Assad Regime Falls as HTS-Led Rebels Capture Damascus in Swift Takeover | EWTN News Nightly

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Syrian President Bashar Assad has been toppled as the rebels who entered the capital Damascus over the weekend are now in control. They're led by Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the head of HTS, a Syrian Jihadi insurgent group. The president of International Religious Freedom Secretariat at the Wilson Center and former chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Nadine Maenza, joins to share whether she is surprised by this takeover by the rebels and whether she saw this coming. Nadine tells us about the rebels led by the group HTS and its leader Ahmed al-Shar'a , known as Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani, who has links to Al-Qaeda and is still labeled as a terrorist by the US. Bishop Hanna Jallouf spoke to ACI Mena, our Arabic language news partner about the new developments in Syria. He said in part that there have been assurances that Christians will remain an integral part of Syria's society and churches and properties would remain untouched. Maenza discusses whether she is confident that that will be the case. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf