{"id":38205,"date":"2024-12-08T20:41:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T17:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=38205"},"modified":"2024-12-08T20:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T17:41:06","slug":"russia-assad-leaves-syria-and-orders-peaceful-transfer-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/08\/russia-assad-leaves-syria-and-orders-peaceful-transfer-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia: Assad Leaves Syria and Orders Peaceful Transfer of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement today (Sunday) that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stepped down and left the country after issuing orders for a peaceful transfer of power.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statement did not specify Assad&#8217;s current whereabouts. It added that Russia was not involved in the negotiations concerning his departure. The statement read: &#8220;As a result of negotiations between Bashar al-Assad and several participants in the armed conflict within the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic, he decided to resign from the presidency and leave the country, giving orders for a peaceful transfer of power&#8230; Russia was not part of those negotiations.&#8221; It also emphasized that Moscow is deeply concerned about the developments in Syria and urged all parties to refrain from violence, according to Reuters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We urge all involved parties to refrain from using violence and to resolve governance-related issues through political means,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;In this context, the Russian Federation is in communication with all factions of the Syrian opposition.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The statement further noted that Russian military bases in Syria have been placed on high alert but currently face no serious threats.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Ministry of Foreign Affairs concluded: &#8220;The Russian military bases on Syrian soil are on high alert. At present, their safety is not under any significant threat.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement today (Sunday) that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has stepped down and left the country after issuing orders for a peaceful transfer of power. The statement did not specify Assad&#8217;s current whereabouts. It added that Russia was not involved in the negotiations concerning his departure. The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38206,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38205\/revisions\/38206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}