The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that President Bashar Al-Assad left the presidential post and Syria after negotiations with participants in the Syrian conflict, giving instructions to transfer power peacefully.

In a post on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday, the ministry said it has been following the “dramatic events” in Syria “with extreme concern.”

It added that Moscow had not directly participated in these talks.

Russia also called on all parties involved in the conflict to abstain from violence and resolve their issues through political means.

Regarding Russia’s military bases in Syria, the Foreign Ministry said that there was no security threat to the bases at this moment, clarifying however that they are in a mode of increased combat readiness.

Syria’s armed opposition entered the capital, Damascus, early on Sunday as Prime Minister Mohamed Ghazi Al-Jalali voiced readiness to cooperate with any leadership that is chosen by the Syrian people.

Al Manar report

When Ansar Allah took over Sana’a in 2014 and ousted the by-then transitional government of Hadi in February 2015, he rushed to the US/UK-backed Saudis and started one of the most grave genocides in modern history against the people of Yemen.

At no point has Hadi ever harboured a benevolent or peaceful thought for the Yemeni.

On the contrary, during an interview, Hadi once stated that he has ‘no regrets’ over Saudi-led strikes – Video June 2018.

This is the fabric that differs a president from a traitor.

HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani called on militants to leave state institutions unharmed.

“To all military forces in the city of Damascus, it is strictly forbidden to approach public institutions, which will remain under the supervision of the former Prime Minister until they are officially handed over, and it is also forbidden to fire bullets into the air,” he said in a statement released on Telegram.

Al Masirah report