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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/06/russia-assads-rescue-citizens-leave-syria/
The Kremlin Won't Come to Syrian Leader's Rescue
(Telegraph-UK) James Kilner - A source close to the Kremlin told Bloomberg News, "Russia doesn't have a plan to save Assad and doesn't see one emerging as long as the Syrian president's army continues to abandon its positions." The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Asma al-Assad, the Syrian president's British-born wife, fled with their three children to Russia last week. Assad's two brothers-in-law also left Syria and traveled to the UAE. Fighterbomber, a prominent aviation military blogging channel, has warned that the Kremlin will struggle to evacuate its main Khmeimim air base. "In the best case, it is possible to evacuate most of the personnel, documentation and ferry serviceable aircraft. All other property will remain at the bases....The Khmeimim airfield is not a multi-story industrial facility with basements, it is a field with easily-assembled houses on top, which will cease to function as soon as the enemy either approaches the range of artillery fire or the range of drones."