How Assad’s fall has damaged Russia’s ambitions in Africa
Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow at the RUSI think tank and the author of the book Russia in Africa, described the collapse ...
US ‘prepared Syrian rebel group to help topple Bashar al-Assad’
The United States prepared a rebel force to join the offensive that overthrew the regime of Bashar al-Assad, fighters have ...
Assad defends escape from Syria, blames ‘terrorist onslaught’ in first statement
Assad’s Telegram account said he left Syria for Russia from Hmeimim air base on Dec. 8. In Gaza, the death toll passed 45,000 ...
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Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria
BEIRUT, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Syria's Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was ...
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In first statement since the fall of his regime, Assad says he didn't plan to leave Syria
Source: AAP / / Syria's Bashar al-Assad has issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was ...
At a Russian air base in Syria, questions loom over Moscow’s place in the country
HMEIMIM AIR BASE, Syria — The Sukhoi fighter aircraft punched through the clouds, its growl echoing over Russia’s Hmeimim air ...
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Syrian Rebel Leader Calls for Lifting of Sanctions, as al-Assad Defends Exit
Syrian Air Force planes destroyed by Israeli strikes at a base in Mazzeh ... base itself came under intensified attack by drone strikes,” Mr. al-Assad said in the post, which was published ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation13d
Bashar al-Assad denies choosing to step down from Syria's presidency in first statement since his government's fall
Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied planning ... and then moved to the Hmeimim Russian air base further north. He said that base then came under attack from drones, which prompted ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
Syria’s ousted leader Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russian allies evacuated him
DAMASCUS, Syria — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday ... allies to their Hmeimim air base in the coastal province ...
Israeli strikes destroy Syria's weapons of war as ousted Assad laments country's fall into "hands of terrorism"
Weapons of war accumulated by the toppled Assad regime over half of a century are being systemically obliterated by massive Israeli airstrikes.
India.com9d
Bashar al-Assad joined hands with Israel and shared secret military information before leaving Syria? Report says..
Days after former Syrian President Bashar al ... attack in Syria, Erdogan not afraid of... Russian military set to leave Syria after fall of Assad government, Putin may build new base in ...