Cuban press confirms fall of al-Assad
Armed groups overthrow the government of Syria
Citing the Cuban international network of news agencies, Prensa Latina, the Cuban daily Granma, the official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, confirmed on December 8 the fall of the Syrian government. An article written by the international desk of the Cuban daily, “Armed groups overthrow in Syria the government of President Bashar al-Assad,” was published in the early morning hours, with an update at 7:24 a.m.
The article reported that the Syrian Prime Minister, Mohamed Ghazi al-Jalali, went during the morning of December 8 to the Four Season hotel, escorted by militiamen of the jihadist alliance Hayat Tahrir al Shams (HTS, Organization for the Liberation of the Levant), to formally deliver power to said coalition. The Prime Minister declared to Alarabiya News television that he did not know the whereabouts of al-Assad.
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