Israel says air strikes will continue to target Assad’s former arsenal
stirred back to life on Monday at the start of a hopeful but uncertain era after rebels seized the capital and president
It ends a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people, caused one of the biggest refugee crises of modern times and left cities bombed to rubble, swathes of countryside depopulated and the economy hollowed out by global sanctions. Millions of refugees could finally go home from camps across Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.
Mr Assad’s prime minister, Mohammed Jalali, told Sky New Arabia he would be willing to meet Golani and was ready to provide documents and assistance for the transfer of power. Looting took place in the coastal city of Latakia on Sunday but had subsided on Monday, residents said, with few people in the streets and shortages of fuel and bread.
Since rebels entered Damascus, Israel has struck sites in Syria. Israeli officials said those air strikes would carry on for days, to keep Assad's former arsenal out of hostile hands.
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