The UK welcomes the fall of Bashar Assad's "barbaric regime" in Syria, the Prime Minister has said as he called for the restoration of "peace and stability".Overnight on Sunday, a lightning rebel offensive seized control of Damascus, the Syrian capital, and president Mr Assad is now reported to have fled to Moscow.

The UK welcomes the fall of Bashar Assad's "barbaric regime" in Syria, the Prime Minister has said as he called for the restoration of "peace and stability".Overnight on Sunday, a lightning rebel offensive seized control of Damascus, the Syrian capital, and president Mr Assad is now reported to have fled to Moscow.