Published December 16,2024
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Syria’s ousted chief Bashar Assad claimed on Monday that he took refuge at a Russian base through the dramatic fall of the decades-long Baath regime earlier this month.
Assad, who dominated Syria for almost 25 years, fled to Russia on Dec. 8 after anti-regime teams seized management of the nation’s capital Damascus.
The takeover adopted a swift two-week offensive by anti-regime fighters, who captured key cities throughout the nation earlier than Damascus.
In a primary assertion since his ouster, posted on the regime’s social media platforms, Assad argued that his sudden departure from Syria was not deliberate.
Saying that he moved to Russia’s Khmeimim airbase on the morning of Dec. 8 as anti-regime forces took management of Damascus, Assad claimed that it turned clear then that his forces had fully withdrawn from “all battle lines,” and that their final positions had fallen.
He mentioned that the Russian base, within the Mediterranean coastal province of Latakia, got here beneath intensified assault by drone strikes because the battle raged on.
“With no viable means of leaving the base, Moscow requested that the base’s command arrange an immediate evacuation to Russia on the evening of Sunday 8th December,” he added.
“At no point during these events did I consider stepping down or seeking refuge, nor was such a proposal made by any individual or party,” he went on to say, including that he had deliberate to maintain on preventing.
Source: www.anews.com.tr