The latest from our correspondents across the region on what this means for Syria, its people and its future.
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hello,
I'm Valerie Sanderson with a special edition on Sunday 8 December about the developing situation
in Syria where Islamist rebels are now in control of the capital
and the country.
Syria's Prime Minister had this response.
Any leadership chosen by the Syrian people, we're ready to cooperate with it,
providing all possible facilities to ensure a smooth transfer of various government files.
And they've seen Syria not as a country, but as a hotel where people in it are actually just servants.
We'll get the latest from our correspondents on what this means for Syria, its people and its future.
It has been an extraordinary few days in Syria, culminating in the fall of the House of Assad after more than 50 years.
As Islamist led rebel forces entered the capital, Damascus.