By : JD
Jordan Daily – Jordan’s Embassy in Washington has dismissed as “unfounded and false” a report by The Wall Street Journal claiming that Jordanian officials urged Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to leave Syria and establish a government in exile.
The article, written by Isabel Coles and titled “Syrian rebels’ lightning offensive zeroes in on major city,” alleged that officials from Egypt and Jordan had advised Assad to flee the war-torn country. The report emerged amid intensified fighting in Syria, where opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants are said to have captured key cities, including Aleppo and Hama.
In response, the Jordanian Embassy firmly denied the claims.
“The claim that Jordanian officials urged President Assad to leave Syria and form a government in exile is entirely unfounded and false,” the embassy said in a statement. “We regret that such a reputable news outlet would publish unverified and misleading information without proper fact-checking.
The embassy also noted that The Wall Street Journal had not contacted Jordanian officials to confirm the allegations, calling it a “serious breach of journalistic standards.” The statement urged the newspaper to issue an immediate correction.
