Reuters: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left Damascus for an unknown destination

This comes with an escalation of events in the SyriaArmed organizations entered the capital Damascus after controlling the city of Homs.

Armed factions in Syria announced at dawn on Sunday that they had begun entering the capital Damascus, hours after confirming they had taken control of the city of Homs, the country’s third largest city.

In a message published on the Telegram application, the factions said: “Our forces have begun to enter the capital DamascusAt the time, residents told Agence France-Presse that they heard heavy bursts of bullets on the streets of the capital.

For its part, the American station CNN reported that armed organizations entered Damascus at dawn on Sunday, with the collapse of the defenses in the capital.

As reported by the Reuters agency, the armed organizations announced that “there is no indication of the deployment of the Syrian army in Damascus.”