The pro-government Sham FM radio reported that Damascus airport was evacuated and all flights halted.
said early on Sunday they had entered Damascus, capping a stunning advance across the country, as residents of the capital reported sounds of gunfire and explosions.A man passes on a pedestrian bridge in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, December.
The city's capture was a major victory for the rebels, who have already seized the cities of Aleppo and Hama, as well as large parts of the south, in a lightning offensive that began November 27.The rebels' moves around Damascus, reported by the monitor and a rebel commander, came after the Syrian army withdrew from much of southern part of the country, leaving more areas, including several provincial capitals, under the control of opposition fighters.
The UN's special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, called on Saturday for urgent talks in Geneva to ensure an “orderly political transition.” A giant banner of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs on the facade of a building in Damascus, Syria. Pedersen said a date for talks in Geneva on the implementation of a UN resolution, adopted in 2015 and calling for a Syrian-led political process, would be announced later.
They also agreed on the importance of strengthening international efforts to increase aid to the Syrian people.The insurgents' march The shock offensive began Nov. 27, during which gunmen captured the northern city of Aleppo, Syria’s largest, and the central city of Hama, the country’s fourth-largest city.
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