Syria PM says unaware of Assad’s whereabouts after regime collapse

A billboard bearing a picture of Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad and a national flag are torn by anti-government fighters in the northern city of Aleppo on 30 November 2024 [OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images]

Syrian Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali said Sunday that he was unaware of the whereabouts of President Bashar al-Assad, Anadolu news agency reported.

“I have no information about his whereabouts,” he told Al-Arabiya channel.

He said his last contact with Assad occurred on Saturday to discuss a service issue.

“Since then, I have no information about the ousted Syrian president or his defence minister,” he added.

Assad fled Syria to an unknown location after anti-regime groups took control of the capital Damascus early Sunday, marking the collapse of the Baath Party regime, which had been in power in Syria since 1963.

It came almost a week after anti-regime groups seized control of Aleppo, a major city in northern Syria.

Foreign media said that Assad may have fled Syria to Russia or a neighbouring Middle Eastern state.

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