Cairo, Dec 21, 2024 (AFP) - How Assad's inner circle fled Syria after his fall

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A lightning rebel offensive early this month caught Syria's ruling clan off guard. President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, leaving behind many of his collaborators, some of whom sought refuge in neighbouring countries. According to two sources, the ousted president, who fled to Moscow via the Russian military airfield in Hmeimim on Syria's coast, was accompanied by only a handful of confidants. Among them were his closet ally, th......

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