Fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria: he would be “safe” there, a senior Russian official says the Syrian president has found refuge in Russia

Since the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rumors of his potential flight to Russia have flooded Russia. This was confirmed by one of the highest Russian officials in an interview given to the American channel NBC this Tuesday, December 10, reported AFP.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Russia, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister confirmed in an interview with NBC broadcast on Tuesday, December 10. “President Assad is in Russia”Sergei Ryabkov declared to the American channel, specifying that the overthrown leader was “safe”.

This announcement comes after the appointment of Mohamed al-Bashir as transitional Prime Minister in Syria until March 1. He was until now president of the “Syrian Salvation Government”, the executive proclaimed in Idlib by the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al Cham (HTC), which led the coalition of rebels that brought about the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. .