Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who fled the country on Saturday as rebels closed in on the capital Damascus, arrived in Moscow and was granted asylum by the Russian government, Russia's TASS news agency reported.
Since long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country, speculation has been rife about where he might land, led by allies such as Iran and Russia.
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On December 11, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin (Republican) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Hmeimim Air Base in Syria's Latakia Governorate. (Russia-Flight/Sputnik/Mikhail Klimenchev/via Reuters/File Photo)
President Bashar al-Assad has led a coalition of mainly extremist Islamist groups to lead an all-out offensive across Syria, leading to the capture of the capital and the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, which his family has ruled Syria for more than 50 years. As a result, he was forced to flee the country.
The attack is the latest development in the bloody civil war that has ravaged Syria for almost 14 years, a war that has ended with a year-long intervention by the United States, Russia, Iran, Iran and other countries to control the Islamic State terrorist group. It also led to its rise. turkey.
On December 2, 2024, rebel forces in northwestern Syria seized a regime military vehicle along the route to Kweris Airport in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. (Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via APRami Alsayed/NurPhoto via AP)
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Assad is a longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has dedicated military resources to the defense of Assad's regime and government forces for more than a decade.
Assad has now arrived in Russia with his family, Interfax news agency reported, citing Kremlin officials.
Combatants enter Rashidin district on the outskirts of Aleppo on a motorbike amid heavy smoke during fighting, November 29, 2024. As Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadists and their allies continue their offensive against government forces in Aleppo province. (Photo credit: BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
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“Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (the president and his family) asylum on humanitarian grounds,” an official told the outlet.
