'Wanted to keep fighting', says Syria's Assad in 1st statement after ouster

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Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack.

Assad said that after the Russian base came under attack by drones, the Russians decided to move him on the night of Dec 8 to Russia.

Assad said in a statement on his Facebook page that he left Damascus on the morning of Dec 8, hours after insurgents stormed the capital.