NPR News: 12-16-2024 6PM EST

213.245 - 237.253 Janine Herbst

Parliamentary snap elections are now scheduled for February. He will again run in that election for his job. Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has released his first statement since the fall of his regime just over a week ago. That's when rebel forces stormed the Syrian capital, Damascus. Imperious Hadil al-Shulji reports Saad claims that he fought beside his army to the very end.