Assad denies 'planned' exit from Syria, calls new leaders 'terrorists'
Hindustan Times Punjab|December 17, 2024
DAMASCUS: Bashar al-Assad on Monday said he fled Syria only after Damascus had fallen and denounced the country's new leaders as "terrorists", in his first remarks since rebels seized the capital and unseated him.
- Agence France-Presse
Assad denies 'planned' exit from Syria, calls new leaders 'terrorists'

An Islamist-led rebel alliance launched a lightning offensive from its northwest Syria bastion on November 27, swiftly capturing major cities from government control and taking the capital on December 8.

"My departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur during the final hours of the battles, as some have claimed," said a statement from Assad on the ousted presidency's Telegram channel.

"I remained in Damascus, carrying out my duties until the early hours" of Sunday December 8, it added.

"As terrorist forces infiltrated Damascus, I moved to Latakia in coordination with our Russian allies to oversee combat operations," the statement said, adding that he arrived at the Hmeimim base that morning.

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