BREAKING: Syrian insurgent forces ‘attain Damascus suburbs’ as protesters topple statue on outskirts

Syrian rebels have reportedly reached the suburbs of the capital Damascus as their lightning offensive threatens to finish Bashar al Assad’s 24-year rule.

Protesters on Saturday introduced down a statue of the late father of Syria’s president in a major sq. in a suburb just a few miles from the centre of the capital.

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