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Syrian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghazi al-Jalali said this Monday that Bashar al-Assad, received political asylum in Russia after the coalition overthrew rebel groups, “There was a scenario of the country going into anarchy.”

Al Jalali in an interview with a TV channel Sky News in Arabicbased in the United Arab Emirates, hinted at Assad fleeing without his government knowing his whereabouts, after a rebel alliance led by the Levant Liberation Organization (LLO) took control of Damascus.

He indicated that in his last communication with the ousted president, before HTS declared Damascus free, informed him that “the situation is no longer tolerable and he said: ‘We’ll see tomorrow'” and emphasized: “The matter has reached a dead end.”

He also condemned the fact that his government, appointed last September, He was not allowed direct contact with the ousted head of state, who ruled the country for more than two decades.

“The nature of the regime structure did not allow direct contact with Assad (…) he was only involved in making foreign policy decisions and did not discuss them with us,” he noted.

The rebel coalition, made up of various factions including Islamists and pro-Turkish ones, responded positively to Al Jalili’s demonstrated willingness yesterday to remain in office along with members of his executive branch until power is handed over to new leadership. countries to avoid the collapse of basic services.

In this context, he confirmed that “There is coordination of a meeting with the heads of military operations (HTS)and there is no objection to the search for Abu Mohamed al-Jolani,” the main leader of the Islamist alliance.

Rebels launched a large-scale offensive from northwestern Syria against Assad on November 27. managed to take control of the provincial capitals of Aleppo, Hama and Homs in just twelve days before Damascus was declared free yesterday, Sunday.

Deposed Syrian President appointed Al Jalali as prime minister on 14 September.and his government, consisting of 28 members, took the oath of office on the 24th of the same month.

(EFE)