Post shared on facebook Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad claims to be returning to Russia's ophthalmology department.
Verdict: Misleading
There is no evidence that President Assad will return to Russian ophthalmology.
Fact check:
After receiving a letter from Tice's mother, Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly promised to ask Assad's help in the search for missing journalist Austin Tice. fox news. The newspaper said President Assad has been in exile in Russia since his government was overthrown in a lightning attack by rebels.
Social media users claim Assad plans to return to medicine and set up an eye clinic in Russia. one user wrote: After President Assad was ousted as Syria's president, he returned to ophthalmology and plans to open an eye clinic in Russia.
There is no evidence for this claim. If he was trying to re-establish his path to becoming a doctor, the media would have covered it, but no one covered it. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said: NBC News, “I have no idea what's going on with him right now.”
According to Oregon Public Radio, Assad issued a statement on his Telegram channel insisting that he has no intention of stepping down and continuing the fighting.
“At no time during these events did I consider resigning or evacuating, nor was any such suggestion made to me by any individual or political party, as it was the only course of action. to continue to fight the onslaught of terrorists,” the statement reads in part.
There is no mention in the statement that he intended to return to ophthalmology. President Assad was training to become an ophthalmologist in London before returning to Syria as his father's heir apparent after his brother died in a car accident, the report said. USA Today.
