Bashar al-Assad's plane mysteriously disappeared!

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Bashar al-Assad's plane mysteriously disappeared!

In recent events in syria, rebel groups have reached the capital Damascus, after which reports of President Bashar al-Assad leaving the country have surdata-faced. However, there is no clear information about his location and condition. It was also claimed on social media that the plane in which Assad left Damascus crashed or was targeted and shot down. There has been no official confirmation of these rumors yet.

According to The Warzone report, the rebellion that has been going on in syria for 12 days forced President Bashar al-Assad to leave the capital Damascus. Assad fled in the Syrian air Force's IL-76 plane, but the plane's safe arrival has not been confirmed. It is claimed that the plane either crashed or was deliberately shot down. Some people have also expressed the possibility of a technical fault in the plane.

The plane was going to Russia!

It is being said that Bashar al-Assad had left for Russia, but his plane met with an alleged accident. According to Egyptian journalist Khaled Mahmoud, the sudden drop in the altitude of the IL-76 aircraft indicates that it may have been "targeted". There are reports of the plane falling near lebanon after disappearing from the radar. However, these claims have not been confirmed.

Different claims are being made on social media

Different claims are being made after Assad's disappearance, it is being said on social media that his plane was shot down as he was trying to flee the country. Speculations intensified when open-source flight trackers revealed that the last plane to leave Damascus was an Ilyushin-76 aircraft with flight number Syrian air 9218, which is believed to be the plane Assad was traveling in.

It is being said that a plane took off shortly before the rebel fighters took over Damascus airport. According to flight data, the plane flew east before turning north. However, its signal disappeared shortly after circling over Homs.

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