NEW — #HTS just issued a statement on “Chemicals in #Syria,” declaring “full readiness to cooperate with the international community in.. monitoring weapons & sensitive sites.”
This comes after concern chemical weapons may have been seized south of #Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/UZrO3YXjRt
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) December 7, 2024
Day: December 8, 2024
#Syria & Syrians — you did it. You never gave up, even when most others did.
After nearly 14yrs, Bashar al-#Assad‘s end is coming. Your resilience amid everything is awe inspiring. pic.twitter.com/CNSFgrtK8S
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) December 7, 2024
Damascus the first morning after its second independence – it’s true independence.
The sense of ecstasy is hard to describe pic.twitter.com/rXH6nJEQPH
— Hassan I. Hassan (@hxhassan) December 8, 2024
Top 25 roundup: No. 17 Clemson tops No. 8 SMU at buzzer for ACC title https://t.co/FPQ5kM7mtF pic.twitter.com/XRMWhDV69w
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 8, 2024
* 2011 – The first protests against Assad quickly spread across the country, and are met by security forces with a wave of arrests and shootings. Some protesters take up guns and military units defect as the uprising becomes an armed revolt that will gain support from Western and Arab countries and Turkey. * 2012 – A bombing in Damascus is the first by al Qaeda’s new Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front, which gains in power and starts crushing groups with a nationalist ideology.
Vissel Kobe retain J-League title with victory over Shonan Bellmare https://t.co/ua0bbHPtVx pic.twitter.com/OG5g2fIf2s
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 8, 2024
Alina Habba predicts President Biden will hand out pardons ‘like they’re tic tacs’ https://t.co/WcZyKzpypU
— The Hill (@thehill) December 8, 2024
Энди Уорхол в студии. 1971 г. pic.twitter.com/2PffXFwxra
— Художники и Поэты (@Xudozhnikipoeti) December 8, 2024
Hemingway look-alikes visit Cuba and some of the late writer’s favorite places https://t.co/mlr4LGfB9F
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 8, 2024