Rami Abdurrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told The Associated Press that Assad took a flight Sunday from Damascus.
State television in Iran, Assad’s main backer in the years of war in Syria, reported that Assad had left the capital.
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(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) A boy steps over pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his late father, Hafez Assad, right, Salamiyah, east of Hama, Syria, Saturday Dec. 7, 2024.
“Damn his soul and the soul of the entire Assad family,” said Ghazal al-Sharif, another reveler in central Damascus.
Syria’s state media denied social media rumors that Assad left the country, saying he was performing his duties in Damascus.
“Assad didn’t seize this opportunity to start engaging and restoring his relationship with his people,” he said. »