Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he only left the country in the late hours of December 8 after a Russian air base allegedly came under attack by rebel forces and officials in Moscow ordered "an immediate evacuation."

Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he only left the country in the late hours of December 8 after a Russian air base allegedly came under attack by rebel forces and officials in Moscow ordered “an immediate evacuation.”

  • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    His presence makes Putin look weak. So will it be his plane, the stairs falling on him, or a more direct message of plausibly deniable assassination?

    I think plane is the most probable. Blame it on Ukraine and send a reminder message about Prigozhin at the same time. Assad has less than a year left IMO.