Watch live: Biden to deliver remarks on Syria

President Biden will speak on the latest developments in Syria on Sunday afternoon, hours after the Syrian government fell.

Early Sunday, rebels entered the capital of Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 50-year rule in the war-torn country.

The rebels’ victory concluded a 10-day offensive in which fighters sprinted across the country and seized much of what had been government-held land, including the cities of Aleppo and Hama, and, the night before, the central city of Homs.

President Bashar Assad was overthrown, according to a statement read by a group of men on Syrian state television, adding that all people detained in jails were freed.

The U.S. currently has 900 troops stationed in Syria’s Kurdish-held northeast territory, fighting against a resurgence of ISIS.