BAGHDAD, Dec 8, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Iraqi embassy staff left Damascus on Sunday
for neighbouring Lebanon, a diplomatic source told AFP, after Syrian rebel
forces seized the capital and declared the end of President Bashar al-Assad's
rule.

The foreign ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the
embassy's 10 employees including the mission's chief arrived "in Beirut by
land, and are all in good condition", adding that the evacuation was "due to
the tensions in Damascus... the full withdrawal of the army and the loss of
security".