Live: David Lammy reacts as Assad's brutal regime in Syria ends after 13 years

Описание: Watch live as David Lammy delivers a statement in Parliament on Monday, 9 December, after Syria's brutal Assad regime came to an end.

Syrians are celebrating the demise of Bashar al-Assad's government after 13 years of civil war sparked by the president’s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters following the Arab Spring.

A rebel coalition took control of the capital Damascus in a lightning offensive overnight on Sunday, 11 days after launching a major operation.

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the end of Assad’s “barbaric regime."

Russia, a close ally that has propped up the regime for years, said Assad left the country after negotiations with rebel groups and had given instructions to transfer power peacefully.

Late on Sunday, Russian state media said Assad and his family had been granted asylum and were in Moscow.

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