After the sudden and dramatic takeover of the Syrian Arab Republic by rebels linked to ISIS and al-Qaeda, longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad and his family ordered the military to surrender and authorities to surrender. He fled from the capital Damascus, leaving behind his orders. Achieve a peaceful transition of power to Islamic extremists.
A plane believed to be carrying Assad lost altitude and disappeared from radar, sparking speculation that Assad and his family were killed in a plane crash.
It wasn’t.
Russian state media said the Syrian man and his family had arrived in Moscow.
President Assad and his family.
Sky News reported:
“Mr. Assad and his family arrived in the city on Sunday,” a Kremlin official told TASS news agency.
“President Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow,” the official said. Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds. ”
❗️Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Moscow, but Russia has granted them asylum – TASS, citing Kremlin sources pic.twitter.com/bjBGz0PiSx
— RT (@RT_com) December 8, 2024
After the fall of the Assad regime, President Assad fled Damascus, ending his 24-year rule.
“As Assad is on the run, footage circulating on social media shows his family ransacking the presidential palace in Damascus, taking selfies on a grand stage as thousands celebrate in the streets. I also had a family.”
Bashar al-Assad’s presidential palace has been looted.
Video from social media pic.twitter.com/oueTBd5e54
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) December 8, 2024
The victorious rebels are working to transfer power to a new governing body with full executive powers.
“HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, who led the uprising, declared in a statement read on Syrian state television that “the future is ours.” “There is no turning back,” he said. He said his group is “determined” to continue on the path it started in 2011.
Later, he addressed a crowd inside the vast Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, describing the fall of Assad as a “victory for the Islamic State.” ”
Watch: Al Jolani’s victory speech at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.
‼ ️ Victory Speech: Speech by al-Jolani from the Great Umayyad Mosque in the capital Damascus. pic.twitter.com/XL35jvqK6x
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) December 8, 2024
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