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Al-Assad Didn’t Plan to Flee Syria, Statement Says

Syria's ousted leader Bashar Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russians evacuated him

Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a statement Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital Damascus a week ago, but the Russian military evacuated him from their base in western Syria after it came under attack.

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The New York Times · 4h

Live Updates: Al-Assad Didn’t Plan to Flee Syria, Statement Says

Bashar al-Assad appeared to give his first account of leaving for Russia as rebels seized Syria, claiming he wanted to stay and fight, in a statement posted to social media and reported by Russian state outlets.

NBC News on MSN · 4h

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad issues first statement since leaving Syria

Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad planned to keep fighting rebel forces in the country before Russia evacuated him out of the country, according to a statement attributed to him and released on Monday.

Israel strikes targets in Syria

The New York Times · 1h

Israel Carries Out Heavy Strikes on Syria’s Coast, Monitor Says

Overnight strikes targeted former army positions, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor. Israel has said it aims to keep military equipment away from extremists.

CBS News on MSN · 3h

Huge Israeli strikes methodically destroy Syria's military infrastructure

Weapons of war accumulated by the toppled Assad regime over half of a century are being systemically obliterated by massive Israeli airstrikes.

Yahoo · 3h

Israel continues striking Syrian targets after fall of Assad regime

The Israeli military is continuing its barrage on Syrian military targets after the country's longtime dictator was ousted. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on weapons stockpiles, to keep them out of the hands of extremists,

Israel plans to expand Golan settlements

Euronews (English) on MSN · 11h

Israel plans to expand into Golan Heights in a 'new front' in Syria

Israel's "demographic development" plan to increase settler numbers only applies to the area of the Golan Heights that Israel seized during the Six Day War in 1967 and later annexed in 1981 and not to territory taken since al-Assad's ouster.

Reuters · 21h

Israel plans to double population on occupied Golan, citing threats from Syria

Israel captured most of the plateau from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, annexing it in 1981. Syria demands Israel withdraw but Israel refuses. Various peace efforts have failed.

BBC · 1d

Israel plans to expand Golan settlements after fall of Assad

Israel says the move is necessary following the takeover of neighbouring Syria by an Islamist-led rebel alliance.

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Israeli strikes destroy Syria's weapons of war as ousted Assad laments country's fall into "hands of terrorism"

Weapons of war accumulated by the toppled Assad regime over half of a century are being systemically obliterated by massive Israeli airstrikes.

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Why Israel captured Syria’s tallest mountain just hours after Assad fell

Assad’s fall to bomb all the Syrian military assets it wanted to keep out of the rebels’ hands – striking nearly 500 targets, ...

Assad gives account of last hours before leaving Syria

Syria's Bashar al-Assad issued his first statement since being toppled from power, saying he was evacuated to Russia from the ...

Syria live updates: US embassy says situation 'volatile,' urges citizens to leave

Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a ...

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Photos show how Israeli airstrikes wiped out remnants of Assad's military in Syria

Israel destroyed Syrian military aircraft, warships, and weapons facilities to stop rebel groups from using them after the ...

Syria latest: Assad prisons searched; Israel hits suspected chemical weapons sites

Follow NBC News' live coverage as Syria celebrates toppling Bashar al-Assad's regime. Russia, Iran and the U.S. react and ...

Middle East Eye2h

Iranian establishment split on Syria as fall of Assad leaves Tehran turning

As Bashar al-Assad 's rule collapsed in Syria , Iranian authorities watched in surprise and shock as the rebels advanced ...

The Times of Israel1d

A week after Assad’s fall, Syria still coming to terms with his brutal legacy

Residents and rebel leaders aim for return to normalcy; pubs and bars reopening, reportedly with blessing of Islamist regime ...

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