"Those who wished to return have come back": The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shares the current number of Kazakhs in Syria.

Alibek Bakaev reported that there are more than 30 citizens of Kazakhstan in Syria.

"More than 30, if I’m not mistaken, 33 citizens of Kazakhstan. No more. We are in contact with them.

There are citizens who live in Syria. Mostly, they are women. They previously married Syrian citizens, had children, and when the revolution began, our consul got in touch with them and asked if they wanted to return to their homeland.

For those who wish to return, we provide maximum assistance. Those who wanted to come back to Kazakhstan have already returned, and those who stayed - stayed. But we are in constant contact with them," he noted.

According to him, 129 people have returned from the Middle East and the Gaza Strip, and 69 citizens from Lebanon.

"When we say that we are evacuating only citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it should be noted that among them are people with children of other nationalities - there are children who returned with their parents," Bakaev concluded.

It is worth mentioning that on December 8, it became known that the capital of Syria fell into the hands of rebels less than two weeks after they began their offensive and took control of several major Syrian cities.

Following this, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad decided to resign from the presidency and left the country, instructing to transfer power peacefully.

The Prime Minister of Syria stated that he is ready to take any measures for the "transfer" of power after President Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus when the rebels entered the capital. Later, several Russian media outlets, citing their sources, reported that Assad, along with his family, arrived in Moscow. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Vladimir Putin personally decided to grant asylum to Bashar al-Assad.

U.S. President Joe Biden called the events "an act of justice," stating that now "the long-suffering Syrian people have the opportunity to build a better future for their proud country."

It was later reported that the U.S. and Turkey reached an agreement on the resolution of the situation in Syria and their actions in the country.

The Syrian rebels who overthrew President Bashar al-Assad appointed the head of the rebel administration in Idlib province, Muhammad al-Bashir, as the interim Prime Minister of the country. Meanwhile, around forty bodies showing signs of torture were discovered in the morgue of one of Damascus’s hospitals.

It was also noted that the Syrian rebels plan to close the notorious prisons that operated in the country during Assad’s regime and publish a list of names of high-ranking officials accused of "involvement in the torture of the Syrian people." Rebel leader Abu Muhammad al-Julani stated that he would disband the security forces of the former regime.