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Watch live as David Lammy makes a statement in Parliament on Monday, December 9, thereafter Syria’s brutal Assad regime came to an end.
Syrians celebrate death The government of Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of civil war sparked by the president’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters following the Arab Spring.
The rebel coalition took control of the capital Damascus in a lightning offensive overnight on Sunday, 11 days after launching a major operation.
Sir Keir Starmer saw the end Assad“barbaric regime”.
Russia, a close ally that has supported the regime for years, said Assad had left the country after negotiations with rebel groups and had given instructions for a peaceful transfer of power.
Late Sunday, Russian state media reported that Assad and his family had been granted asylum and were in Moscow.
Labor Secretary Pat McFadden said the UK government would make a quick decision on whether to lift the ban Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) after toppling the Assad regime.
HTS is banned in the UK due to its past links with Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization once led by Osama bin Laden.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Mishal Hussain on Monday (December 9), the cabinet minister said “the situation is very fluid” but hoped that if there was a need for talks with HTS, “it should be relatively quick decision”.