Syria's Bashar al-Assad said on Monday he was evacuated to Russia from the Hmeimim base in Syria on the evening of December 8 as it came under drone attacks after leaving Damascus that morning with opposition fighters closing in.
The comment, in a statement that was published on the Syrian presidency's Telegram channel and dated December 16 from Moscow.
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