The New York Times said that Iran abandoned Bashar al-Assad, which it supported for decades, and thus abandoned its entire axis after 40 years of its establishment.

The Syrian armed opposition announced on Friday that its fighters had taken control of the cities of Rastan and Talbiseh in the northern Homs countryside, and were advancing towards the city of Homs.

On the eighth day of Operation Deterrence of Aggression, the Syrian opposition's military operations department announced that it had completed control of the city of Hama after its forces successfully completed combing operations.

The past hours in Syria witnessed dramatic developments after the opposition factions began what they called the "battle to deter aggression" and quickly took control of large areas in Idlib and Aleppo in the northwest of the country, with the Syrian army collapsing in front of them.

Within 48 hours, the Syrian armed opposition factions were able to control areas in central Aleppo and others in the Idlib countryside in northwestern Syria, in an attack that is the first of its kind in 5 years, while the Syrian authorities closed Aleppo airport and cancelled all flights.