Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Russia's military evacuated him from their base in western Syria after it came under attack.

Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad says he had planned to keep fighting but the Russians evacuated him, in his first public statement since fleeing to Moscow over a week ago. In a post published from his Telegraph profile,

Ousted Syrian President 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