Syria’s Premier Says Government Is Ready To ‘Extend Its Hand’ to Opposition as Assad Reportedly Flees Country
Events suggest that the end of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime could be imminent.

BEIRUT — Syria’s prime minister, Mohammed Ghazi Jalali, said early Sunday that the government is ready to “extend its hand” to the opposition and hand over its functions to a transitional government.
“I am in my house and I have not left, and this is because of my belonging to this country,” Mr. Jalili said in a video statement. He said he would go to his office to continue work in the morning and called on Syrian citizens not to deface public property.
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