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Rais Asad amevunja ukimya na kusema hajakimbia Syria na kuwatelekeza watu wake ila warusi ndiyo waliomuhamishia nchini kwao baada ya kambi yao ya kijeshi kushambuliwa vibaya na waasi
Isingalikuwa warusi kumuondoa nchini Syria kwa nguvu basi angeliendelea kupambana hadi mwisho
Kiongozi wa Syria aliyetimuliwa Bashar al-Assad Jumatatu alitoa matamshi yake ya kwanza hadharani tangu alipopinduliwa na waasi wiki iliyopita, akidai kuwa hakuwa mpango wa kuondoka nchini humo baada ya kuanguka kwa Damascus wiki moja iliyopita lakini jeshi la Urusi lilimhamisha baada ya kambi ya magharibi mwa Syria kushambuliwa.
Assad alisema katika taarifa yake, ambayo ilichapishwa kwenye mtandao wa Telegram unaosimamiwa na ofisi ya rais wa Syria, kwamba aliondoka Damascus asubuhi ya Desemba 8, saa chache baada ya waasi kuvamia mji mkuu.
Alisema kwamba aliondoka kwa uratibu na washirika wa Urusi hadi kambi ya anga ya Hmeimim katika mkoa wa pwani wa Latakia, ambapo alitaka kuendelea na mapigano, lakini baada ya kambi ya Urusi kushambuliwa na ndege zisizo na rubani usiku huo, Warusi waliamua kumpeleka Moscow.
"Sikuondoka nchini kama sehemu ya mpango kama ilivyoripotiwa hapo awali," Assad alisema"
Hakuna wakati wowote wakati wa hafla hizi nilifikiria kujiuzulu au kutafuta kimbilio wala pendekezo kama hilo halikutolewa na mtu yeyote au chama,” aliongeza katika toleo la Kiingereza la taarifa yake. "Njia pekee ya hatua ilikuwa kuendelea kupigana dhidi ya mashambulizi ya kigaidi."
Breaking silence, Assad denies abandoning Syria despite his flight from rebels
In first statement since overthrow by jihadists, former dictator claims ‘terrorist onslaught’ forced his departure, says he ‘never abandoned resistance in Palestine’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
16 Dec 2024, 5:39 pm
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Monday made his first public remarks since he was overthrown by rebels last week, claiming he’d had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after its base in western Syria came under attack.
Assad said in a statement, which was posted on a Telegram channel maintained by the Syrian presidency, that he left Damascus on the morning of December 8, hours after insurgents stormed the capital.
He said that he left in coordination with Russian allies to the Hmeimim air base in the coastal province of Latakia, where he wanted to keep fighting, but after the Russian base came under attack by drones that night, the Russians decided to move him to Moscow.
“I did not leave the country as part of a plan as it was reported earlier,” Assad said.
“At no point during these events did I consider stepping down or seeking refuge nor was such proposal made by any individual or party,” he added in an English version of his statement. “The only course of action was to continue fighting against the terrorist onslaught.”
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In the post, Assad boasted of remaining in Syria throughout the country’s decade-long civil war and claimed that he never “abandoned the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon.”
“I have never sought positions for personal gain,” he said, adding that he had “always considered myself the custodian of the national project, supported by the faith of the Syrian people,” and carried this out “to the very last moment.”
“When the state falls into the hands of terrorism and the ability to make a meaningful contribution is lost, any position becomes void of purpose,” the statement added.
“This does not, in any way, diminish my profound sense of belonging to Syria and her people,” he concluded. “It is a belonging filled with hope that Syria will once again be free and independent.”
Rais Asad amevunja ukimya na kusema hajakimbia Syria na kuwatelekeza watu wake ila warusi ndiyo waliomuhamishia nchini kwao baada ya kambi yao ya kijeshi kushambuliwa vibaya na waasi
Isingalikuwa warusi kumuondoa nchini Syria kwa nguvu basi angeliendelea kupambana hadi mwisho
Kiongozi wa Syria aliyetimuliwa Bashar al-Assad Jumatatu alitoa matamshi yake ya kwanza hadharani tangu alipopinduliwa na waasi wiki iliyopita, akidai kuwa hakuwa mpango wa kuondoka nchini humo baada ya kuanguka kwa Damascus wiki moja iliyopita lakini jeshi la Urusi lilimhamisha baada ya kambi ya magharibi mwa Syria kushambuliwa.
Assad alisema katika taarifa yake, ambayo ilichapishwa kwenye mtandao wa Telegram unaosimamiwa na ofisi ya rais wa Syria, kwamba aliondoka Damascus asubuhi ya Desemba 8, saa chache baada ya waasi kuvamia mji mkuu.
Alisema kwamba aliondoka kwa uratibu na washirika wa Urusi hadi kambi ya anga ya Hmeimim katika mkoa wa pwani wa Latakia, ambapo alitaka kuendelea na mapigano, lakini baada ya kambi ya Urusi kushambuliwa na ndege zisizo na rubani usiku huo, Warusi waliamua kumpeleka Moscow.
"Sikuondoka nchini kama sehemu ya mpango kama ilivyoripotiwa hapo awali," Assad alisema"
Hakuna wakati wowote wakati wa hafla hizi nilifikiria kujiuzulu au kutafuta kimbilio wala pendekezo kama hilo halikutolewa na mtu yeyote au chama,” aliongeza katika toleo la Kiingereza la taarifa yake. "Njia pekee ya hatua ilikuwa kuendelea kupigana dhidi ya mashambulizi ya kigaidi."
Breaking silence, Assad denies abandoning Syria despite his flight from rebels
In first statement since overthrow by jihadists, former dictator claims ‘terrorist onslaught’ forced his departure, says he ‘never abandoned resistance in Palestine’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
16 Dec 2024, 5:39 pm
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Monday made his first public remarks since he was overthrown by rebels last week, claiming he’d had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after its base in western Syria came under attack.
Assad said in a statement, which was posted on a Telegram channel maintained by the Syrian presidency, that he left Damascus on the morning of December 8, hours after insurgents stormed the capital.
He said that he left in coordination with Russian allies to the Hmeimim air base in the coastal province of Latakia, where he wanted to keep fighting, but after the Russian base came under attack by drones that night, the Russians decided to move him to Moscow.
“I did not leave the country as part of a plan as it was reported earlier,” Assad said.
“At no point during these events did I consider stepping down or seeking refuge nor was such proposal made by any individual or party,” he added in an English version of his statement. “The only course of action was to continue fighting against the terrorist onslaught.”
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In the post, Assad boasted of remaining in Syria throughout the country’s decade-long civil war and claimed that he never “abandoned the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon.”
“I have never sought positions for personal gain,” he said, adding that he had “always considered myself the custodian of the national project, supported by the faith of the Syrian people,” and carried this out “to the very last moment.”
“When the state falls into the hands of terrorism and the ability to make a meaningful contribution is lost, any position becomes void of purpose,” the statement added.
“This does not, in any way, diminish my profound sense of belonging to Syria and her people,” he concluded. “It is a belonging filled with hope that Syria will once again be free and independent.”
