Syria's Assad Says He Fought to the End

In his first comments from exile in Moscow, the deposed dictator pushes back against criticism that he abandoned supporters.

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Assad says he didn't intend to leave Syria, statement claims

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Middle East latest: Assad says he wanted to stay in Syria but Russia evacuated him

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came ...
ABC News - 4h
Assad in first public comments since ouster says he wanted to keep fighting in Syria

Overthrown Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday in his first public comments since fleeing to Moscow that he wanted to keep fighting in Syria. In a statement posted to an official Telegram ...
The Hill - 4h
Serbia's president says he won't flee his country like Syria's Assad did despite growing protests

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's president accused Tuesday foreign intelligence services of trying to unseat him in the wake of spreading protests in the Balkan state and that he wouldn't flee the ...
Yahoo Sports - 4d
Serbia's president says he won't flee his country like Syria's Assad did despite growing protests

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says he isn't like ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad and has no intention of fleeing the country despite spreading protests against his increasingly autocratic rule
ABC News - 6d
‘Delight in Syria’: what the papers say about the end of the Assad regime

Coverage of the extraordinary events in Syria has filled the front pages in the UK, US and Australia. Newspapers covering the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his subsequent flight to ...
The Guardian - Dec. 9
Scholz welcomes end of al-Assad's rule in Syria

Yahoo News - Dec. 8
Assad regime ends in Syria as rebels claim Damascus

Syrian rebels seize Damascus; Assad flees country
NBC News - Dec. 8
Syria's state news agency denies rumors that President Bashar Assad has left the country, says he is at work in Damascus

Syria's state news agency denies rumors that President Bashar Assad has left the country, says he is at work in Damascus
ABC News - Dec. 7

Syria's Assad Says He Fought to the End

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