Overthrown Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow after being granted asylum in Russia, Russian state media TASS reported on Sunday.
“Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow. Russia, for humanitarian reasons, has granted them asylum,” said a Kremlin source quoted in the report.
Assad's regime issued a statement saying it had "ordered the non-violent transfer of power." Ukrainian intelligence claimed that Assad's escape operation from Syria to Russia was meticulously planned and included a deception maneuver, during which the Syrian President's plane disappeared from radar, sparking speculation that it had crashed. (Read More)
