Assad Flees Syria, Trump Issues Statement

Assad Flees Syria, Trump Issues Statement

President Bashar al-Assad has fled Syria and kept his cabinet in the dark about his plan to leave the country early Sunday local time, according to Syrian officials.

 

And the country is poised to have new leadership.

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According to the Wall St. Journal, “The main rebel group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, is an offshoot of the Nusra Front, a onetime affiliate of al Qaeda, and is funded by Turkey. In recent years, the group has run a statelet of its own in Syria’s northern Idlib province. Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, the leader of the group, has turned it into a disciplined fighting force, with an ideology that blends Islamism and nationalism.”

 

President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday morning, posting at 2 AM:

Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer. There was no reason for Russia to be there in the first place. They lost all interest in Syria because of Ukraine, where close to 600,000 Russian soldiers lay wounded or dead, in a war that should never have started, and could go on forever. Russia and Iran are in a weakened state right now, one because of Ukraine and a bad economy, the other because of Israel and its fighting success. Likewise, Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness. They have ridiculously lost 400,000 soldiers, and many more civilians. There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin. Too many lives are being so needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed, and if it keeps going, it can turn into something much bigger, and far worse. I know Vladimir well. This is his time to act. China can help. The World is waiting!