India evacuates 75 Nationals from Syria

India has evacuated 75 nationals from Syria where the rebel forces led by the Hayat Tahrir alSham wrested power ousting Bashar alAssads regimeAll Indian nationals have safely crossed over to Lebanon and will return by available commercial flights to India the Ministry of External Affairs said on WednesdayThe evacuees included 44 zaireen from Jammu and Kashmir who were stranded at Saida Zainab the MEA said in a statementThe evacuation coordinated by the embassies of India in Damascus and Beirut was put into effect following our assessment of the security situation and requests from Indian nationals in Syria The Indian government accords the highest priority to the safety and security of Indian nationals abroad the ministry addedFurther the ministry also advised the Indian nationals in Syria to remain in touch with the Indian Embassy in DamascusIndian nationals remaining in Syria are advised to stay in touch with the Indian Embassy in Damascus at their emergency helpline number 963 993385973 also on WhatsApp and email ID hocdamascusmeagovin for updates The Government will continue to monitor the situation closely the statement statedThe situation in Syria remains a focal point after Syrian rebels on Sunday entered Damascus forcing President Bashar alAssad to flee from the country ending his over twodecade rule in the countryRussia has granted asylum to Assad and his family TASS reported citing a Kremlin source The source confirmed that Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and Russia has granted asylum for them being driven by humanitarian considerationsEarlier on Sunday the rebels claimed to have captured Syrias thirdlargest city Homs to the north of the country The tyrant Bashar alAssad has fled the armed opposition said in a statementThe rebels even announced that they had entered the capital and taken control of the notorious Saydnaya Military Prison north of Damascus CNN reportedThe report further cited the Military Operations Commands post on Telegram which read We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar alAssad To the displaced all over the world a free Syria awaits youThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever