Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown from his regime in Syria.The president’s 24 years in government is at an end, as is his family’s 50-year rule of Syria, as Mr Assad fled to Russia on Sunday after rebels took over the capital, Damascus. Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will play a part in “ensuring a political solution prevails” while welcoming an end to the “barbaric” regime.Tony Farag explains all that is known about the unfolding situation.