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President Bashar al-Assad has fled Syria, driven out by a spectacular offensive by Islamist rebels, after 24 years in power. The main ally of the fallen government, Russia, has announced that it has requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday. Frédéric Encel, a geopolitical scientist and Middle East specialist, answered Apolline de Malherbe's questions on Monday in Face-à-Face.