“Statement by Bashar al-Assad: I was in Damascus until the evening before the fall of the government.”

"The official website of the Syrian Presidency has released a new statement about Bashar al-Assad’s departure from Syria and stated: Assad was in Damascus until the early hours of December 7 and had not left the country until the evening of that day.

Assad explained in the statement that during the developments in Syria, he had not even once thought about the possibility of resignation or fleeing the country."