Who Is Al-Jolani, the Syrian Rebel Who Ended Assad’s Rule?

WATCH: Syrians entered the Presidential Palace in Damascus on Sunday after the fall of Bashar Assad’s government. Source: Bloomberg
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The Assad family has ruled in Syria for more than half a century — in recent years over just part of the country. A surprise push by rebels has toppled it more than a decade after an uprising first challenged President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power. He’s fled the country for Russia.

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