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U.S. Central Command said its forces carried out dozens of airstrikes on Islamic State targets in central Syria on Sunday

This is how Syrians live in the cities Athens, LondonAnd Copenhagen In Europe people celebrated the fall of the ousted president on Sunday Bashar al-Assad.

Joe Biden was asked about Austin Tice, the American journalist missing in Syria, to which he replied: “We believe he is alive. We believe we can get him back, but we don’t have direct evidence of that yet.”

Asked about a possible rescue operation to recover Tice, the president said the U.S. would first need to “identify where he is.”

Tice, a Houston native whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, McClatchy newspapers and other media outlets, disappeared in August 2012 at a checkpoint in a contested area west of Damascus.

A video released weeks later showed him blindfolded, being held by gunmen and saying, “Oh, Jesus.” He has not been heard from since.

On Friday, his family said they had a new source who told them Tice was alive and being treated well. According to CNN, US officials contacted Syrian opposition forces about Tice in hopes of learning more about his whereabouts.

Scores of people detained under the regime have been released following the collapse of the Assad regime on Sunday after opposition rebels took control of Damascus.

Social media platforms have been flooded with videos showing prisoners being released from detention centers across the country.

Here are a few clips posted on Twitter/X by Maher Akraanow in Switzerland, who reported from rebel areas at the beginning of the war for a media collective led by the influential media activist Rami Jarrah.

Akraa said: “The lower underground cells of Saydnaya Prison, known as the ‘human slaughterhouse’, remain sealed after the ousted regime disabled electronic gates and ventilation systems. These cells are referred to as ‘Red Ward’ or ‘Death Ward’.”

The Syrian flag was removed from a pole outside the country’s embassy in Moscow on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.

The flag was raised in front of the embassy earlier in the day, TASS reported.

The news agency also quoted embassy staff as saying the embassy would continue to operate as usual on Monday. It said the embassy gave no explanation for the flag’s absence.

Joe Biden delivers remarks on the latest developments in Syria

Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusksaid the fall of al-Assad in Syria was proof that Russia and its allies can be defeated.

“The events in Syria have once again made clear to the world, or at least they should, that even the cruelest regime can fall and that Russia and its allies can be defeated,” Tusk said a post on X.

This is how Syrians in cities around the world celebrated the fall of Bashar al-Assad Regime.

People cheered, danced with flags and beeped car horns after the Syrian government was toppled, ending the Assad family’s 50-year rule.

TASSRussia’s state news agency said:

“Russian officials are in contact with representatives of the armed Syrian opposition, whose leaders have guaranteed the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic institutions on the territory of Syria.”

Here is the full explanation in Russian.