🇸🇾 I'M STAYING- Syrian PM #Ghazi al-Jalali (speaking) announces readiness to hand over power peacefully but will not leave to ensure the functioning of institutions.

❗️Armed terrorists immediately release all prisoners from Saydnaya prison, one of the largest in Damascus.

Syrian military leaves central Damascus, central media buildings occupied by terrorists - Al Jazeera, not known for its impartiality on Syria.

⚡️Syrian President Bashar al-Assad leaves the country - AFP, citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, #NGO based in London & never set foot in Syria.

⚡️Jihadi forces in Syria will broadcast first statement of Syrian people on state TV - Reuters says.

And who gave rebels a mandate to speak on behalf of Syrian people? CNN did?

Overnight, militants reportedly take control of #Homs - 150 km from Damascus. The Syrian Defense Ministry denies withdrawal from north #Latakia province.

CAUTION: This may just be a mainstream media shitstorm - we are yet to hear from Assad himself...

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