However, according to a social media account, named General SVR, run by a former spy in Russia, Assad fell ill on Sunday. He sought medical help and then began to “cough violently and choke”.
“There is every reason to believe an assassination attempt was made,” the account claimed.
Assad was reportedly treated in his apartment, and his condition was said to have stabilized by Monday. Tests conducted on him showed he had poison in his system. There has been no official confirmation from Syria or from Moscow.
A lightning rebel offensive early in December caught Syria’s former ruler Assad’s clan off guard.
President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, when a rebel alliance led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took Damascus, announcing Assad’s overthrow after an 11-day offensive.
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