planes attacked more than 150 military targets in Syria as part of efforts to destroy the Syrian army.”
Among the dozens of Israeli targets in Syria are Syrian army tanks, aircraft and military helicopters.
The Israeli army has carried out the most powerful raids on Syria since the October 1973 war. Israeli jets also attacked the suburbs of Homs city and the southern village of Shinshar.
Israeli troops have now captured the entire former buffer zone of the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel since 1973, and have advanced deep into Syria, reaching settlements on the outskirts of Damascus.
According to local TV channels, Israeli tanks have advanced past the town of al-Quneitra (about 55 kilometres to Damascus) and continue moving towards the Syrian capital.
Local sources specified that the Israeli Armed Forces are now in the area of the town of Qatna, almost 20 kilometres from Damascus. Along the way, they captured several towns and villages, including Aarna, Bakasm, Reemeh, Hina, Qala, Jandal, al-Husseiniya, Jita and al-Hashab.
That Israeli troops occupied several villages and towns in the southern part of Damascus. According to Arab media reports, Israeli drones are continuously attacking the Syrian capital amid the offensive.
Syrian opposition flag raised at embassy in Brussels
The Syrian opposition’s revolutionary flag was raised on Monday at the Syrian embassy building in the Belgian capital Brussels in a historic moment marking the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
Security around the building was tight, with Belgian police setting up iron barriers to secure the area during the crossing.
On Sunday, Syrians gathered in front of Brussels Central Station and in various neighbourhoods to mark the fall of the regime. The festive gatherings, filled with chanting and waving revolutionary flags, took place under the watchful eye of public security law enforcement.
On November 27, Syrian opposition forces launched a 10-day lightning offensive, capturing key cities and the capital Damascus on December 8. The swift offensive, backed by defecting military units, led to the fall of the Assad regime after 13 years of civil war. Assad and his family fled to Moscow, where Russia has granted them asylum.
Meanwhile, Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis wrote on X:
“The duplicity of the Western media is breaking all records. When the jihadists entered Kabul, toppling the American regime, it was the end of the world. Now that jihadists have entered Damascus to topple a secular enemy of the West, it is a triumph of the human spirit.”
