Basharal-Assad himself fled Damascus on December 8, and was granted asylum in Russia where his wife and family were already waiting for him in Moscow, according to three former close aides and ...
The collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria following a lightning rebel offensive in November has shaken Assad-ally Russia’s near-decade of influence in the country. It has also had one other ...
Assad, who ruled Syria for over two decades, was the victim of an attempted poisoning in Moscow. Social media account General SVR, reportedly run by an ex-top Russian spy, claimed that Assad had ...