The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a lightning rebel offensive.

The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said President Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had entered Damascus after a remarkably swift advance across the country.

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali said the government was ready to “extend its hand” to the opposition and hand over its functions to a transitional government.

      • MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        13 days ago

        The vast majority of Muslims are members of the Sunni branch, like 90%. Its differentiating factor is not being more radical, but mostly about the succession of Muhammad, especially compared to the Shia branch.

      • nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz
        3·
        13 days ago

        Sunni is just a branch, there are two main branches Sunni and shia, neither are particularly more radical than the other. Kind of like Catholic and protestant christians

          • nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz
            1·
            12 days ago

            FYI I am Muslim

            1. Sunni and shia together make up ~99% of all Muslims

            2. No branch of Islam is inherently more extreme than the other, it varies from person to person or group to group.

            3. Alawites are (arguably) not muslim