President Donald Trump responded Sunday morning to news that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had fled Syria after rebels stormed the capital Damascus.
“Assad is gone,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “He has fled his country. His protectors, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, are no longer interested in protecting him. There was no reason for Russia to be there in the first place. They have completely lost interest in Syria. Because Ukraine, where nearly 600,000 Russian soldiers lie wounded or dead. In a war that should never have happened and may continue forever.”
“Russia and Iran are in a weak position right now. This is partly because of Ukraine and its bad economy. Another part is because of Israel and its success in fighting,” his post continued. “In the same way Zelensky and Ukraine also want to come to an agreement and stop the madness. They lost a ridiculous 400,000 soldiers. and many civilians There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin.”
Syrian dictator BASHAR ASSAD flees into exile as Islamic rebels take control of the country.
President Donald Trump responded Sunday morning to news that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had fled Syria. (Getty Images)
Trump added: “Too many lives are wasted unnecessarily. Too many families have been destroyed. And if it continues It could turn out to be something much bigger and worse. I know Vladimir very well. This is his time to act. China can help. The world is waiting!”
Assad, who has repeatedly used chemical weapons against his own people, and his British-born wife Asma al-Assad. Escaped with three children According to a report from Syrian television station Even though they didn’t know where they were headed.
A video statement from a group of men on Syrian state television said Assad had been toppled. and all the prisoners have been released.
“Assad is gone. He has fled his country,” Trump wrote. (Chris Unger/Suffa LLC)
The man who read the statement said that the Laboratory for the Conquest of Damascus was calling on opposition fighters and all citizens to preserve the state institutions of Damascus. “Free State of Syria”
“May the free state of Syria that belongs to every Syrian and every person prosper,” their sects and ethnic groups said, the statement said.
Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali said on Sunday morning that he did not know where Assad was.
Islamic rebels in Syria are holding Assad, Putin, Iran unprotected, giving us a new Middle East headache.
Photograph of President Bashar Syria’s al-Assad (left) and his late father and predecessor Hafez hang on the wall of a destroyed apartment in Bint Jbail, southern Lebanon, on August 17, 2006. (Patrick Baz/AFP via Getty Images)
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Many Syrians gathered in Damascus’ central square to celebrate Assad’s death.
Syria has been embroiled in a bloody civil war that has lasted nearly 14 years as Islamist rebels attempt to topple Assad. and end the Assad family’s 50-year rule over the Syrian Arab Republic.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
