Russia Says Syria's Assad Has Left Country and Gave Orders for Peaceful Power Handover

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: US News and World Report/Reuters

Dec. 8, 2024, at 6:49 a.m.


MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had left office and departed the country after giving orders there be a peaceful handover of power. In a statement, the ministry did not say where Assad was now and said Russia has not taken part in the talks around his departure.

"As a result of negotiations between B. Assad and a number of participants in the armed conflict on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, he decided to resign from the presidency and left the country, giving instructions for a peaceful transfer of power.

"Russia did not participate in these negotiations," the ministry said. Moscow was extremely worried by events in Syria and urged all sides to refrain from violence, it said.

"We urge all parties involved to refrain from the use of violence and to resolve all issues of governance through political means," the statement said.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-08/russia-says-syrias-assad-has-left-country-and-given-orders-for-peaceful-power-handover

[Irish_Dem]

1. "Russia urged all sides to refrain from violence."

"Urged that issues of governance be resolved through political means."

Like Putin did in Ukraine and the US?

Invaded and slaughters the Ukrainian people and interfered in the US elections.
Installed his fascist puppet into the White House.

[Prairie Gates]

10. Russia decided to stop firebombing Syrian civilian neighborhoods?

Wow, the therapy must be kicking in.

It's difficult to understate the role of Russia in destabilizing the region and (as a result) Europe through their "Great Game" hijinks in Syria.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Putin is hell bent on destabilizing as much of the world as possible.

Creating chaos, pain, suffering.

He can more easily install his puppets into high office.

And the refugees created by his wars are sent to the US and Europe.
His puppets run for office on this issue and are elected.

And he makes more money on his drug and sex trafficking when countries are in chaos.

[2naSalit]

2. "...giving instructions for a peaceful transfer of power. "

Sure he did.

[Lovie777]

3. And lies continue....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. His last words? Conveyed to us by ex-(never ex)-KGB mafia don Putin? . . . nt

[Callie1979]

5. If true, what will become of the russian port & airfield on the coast?

Have the Russians abandoned them?

[Meadowoak]

6. Russia cannot, and never will be trusted. never, never, never.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. Russia "gave orders"?

Who do they think Syria is? Belarus?

Oh, well, I'm sure all parties in Syria will follow Russia's orders, as long as the money and weapons flow.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. It wasn't "Russia's orders"

it was supposedly Assad's. There will be an interesting realignment to come in there.

[paleotn]

8. Catastrophic for Assad and Russia.

Russia will have no physical presence in the ME anymore. I doubt any of the opposition groups will want much to do with a foreign power who's been bombing the shit out of them for a decade. Didn't end quite the way Putin had planned. Wonder if he's getting use to that since it happens so often.

[Strelnikov_]

19. Yep. Next few days we will see how the coast plays out

Could be some serious battles. Or, the Russkies buy some time with well placed cash.

As you note, though, the Russians have probably made a lot of enemies.

[Prairie Gates]

9. Let Trump deal with it

Prepare a dossier for Rubio, plop it on his desk, and be the fuck out.

[cadoman]

11. good fucking riddance to one of the world's worst dictators

[Montauk6]

13. Whaaat?? Bashy's missing????!!!!

I mean,.... uhhhh... have they checked the nominated Intelligence Secretary's basement or attic?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

15. Twenty years ago Putin said...

..."There is no such thing as a former KGB man."

[Sneederbunk]

16. Where did he go?

Moscow, Tehran or Tulsi Gabbard's house?

[CaptainTruth]

17. Clash Report says TASS reported he's in Moscow.

"Assad and his family members arrived in Moscow; Russia provided them with asylum, Russian state media TASS reported."

So it appears he wasn't on the Il-76T (callsign RB9218) that was apparently shot down last night while leaving Syria. The plane is mainly used by the Syrian air force so there was a lot of speculation that he might have been on it. It certainly doesn't look like it made a normal landing:

[Strelnikov_]

18. Trump would tell his followers to burn it all down

Then again, we really don’t know what Assad would have ‘said’ if he didn’t have the equivalent of a Russian pistol to his head.