BASHAR al-Assad cowardly instructed his workplace he was going dwelling earlier than fleeing to the airport to be smuggled in another country.

The tyrant did not even inform a few of his closest household with certainly one of his cousins shot lifeless by rebels in an ambush making an attempt to flee Damascus.

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Assad instructed nearly nobody amongst his closest employees or advisers that he was planning to flee the nation, Reuters stories.

He continued to behave like he would keep and combat – even assembly with military chiefs hours earlier than he escaped telling them to maintain preventing and that Russia was coming to assist.

Assad instructed his employees on the finish of Saturday when he completed work that he was going dwelling.

He even instructed his media adviser to return to his dwelling and write a speech.

However, when she obtained there, she did not discover the tyrant who had as an alternative fled to the airport.

Nadim Houri, government director of the Arab Reform Initiative regional think-tank, instructed the outlet: “He let his supporters face their very own destiny.”

They mentioned: “Assad did not even make a final stand. He did not even rally his personal troops.”

Assad additionally did not inform some in his household like his youthful brother Maher who escaped by flying a helicopter to Iraq after which Russia.

Assad’s maternal cousins, Ehab and Eyad Makhlouf, had been additionally left at the hours of darkness Damascus fell to the rebels.

The pair tried to flee in a automobile, however rebels ambushed them and shot lifeless Ehab and wounded Eyad.

His spouse, kids, and in-laws had gone earlier to Russia, apparently conscious of the plan to flee the nation.

Assad was then flown out of Syria on a aircraft which had its transponder switched off to keep away from any form of monitoring, Bloomberg reported.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin personally granted political asylum to Assad on Sunday simply hours earlier than rebels took the presidential palace.

Russian authorities brokers are mentioned to have persuaded Assad to flee instantly as rebels continued to realize key cities throughout Syria as they believed he was set to lose the combat.

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Reuters stories that Qatar and Turkey made preparations with the rebels to assist Assad’s exit.

Moscow additionally helped get their navy aircraft carrying Assad from a Russian airbase by different states’ airspace.

The Syrian Prime Minister wasn’t even conscious of the escape plan.

Mohammed Jalali, mentioned he spoke to Assad on the telephone on Saturday evening at 10.30pm.

He instructed Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV this week: “In our final name, I instructed him how troublesome the state of affairs was and that there was big displacement (of individuals) from Homs towards Latakia … that there was panic and horror within the streets.

He replied: ‘Tomorrow, we’ll see… Tomorrow, tomorrow’, was the very last thing he instructed me.”

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Jalali additionally tried to talk to name Assad on Sunday however there was no response.

Assad additionally utilized for asylum within the UAE, however the Emiratis turned him down as they nervous about blowback from the US.

When rebels arrived on the presidential palace they discovered meals on the range and treasured objects behind like household photograph albums.

The Syrian dictator and his household might now be dwelling in one of many 20 Moscow flats his prolonged household owns, trying to keep their luxurious way of life regardless of being in exile.

Bought within the prestigious Moscow Metropolis district, the flats are mentioned to be price greater than £30 million in recent times, displaying simply how secure the Assads are of their pal Putin’s nation.

The Assad Dynasty

THE Assad dynasty in Syria started with Hafez al-Assad – who seized energy in 1971 by a navy coup and established an authoritarian regime.

His rule centered on centralised authorities management, navy energy, suppression of dissent, aligning Syria carefully with the Soviet Union, and an anti-Israel stance.

He established a cult of character and corruption flourished as loyalty to Hafez turned a very powerful worth.

Bashar was not the primary option to succeed his father, along with his elder son Bassel groomed to take over the function.

Bashar was working as an ophthalmologist at Western Eye Hospital in London when Bassel died in a automobile crash in 1994.

Immediately, Bashar turned the inheritor obvious and was referred to as again to Damascus to be groomed for management.

He spent six and a half years studying the ropes from his father and dealing within the navy.

Hafez died from a coronary heart assault in 2000 and, with the loyalty of his celebration, transferred energy to Bashar establishing the primary Arab dynastic republic.

Initially, there have been hopes for liberal reforms below Bashar, however hopes pale as he as an alternative continued his father’s repressive insurance policies.

When protesters rose up in 2011, Assad brutally sought to crush them with harsh violence.

However, he misplaced the assist of lots of his individuals and introduced in regards to the Syrian Civil Struggle.

In 2013, the merciless dictator even used chemical weapons on insurgent areas as he did something to remain in energy.

The civil struggle dragged on killing a whole lot of hundreds, destroying cities, and opening the way in which for ISIS to flourish.

Finally, Assad gained the higher hand after Iran despatched in Hezbollah crack forces and Russia despatched in jets to bomb rebels and mercenary group Wagner to combat them.

It appeared that Assad was on the point of profitable the struggle earlier this yr with the rebels confined to an space within the northwest of the nation.

Assad selected to not negotiate with the rebels and as an alternative sought to defeat them utterly.

However the rebels launched a shock offensive on November 27 and swept apart Assad’s corrupt and disloyal military.

After seizing Damascus in a swift and decisive offensive, insurgent forces declared victory and introduced that the town was “freed from Assad.”

The dictator fled Syria in complete humiliation – having to problem an announcement by the Russians he had resigned the presidency and left the nation.

Bashar has now been given refuge in Moscow and is presently below Russian safety.

The collapse of the 54-year-old Assad dynasty ignited celebrations throughout Syria.

Within the capital, hundreds poured into the streets, waving insurgent flags and lighting flares.

Statues of Assad and his late father, Hafez, had been toppled in symbolic acts of defiance.

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