Manama: Anwar Gargash confronted a collection of direct questions over Syria, notably because the UAE lately had sought to rehabilitate Assad’s picture within the Arab world.
Requested if Assad was heading to the UAE, Gargash stated: “When folks ask the place is Bashar al-Assad going to, I say, you recognize, once you actually have a look at this, that is actually on the finish of the day a footnote in historical past. I am reminded a little bit bit by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918 when he went into an extended exile.” He added: “However I do not suppose once you have a look at that interval, that is actually crucial.” Gargash later refused to reply when repeatedly pressed by journalists on whether or not his reply was an acknowledgment that Assad was within the UAE.
There was hypothesis Assad may flee to the oil-rich, the place his prolonged household is understood to personal properties in Dubai. Flight-tracking information confirmed non-public jets shifting between Damascus, Syria, and the UAE on Saturday.
Gargash spoke Sunday on the Worldwide Institute of Strategic Research’ Manama Dialogue in Bahrain.
