Roberta Metsola took to social media to congratulate the toppling of Syria’s longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
‘The Dictator has fallen. It is clear that Bashar al-Assad’s brutal 24 year rule of Syria is over as his regime lies in tatters’, wrote the European Parliament President.
‘This is a critical period for the region and for the millions of Syrians who want a free, stable and secure future. What happens in the next hours and days matters.’
‘It is dialogue, unity, respect for fundamental rights, international law that must characterise the next steps.’
This comes as sources suggest that al-Assad has fled to Moscow, with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov issuing a statement saying that Syria must not be allowed to fall into the hands of a terrorist group.
As other countries called for Assad to be held accountable, Syrians around the country celebrated the regime’s toppling, with statues of the late president’s father Hafez being toppled after five decades of rule.
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