Syrian rebels topple Assad regime

President Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez al-Assad – whose visage is seen dragged through the streets in this clip – combined to rule Syria for more than a half-century, always with an iron fist that crushed all dissent and relied heavily on the country's feared security forces.

In the end, those security forces melted away as rebel groups swept across the Mideast nation. With opposition forces entering the capital Damascus, Assad flew out of the city early Sunday morning and arrived in Moscow, where the Kremlin has granted asylum to the deposed leader, according to state-run news media Tass.

Syrians broke out in intense celebrations after news spread of the regime's collapse. The fall of Assad's regime comes after 54 years of dictatorship and 13 years of civil war. Syrians have accessed the Assad family palace, which they had never seen before. The opulence of the Assad home shows the lavishness in which they lived compared to the country's people. The civil war plunged over 90% of the population into poverty. Under a brutal dictatorship, thousands of people have disappeared into Sednaya prison in Damascus. The huge complex was synonymous with torture and terror for many Syrians. Some 100,000 detainees are unaccounted for.

President Biden yesterday said that the U.S. is prepared to work with Syrians as they work to create a new government. Biden has called Assad's ousting a moment of risk and opportunity. Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump took to social media to express a different tone. He said that Syria is not a U.S. problem and the nation should not get involved and instead just let it play out.