Assad called on to leave Syria: Politics: World: Lenta.ru

Government representatives Egypt And Jordan appealed to the president Syria Bashar al-Assad with a call to urgently leave the country. About this with reference to sources reports The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

It is alleged that representatives of the two countries also advised Assad to create a government in exile. According to the newspaper, Assad still remains in Syria, but his family left for Russia last week.

Before this, the Syrian president asked Egypt, Jordan and a number of other states to help with weapons and intelligence information, but he was refused. Türkiye also did not respond to Assad’s request and did not intervene in the fighting in order to stop the advance of the rebels.

Formerly the leader of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham group (HTSh, banned in Russia) Abu Muhammad al-Julani admittedthat the goal of the offensive is to overthrow Bashar al-Assad. According to the leader of the group, they intend to use all available means to achieve this goal.