Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, who fled the nation Saturday as rebels closed in on the capital of Damascus, has arrived in Moscow and has been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, in accordance with Russian News Agency TASS.
Speculation about the place Assad would possibly land has been widespread for the reason that longtime dictator fled the nation, with allies resembling Iran and Russia being on the prime of the record.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad go to the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017. (RUSSIA-FLIGHTS/ Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/ by way of REUTERS/File Photo)
Assad was compelled to flee the nation after a coalition of largely radical Islamist teams led a sweeping offensive throughout Syria, culminating within the seize of the nation’s capital metropolis and the autumn of Assad’s regime, which had seen his household rule Syria for over 50 years.
The offensive was the newest improvement in a bloody civil struggle that has ravaged Syria for nearly 14 years, a struggle that additionally led to the rise of the Islamic State terrorist group a yearlong interventions by nations such because the United States, Russia, Iran, and Turkey.
Rebels In Northwest Syria Seized Military Vehicles Belonging To The Regime Along The Route Toward Kweris Airport In The Eastern Countryside Of Aleppo On December 2, 2024. (Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto by way of APRami Alsayed/NurPhoto by way of AP)
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Assad has been a longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had for greater than a decade devoted army assets to the protection of Assad’s regime and its authorities forces.
Assad now arrives in Russia along with his household, in accordance with an Interfax information company report, citing a Kremlin supply.
Fighters enter the Rashidin district on the outskirts of Aleppo on their motorbikes with smoke billowing within the background throughout preventing on November 29, 2024, as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) jihadists and allied factions proceed their offensive within the Aleppo province in opposition to authorities forces. (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP by way of Getty Images)
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“President Assad of Syria has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (him and his household) asylum on humanitarian grounds,” the supply instructed the outlet.
