Assad’s terror rule over Syria could end within days as rebels enter Damascus and seize several major cities with little pushback.
Western officials have suggested President Bashar al-Assad could finally be ousted as the rebels embarrass the dictator by releasing images of him in Speedos found in his seized palace.
Rebels moving in from the north took control of the country’s third biggest city Homs yesterday, on the road to Damascus.
Rebels attacking from the south now claim to control the southern neighborhood of Darayya as they get closer to overthrowing the dictator.
The militants’ lightning advance has been unprecedented – seizing key cities, towns, and now parts of the capital within days as the regime collapses.
An anonymous US official predicted the dictator’s reign could be toppled in five to ten days while another suggested he could be removed next week, according to Reuters.
Homs has proved to be a major loss for Assad due to its geographic significance.
The city lies at a crossroads between the capital and the Mediterranean, meaning the dictator and his troops have lost access to one of his coastal strongholds and a Russian air and naval base.
This huge win for the rebels has left Assad with control of just three of the 14 provincial capitals, which are Damascus, Tartus, and Latakia.
Another huge blow and embarrassment for the dictator was the rebels seizing his palace in Aleppo last week.
They unearthed and released a photo of a barley-clothed Assad posing for a picture in Speedos as a young man.
The image showed the warmonger posing with three other people dressed in swimwear.
