Posted on 12/16/2024 7:50:44 AM PST by marcusmaximus
BASHAR al-Assad has broken his silence to claim Vladimir Putin forced him into a cowardly escape from Syria - but he wanted to stay and fight.
The ousted tyrant released a statement from Moscow, insisting he had to flee after the Russian base he was hiding in began to be bombed.
Assad dished out fighting talk from the safety of his bolthole in the Russian capital, saying the only course of action had been to stay and fight - before he then left.
The statement was published today on the Syrian presidency's Telegram channel and was Assad's first public comment since he was toppled more than a week ago by a lightning rebel offensive.
The despot said he stayed in the capital until the early hours of Sunday 8 December before "terrorist forces infiltrated Damascus".
He then claimed he moved to the Russian air base in Latakia, named Khmeimim, to oversee his army fighting the rebels.
But just hours later the base itself came under attack from drone strikes, he alleged.
Assad said: "Upon arrival at the Khmeimim airbase that morning, it became clear that our forces had completely withdrawn from all battle lines and that the last army positions had fallen."
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scum of the earth!
I’ll volunteer to send Assad a pistol, but the barrel will be plugged nice and tight.
Sure he did.
Now THAT’S art!!
If Putin “forced you” into an escape, you weren’t the leader of your nation at that point.
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