Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Fday, Dec. 9, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Reactions and the aftermath of the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who fled the country yesterday.• The U.N. Security Council will convene today for an emergency closed-door meeting regarding Syria.• 6:00 p.m.: MP and Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel will give a speech in Bikfaya to address the developments in Syria and the release of detainees from Syrian prisons. Assad flees, Syrian premier agrees to cooperate after rebels seize DamascusAssad falls: Yesterday at dawn, armed insurgents from Damascus declared the fall of Syrian President Bachar al-Assad, who had absconded hours earlier as his forces withdrew and his Prime Minister signaled readiness to cooperate “with any...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Fday, Dec. 9, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Reactions and the aftermath of the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, who fled the country yesterday.• The U.N. Security Council will convene today for an emergency closed-door meeting regarding Syria.• 6:00 p.m.: MP and Kataeb leader Sami Gemayel will give a speech in Bikfaya to address the developments in Syria and the release of detainees from Syrian prisons. Assad flees, Syrian premier agrees to cooperate after rebels seize DamascusAssad falls: Yesterday at dawn, armed insurgents from Damascus declared the fall of Syrian President Bachar al-Assad, who had absconded hours earlier as his forces withdrew and his Prime Minister signaled readiness to cooperate...