Senior Emirati diplomat declines to answer if Assad was heading to UAE

Senior Emirati diplomat Anwar Gargash dismisses a question directly asking him if ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was going to the United Arab Emirates, saying it was a “footnote in history,” without answering.

There has been speculation Assad could flee to the UAE, where his extended family is known to own properties in Dubai. Flight-tracking data showed private jets moving yesterday between Damascus, Syria and the UAE.

Gargash is speaking at the International Institute of Strategic Studies’ Manama Dialogue in Bahrain.

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