Syrian President Bashar Assad’s destiny is at the moment unknown, US officers informed CNN.
The officers cautioned that there was no formal evaluation of Assad’s standing and that his loss of life has not been dominated out.
“The rising consensus is that’s an more and more believable situation,” one senior US official stated to CNN.
The Syrian authorities has denied studies that Assad is just not in Damascus, Syrian state information company SANA reported.
Axios reported on Saturday evening that three Israeli protection officers stated that Assad was nonetheless in Damascus.
Conflicting studies
Bloomberg reported that Assad’s whereabouts have been unknown, however listed a number of potentialities of the place he might be.
Assad might be in Damascus, as Syrian officers have said. He reportedly additionally might be in his hometown of Al-Qardaha, which is near a Russian base, or in Tehran, a US coverage supply conversant in the matter informed Bloomberg.
Officials informed CNN that they imagine the Assad regime will lose energy over the weekend.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated that the present preventing in Syria is “a sophisticated state of affairs. It’s one we’re monitoring intently, and we’re staying in shut contact with regional companions about it.”
CNN additional reported that there was little proof that Syria’s allies, Russia and Iran, would step in to assist Assad.
Russian warfare bloggers have reported that Russian navy workers have fled bases within the area. Tehran started evacuating its Quds Force personnel and diplomatic workers as early as Friday.
