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Syrian president seeking asylum deal?

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    Conor Powell reports from Jerusalem

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-- let's go overseas now as the world community warns the Syrian president.

Against using chemical weapons on his own people the options may be running out for Bashar aside at the UN saying that there may be nowhere for him to run at this point.

-- -- is live in Jerusalem.

So is aside is there a chance that he may quietly seek asylum.

-- Well just a few months ago Martha president Asad said in a television interview he would never leave Syria nor would he ever seek asylum of that position it appears however is changing.

He is reportedly Seeking Asylum in Latin America possibly Cuba or Ecuador or Venezuela not on that list so those surprisingly is Iran or Russia.

He's two biggest military backers.

Now it is not clear whether these are just rumors are actual reports we are hearing this from second -- coming out of Damascus.

But there is some evidence that the -- regime does feel like it's back up is against the wall.

And that it could be crumbling -- this taken with the reports of the chemical weapons being prepared.

And the reports of Seeking Asylum overseas it really does feel like the -- regime.

Is looking at its options -- getting out.

Yeah -- feels like there is a rumbling and that things may be shifting in this whole situation.

How much progress -- the rebels making in terms of trying to take back some of those areas that they lost.

Well we're hearing from both.

US and international intelligence officials and from opposition groups in Syria that rebels are making progress the international airport outside Damascus is still closed.

And we're hearing more more from -- -- groups it says that -- rebels.

Have recently taken over several key military bases in Syria away from the Syrian military and that when the Syrian military does try to launch a counterattack.

They are repelled by rebels Martha I can't thank you and that's kind of -- injuries -- there was account.

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