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Speaker 1: Aster President of Syria, Basha al Assad, has issued a

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first press statement since he fled to Moscow, the Russia capital,

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after the fall of Damascus, saying he never abandoned his fighters,

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that the opposition rebels closed in on him while he

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was inside Russian military based in Syria, and the leadership

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of Russian military ordered his evacuation as the Moscow Army

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base came under heavy drone’s attack. According to Basha al Assad,

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he did not leave Syria on Sunday morning, that he

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was hided in the Russian military base till evening, when

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he was eventually evacuated. The deposed Syrian president has defended

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his role and denied planning his departure as armed opposition

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fighters closed in on Damascus earlier this month, A statement

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said to be written by al Assad and released on

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the Syrian president since Telegram Channel on Monday, presented an

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account of how and why the former president fled Syria. First,

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my departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it

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occur during the final hours of the battles, as some

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have claimed. On the contrary, I remained in Damascos carrying

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out my duties until the early hours of Sunday, December

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at twenty twenty four. The statements added that as rebel

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fighters who al Assad described as terrorist forces, entered the capital,

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he moved to a Russian base on the coastal city

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of Latakia. Two over cir combat operations, adding the Russian

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military base came underdrawn attacks from armed opposition fighters. With

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no environment means of leaving the bears, Moscow requested that

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the Basa’s command arrange an immediate evacuation to Russia on

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the evening of Sunday, the eighth of December. This took

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place a day after the fall of Damascus, following the

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collapse of the final military positions and the resulting paralysis

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of all remaining state institutions. We are yet to independently

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verify the statement posted on the Syrian president Verified Telegram

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channel’s account. Al Assad has not meant any media appearances

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since he was granted asylum with his family by President

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bloodering Putin led Russia. Groups led by health Tahir alsham

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HTS had launched a lightning offensive from the northwestern province

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of Inlid in November, taking city after city from government

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forces with little resistance. Routens reported that the vault of

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Syria’s Central Bank holds nearly twenty six tons of gold.

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The Cell amounted had at the start of its bloody

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civil war in twenty eleven, even after the chaotic fall

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of Basha al Assas Despotic Region. The media cited four

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people familiar with the situation, but the country has only

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a small amount of foreign currency reserves in cash. The

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Cell people said. Syria’s gold reserves stood at twenty five

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point eight stones in June twenty eleven. According to the

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World Gold Council, which cites the Central Bank of Syria

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as its data source, That is worth two point two

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billion dollars at current market prices, according to Ruters calculations.

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Ruters reported on Monday. Last Monday, rescuers from the Syrian

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White Helmets said the West searching for secret doors or

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basements in Sanlaya prison, looking for any detenees who might

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be trapped. My prisoners, looking morenourished, were seen in videos

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being helped out. We are working with all our energy

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to reach a new hope, and we must be prepared

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for the worst, the organization said in a statement. Either Taha,

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aged sixty five, said she had been roaming the streets

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like a mad woman in search of her brother, who

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was arrested in twenty twelve. She said she went to Sedlaya,

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where she believes prisoners are still on the ground. The

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prison has three or four on the ground floors. Tar

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has said. They said that the doors won’t open because

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the don’t have the proper codes. We’ve been oppressed long enough.

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We want our children back, she added. Assad and members

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of his family arrived in the city on Sunday, a

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creminent source told the Tass news agency last Monday has reported.

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The source said Assad and his family members have arrived

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in Moscow, Russia, for humanitarian reasons, has granted them asylum.

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Mister Asad left the Syrian capital of Da Mascots after

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his government fell following a lightning offensive by anti regime

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forces across the country, bringing his twenty four year rule

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to an end. He left after giving orders for them

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to be a peaceful transfer of power, the Russian Foreign

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Ministry said last Monday. As Assad f footage circulating on

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social media short families rare circling presidential palaces in Da Mascos,

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with some taking selfies in the grand settings, as thousands

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celebrated in the streets. The Syrian regime had first a

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battle on three fronts Ha Tahir al Sham HTS from

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the north, the southern front, and a cottage group in

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the east. Syrian rebels, made up of the various opposition groups,

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said they were working to transition power to a new

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government body with full executive powers. The Great Syrian Revolution

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has moved from the stage of struggle to overthrow the

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assed regime to the struggle to build a Syria together

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that befits the sacrifices of its people, the coalition said

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in a statement, describing events as a new birth four

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Great Syria. HTS leader Abu Mohammad al Jolani, who led

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the insurgency, declared the future is ours. In a statement

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read out on Syrian state TV. He said there was

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no low for turning back and his group was determined

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to continue on the path it started in twenty eleven.

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He later addressed a crowd inside the stroling Umayad Mosque

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in Damascost where he described the fall of Assad as

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a victory to the Islamic nation. We had last two

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Sunday reported that the United States of America US back

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Koordish led Syrian Democratic forces SDF and talking back islam

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lead Heath Ta, Heir of sham Hts, have pushed out

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Iran and Russia backed president Bashar al Assad from Syria,

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with US President elect Donald Trump calling President Joe Biden

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and other government officials at the White House Wamonga’s trying

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to cause World War three. They stands in USA from

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the civil crisis in Damascust local media reported with videos

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that Christians in the mascots gathered at a church Saturday

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night to pray for guidance as the upper position Islamic

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and Kondash rebels closed in on Damascus. Some of the

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local media added that the fall of Damascus called marked

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the end of a two thousand year old Christian presidence

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in the city on soul Their early morning, Syrian President

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Basha al Assad boarded a plane and left the mascots

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for an unknown destination, two senior army officers told routers

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as rebels said they had entered the capital with no

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sign of army deployments. Syria’s army command also notified officers

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that President basha or asserts rule ended following a lightning

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rebel offensive. A Syrian officer who was informed of the

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move stated according to Ruters, with Syrian rebels saying the

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Mascous is now free of Assad. According to a verified information,

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the plan that might have been carrying Assad out of

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Damascos had gone into sharp descent and disappeared from the raiders.

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There has been no official information, but a check showed

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that as at on Sunday early morning, a Syrian airplane

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took off from Damascos airport, around the time the capital

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was reported to have been taken by rebels. According to

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data from the flight Radar website, the aircraft initially flew

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towards Syria’s coastal region, a stronghold of assass Allow. It set,

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but then led an abrupt yuton and flew in the

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opposite direction for a few minutes before disappearing of the

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mouth natles and verbatim of the press statement issued by

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the auster Syria President Basha al assad Rids below in full. First,

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my departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it

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occur during the final hours of the battles, as some

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have claimed. On the contrary, I remained in Damascos carrying

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out my duties until the early hours of Sunday, the

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eighth of December twenty twenty four, as terrorist forces infiltrated Damascus,

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I moved to latter care in coordination with our Russian allies,

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to oversee combat operations. Upon arrival at the mening Embers

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that morning, it became clear that our forces had completely

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withdrawn from all battle lines and that the last army

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positions had fallen. As the field situation in the area

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continued to deteriorate, the Russian military base itself came under

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intensified attack by drove strikes. With no viable means of

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leaving the bears, Moscow requested that the VESAS command arranged

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an immediate evacuation to Russia on the evening of Sunday,

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the eighth of December. This took place a day after

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the fall of Damascos, following the collapse of the final

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military positions and the resulting paralysis of all remaining state institutions.

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At no point during these events then I consider stepping

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down or seeking refuge, nor was such a proposal made

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by any individual or party. The only cause of action

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was to continue fighting against the terrorist onslaught. With the

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expansion of terrorism in Syria and its arrival in the

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capital Damascus. On the evening of Saturday, December seventh, twenty

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twenty four, questions began to be raised about the first

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and location of the president, amidst a torrent of confusion

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and stories far from the truth, which constituted support for

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the process of installing international terrorism concealed as a Syrian

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liberation revolution at a critical historical moment in the life

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of our nation when truths should have a place, there

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is something that needs to be clarified through a brief statement.

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These circumstances and the subsequent complete cessession of communication for

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security reasons did not allow for a statement to be made,

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and its brief points do not replace the narration of

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the details of everything that happened, which I will address

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at a later time when the opportunity arises. First of all,

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I did not leave the country in a plan Mather

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as was rumored. Now did I live during the last

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hours of the battles, but rather I remained in Damascus,

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following up on my responsibilities until the early morning hours

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of Sunday, December twenty twenty four. With the expansion of

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terrorism inside Damascus, I moved in coordination with my Russian

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friends to Latakil, to follow up on the combat operations

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from there. Upon, arriving at the Many airbase in the morning,

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it became clear that the forces had withdrawn from all

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the battle lines and that the last army positions had fallen,

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with the deterioration of the field situation in that area

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increasing and the attack on the Russian military base itself

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being escalated by drones. In light of the impossibility of

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leaving the best in any direction, Moscow asked the best

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leadership to work on securing immediate evacuation to Russia. On

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the evening of Sunday, December Earth, the day after the

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fall of Damascus and after the four of the last

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military positions and the subsequent paralysis of the rest of

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the state institutions. During those events, the issue of asylum

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or resignation was not raised by me or by any

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person or party, and the only option presented was to

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continue fighting in defense of the terrorist attack. In this context,

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I emphasized that, however, since the first day of the

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war refused to train his country’s salvation for personal salvation

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or to begin with his people with various offers and temptations,

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is the same persons who stood with the officers and

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soldiers of his alley on the front lines, dozens of

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meters away from the terrorists in the hottest and most

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dangerous hotbeds of conflict. And is the same person who

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did not live during the most difficult years of the

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war and remained with his family and people to first

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terrorism on their bombardment and the danger of terrorists coming

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the capital more than once during fourteen years of war.

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And whoever they did not abandon the non Syrian resistance

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in Palestine and Lebanon, and did not betray his allies

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who stood with him, cannot be the same person who

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abandons his people to whom he belongs or betrays them

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and his army. I have never been a person who

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seks positions on a personal level, but rather I considered

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myself the owner of a national project that derived its

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support from a people who believed in it. I carry

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the certainty of the will of that people and their

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ability to preserve their states and defend its institutions and

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choices until the last moment. With the fall of the

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states into the hands of terrorism and the loss of

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the ability to provide anything, the position becomes empty and meaningless,

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and there is no meaning to remain responsible in it.

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This does not mean in any way abandoning the authentic

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national affiliation to Syria and its people, a fixed affiliation

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that is not changed by position or circumstance. Affiliation film

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with hope that Syria will return free and independents as

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one Honde bringin you be Needs in a more digital

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