Tyrant Assad breaks silence after fleeing Syria & says Putin FORCED him into cowardly escape…saying ‘I wanted to fight’

BASHAR al-Assad has broken his silence and claims Vladimir Putin forced him into a cowardly escape from Syria – but he wanted to stay and fight.

The ousted leader has released a statement from Moscow saying he had to flee after the Russian base he was hiding in began to be bombed.

Bashar al-Assad says Vladimir Putin forced his escape from Syria on him APAn opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad[/caption]

Assad dished out...