Syria's ousted dictator Bashar Assad has said he never considered resigning and denies "planned" departure from Syria, in his first reaction since being toppled by anti-regime forces last week, Report informs via Daily Sabah.
In a statement on the Syrian regime's Telegram channel Monday, he claimed that he was evacuated to Russia from the Hmeimim base in Syria on the evening of December 8 as it came under drone attacks, after leaving Damascus that morning with opposition fighters closing in.