According to various media reports, the deposed ex-dictator fled last Saturday without telling anyone, with false leads.
On Saturday December 7 at 9pm, Bashar al-Assad was driving to Damascus airport, he was in the process of fleeing and said nothing to anyone, he even tried to cover his tracks by making a lot of phone calls, he told his chief of staff that he was on his way back to the palace, he told his staff to prepare dinner for the evening. He even told his communications advisor to prepare a speech, because he intended to give a presidential address.
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The reality is quite different: he flew to a Russian base in the north of the country for protection. But as the base was about to be attacked, Moscow demanded his immediate evacuation aboard a Russian military aircraft to Moscow, where he landed at around 2am. From there, he was escorted to one of the Russian capital’s most luxurious palaces. Tentative end to the story.
(MH with AmBar/Source: Reuters/Photo: DPA/Maxppp Guy Gios)
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