Barak Ravid, a correspondent for the American news outlet “Axios,” reported citing Israeli sources that the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar Al-Assad, left the Syrian capital, Damascus, at midnight and headed to a Russian military base, intending to continue his journey from there to Moscow.
Ravid added in a post on the platform “X” (formerly Twitter) that, “We do not have any clear indication whether he has left Syria yet.”
He further stated, “A U.S. official told me: We tracked Assad leaving Damascus last night, and we believe he was planning to travel to Moscow.”
On Sunday morning, the Syrian armed opposition forces seized control of the capital, Damascus, announcing the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime and the Baath Party, which had ruled the country for over 60 years.
The “Military Operations Command” of the Syrian opposition factions confirmed that their fighters had entered the capital, Damascus. Meanwhile, Reuters, citing two military sources, reported that Bashar Al-Assad had fled the country.
A number of Syrian opposition members appeared on the official state television, delivering what they called “Statement No. 1,” announcing the overthrow of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria.
One spokesperson for the opposition declared:
“Statement No. 1, In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. The city of Damascus has been liberated, the tyrant Bashar Al-Assad has been overthrown, and all the oppressed detainees have been freed from prisons.”
The spokesperson also called on all citizens and resistance fighters, through the Damascus Liberation Operations Command, to “preserve state property.”
