Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani addresses cheering crowds in a Damascus mosque hours after Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad fled the capital
Al-Jawlani’s group, HTS, swept into the Syrian capital this weekend as Assad’s forces collapsed – he tells the crowds “this victory is for all Syrians”
The BBC is the only western news organisation reporting from inside Damascus
Our correspondents have witnessed crowds celebrating on the streets, and have watched while Syrians loot Assad’s former residence
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the UK welcomes the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s “barbaric regime”
