Following the claims that "Assad has fled," a new statement has come from the Syrian media: Bashar Assad has gone to Tehran.

06.12.2024 21:40

It is claimed that Bashar al-Assad has left the country following the opposition groups' approach to the gates of Damascus. Journalist Ghassan Ibrahim alleged that ministers and the prime minister also left Syria along with Assad. International media outlets reported that Russia has informed the regime that it has suspended its plans to rescue Assad, and that Assad, having lost Russia's support, has gone to Tehran with his family. Following these claims, Syrian media announced that Assad had gone to Tehran.

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Conflicts that began on November 27 between armed opposition groups against the regime and regime forces in Syria have been ongoing for days. The opposition groups, which have changed the map of Syria in just a few days by advancing step by step, have captured Homs, which is considered the last stronghold before the capital Damascus, after Aleppo, Idlib, and Tel Rifat. Armed groups opposing the regime, advancing in the strategically important Homs province, which opens to the capital Damascus, have reached the inner parts of the city center.

'ASSAD FLED SYRIA' CLAIM

After the opposition groups have nearly reached the gates of Damascus, the whole world began to discuss the claim made by Ghassan Ibrahim from Global Arab Net. Ibrahim announced that Assad had left the country with his family. On the other hand, international media outlets reported that Assad made this decision after losing Russian support and went to Tehran with his family. Following these claims, Syrian media announced that Bashar Assad had gone to Tehran.

OPPOSITION FORCES ADVANCING STEP BY STEP

In Syria, armed opposition groups are advancing against the regime in the Tedmur district of Homs. According to local sources, the armed opposition group, the Syrian Free Army, which is present in the Tanf region of Syria, located in the Iraq-Syria-Jordan triangle with U.S. support, has made progress against regime forces in the eastern rural areas of Homs. The opposition group is currently clashing with regime forces south of Tedmur. The U.S. is providing logistical support to the opposition group in the operation. The Syrian Free Army operates as a different structure from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), which was established after the popular movements in Syria and was last named the Syrian National Army.

ASSAD REGIME PREPARING TO RELOCATE FORCES TO DAMASCUS

According to information obtained by AA from local sources, regime forces controlling the provincial center and other rural areas in Deir ez-Zor are preparing to shift their forces to Damascus. The regime forces aim to maintain a presence in only one military area in the provincial center of Deir ez-Zor and have begun to gather in the Albu Kamal district on the Iraqi border by withdrawing from the Meyadin district with Iranian-backed groups. The regime is handing over the areas it has withdrawn from to PKK/YPG terrorists.

CLASHES BETWEEN OPPOSITION AND REGIME FORCES IN DERA

While clashes continue between the forces of Bashar Assad's regime and military opposition in Dera province in southern Syria, the opposition is trying to besiege the provincial center. Soldiers from the 8th Division established by the regime in Dera have formed the "Operations Room in the South" with opposition forces from Suwayda and Quneitra provinces. In a statement from the operations room, a message of unity and solidarity was given, emphasizing that the southern borders of the country would be secured and stability would be ensured. The statement called on the international community to respect the Syrian people's decision in building freedom, dignity, and a civil state, and demanded that regime soldiers desert the army. The statement noted that the goal is to advance towards Damascus.

OPPOSITION HAS GAINED CONTROL OF MANY SETTLEMENTS

According to information obtained from local sources, military opposition groups have been clashing with regime forces since the morning in the provincial center of Dera and surrounding districts. The opposition has captured Busra Harir, Jasem, Hirak, and Tafas districts, as well as Semlin, Sura, and Miseyfre towns, Gariyye Sharqiyye, Karak, Nahta, Jize, and Um Walad villages, and the Dera Beled neighborhood in the provincial center. Clashes continue at many points throughout the province. Opposition groups attacked regime checkpoints around the Noa district center in the western rural area of Dera in the morning. The Syrian regime also targeted the Noa district center with mortar fire. The regime army also carried out artillery attacks on the Jebiliye village in the western rural area.

CONTROL OF NASIB BORDER GATE HAS PASSED TO OPPOSITION

The opposition is trying to seize the Syria-Jordan border by clashing with regime forces. After the clashes, the Nasib Border Gate between Syria and Jordan came under the control of the opposition. The opposition groups captured the Mika 52nd Brigade, which is the second largest military brigade in Syria and has air defense system radars. The opposition, advancing throughout Dera, is trying to besiege the provincial center.

THE PROVINCE WHERE THE FUSE OF THE PEOPLE'S UPRISING WAS LIT: DERA

Dera was under the control of the opposition from 2012 to 2018. The Assad regime, which was strengthened again with the military intervention of Russia and Iranian-backed terrorist groups, launched a ground attack on the region in June 2018. The Assad regime declared that it had taken full control of Dera province in July 2018.

WHAT HAPPENED?

On November 27, clashes began between Assad regime forces and armed opposition groups in the western rural area of Aleppo province in northern Syria. On November 30, opposition groups took most of the center of Aleppo from regime forces and established control throughout Idlib on the same day. After intense clashes, the opposition groups captured the center of Hama from regime forces on December 5. The opposition groups began to advance by capturing some settlements in the strategically important Homs province, which opens to the capital Damascus. In the "Operation Dawn of Freedom" launched by the Syrian National Army against the terrorist organization PKK/YPG in the rural area of Aleppo on December 1, the district center of Tel Rifat was liberated from terrorism.