Syria rebel forces entered Damascus early on Sunday and announced the Assad regime over after 54 years of rule by the same family. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, and his plane was said to have disappeared from the radar and may have crashed.叙利亚叛军周日(12月8日)清晨进入首都大马士革，宣布阿萨德政权终结。54年来，叙利亚一直由同一个家族统治。两名高级军官告诉路透社，叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德周日登上飞机离开大马士革，前往目的地未知，据说他的飞机从雷达上消失，可能已失事。
路透社(Reuters)报道：
A Syrian Air plane took off from Damascus airport around the time the capital was reported to have been taken by rebels, according to data from the Flightradar website. The aircraft initially flew towards Syria's coastal region, a stronghold of Assad's Alawite sect, but then made an abrupt U-turn and flew in the opposite direction for a few minutes before disappearing off the map. Reuters could not immediately ascertain who was on board.据“航班雷达追踪”(Flightradar)网站的数据，反政府武装占领叙利亚首都大马士革时，一架叙利亚航空公司的飞机从大马士革机场起飞。这架飞机最初飞往叙利亚沿海地区，那里是阿萨德阿拉维派的大本营，但随后突然掉头，朝相反方向飞行了几分钟，然后从地图上消失了。路透社无法立即确认机上人员是谁。
Two Syrian sources said there was a very high probability that Assad may have been killed in a plane crash as it was a mystery why the plane took a surprise U turn and disappeared off the map according to data from the Flightradar website.两名叙利亚消息人士称，阿萨德死于飞机失事的可能性非常高，因为航班雷达追踪网站的数据显示，飞机突然掉头并从地图上消失。但到底是什么原因，仍是一个谜。
《薄荷网》(Mint)报道：
“Sudden Disappearance and Altitude Change Suggests It Was Shot Down!! Unconfirmed information is being circulated about the sudden descent of the plane that was reportedly carrying Assad after it disappeared from radar and dropped suddenly from an altitude of over 3,650 meters to 1,070 meters in a few minutes, just outside Lebanese airspace north of Akkar. 3D flight radar data of the plane suspected of carrying Bashar al-Assad indicates that it crashed. The Syrian Air IL-76 aircraft’s altitude dropped suddenly, and it seems it was shot down.”“突然消失和高度突然变化表明，飞机被击落！未经证实的消息称，这架载有阿萨德的飞机突然下降，从雷达上消失，并在几分钟内从3650多米的高度突然下降到1070米，就在阿卡尔(Akkar)以北的黎巴嫩领空外。三维飞行雷达数据显示，这架疑似载有巴沙尔·阿萨德的飞机Z毁了。叙利亚航空公司的IL-76飞机的高度突然下降，似乎被击落了。”