Papers report on 'delight' in Syria but warn of uncertainty ahead

Most of Monday's papers pb with the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pursuing an equipped rebellion against his 24-year rule. The Financial Times calls it a "stunning offensive" by the rebels. The FT reports connected the "euphoria" of Syrians, with Omar Seif, 24, saying: "Today, I tin respire for the archetypal time."

"Assad falls... but what now?" is the question the Metro asks. The insubstantial says the enactment from Moscow - which backed the Syrian authorities militarily successful caller years, is that Assad near aft talks with "other participants successful the conflict." One of the accompanying pictures connected the paper's beforehand leafage is of a rebel sitting astatine the ousted president's desk, which is inactive covered successful maps.

The one goes with a full-page representation of a pistillate waving a Syrian rebel emblem supra her caput - with the insubstantial saying the absorption forces declared "victory for Islamic nation". The insubstantial says radical ransacked the statesmanlike palace, portion refugees overseas crowded the country's borders successful the anticipation of returning home.

The Daily Express header says determination is "delight successful Syria", saying refugees successful neighbouring Lebanon hailed the coup. The insubstantial reports that thousands of Syrians took to the streets chanting "Assad is gone". The paper's beforehand leafage representation shows Syrians smiling with their arms held up successful victory.

Sounding a enactment of caution, the Daily Mail asks "Is worse to come?". It quotes US President Joe Biden calling the toppling of the Assad authorities "a infinitesimal of hazard and uncertainty" which the insubstantial says is down to the Syrian rebels' "grim grounds of terrorism".

The Daily Telegraph says Israel has "seized territory connected the borderline and bombed subject targets" successful Syria, saying enactment is needed to stem caller threats. Israel already occupies the Golan Heights - historically portion of Syria - and has present taken power of the buffer portion aft Assad's soldiers abandoned their posts.

The Guardian reflects connected "celebrations crossed Syria" with crowds of radical waving flags and pulling down portraits and statues of Assad and his begetter Hafez al-Assad. "Celebratory gunfire and car horns" echoed astir the capital, according to the paper. As good arsenic the Assad household fleeing, the roadworthy linking Damascus to the Lebanese superior Beirut was "lined with discarded service uniforms", the Guardian adds.

The Times presents a bid of stills, showing the toppling of a statue of Bashar al-Assad's precocious father, erstwhile President Hafez al-Assad. "Syrians hail the autumn of Assad", the header reads, arsenic rebels freed prisoners - galore who had been locked up due to the fact that they opposed the regime. Women and children were among those released, the Times says, adding that families crossed the state were hoping to find household who were among the "tens of thousands" who disappeared during Syria's 13-year civilian war.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror leads with the parent of Liz Hatton, the 17-year-old lensman and terminally sick crab diligent who hugged the Princess of Wales successful October. Victoria Robayna thanked the princess for making her daughter's "dreams travel true" during her last months earlier she died.

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