Assad is in Moscow and has been granted asylum, confirms Russian state media

https://news.sky.com/story/syrias-president-bashar-al-assad-is-in-moscow-and-has-been-granted-asylum-confirms-russian-state-media-13269955

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  2. [Sky UK](https://news.sky.com/story/syrias-president-bashar-al-assad-is-in-moscow-and-has-been-granted-asylum-confirms-russian-state-media-13269955) citing TASS:

    *[…] Mr Assad and members of his family arrived in the city on Sunday, a Kremlin source told the TASS news agency.*

    *The source said: “Assad and his family members have arrived in Moscow. Russia, for humanitarian reasons, has granted them asylum.”*

    *[…] As Mr Assad fled, footage on social media showed families gleefully ransacking presidential palaces in Damascus, with some taking selfies in the grand settings, as thousands celebrated in the streets.*
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    Cf. [AP News](https://apnews.com/article/syria-assad-sweida-daraa-homs-hts-qatar-816e538565d1ae47e016b5765b044d31):

    *[…] RIA also said Moscow had received guarantees from Syrian insurgents of the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic posts in Syria.*

    *Assad reportedly left Syria early Sunday, and Syrians have been pouring into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule.*

    *[…] Syria’s al-Watan newspaper, which was historically pro-government, wrote: “We are facing a new page for Syria. We thank God for not shedding more blood.” It added that media workers should not be blamed for publishing past government statements, saying it “only carried out the instructions.”*

  3. What use are these guys to Russia? Just a mouth piece to spread propaganda around the world to whoever is willing to listen to them?

  4. Does anyone feel the US would have preferred Assad to stay despite sanctions and rhetoric

  7. Amazed that Assad made it through both the Arab spring movement and this civil war. I was expecting something similar to Gaddafi.

  8. he will be chosen as new Mayor of sunny Magentogorsk or best russian vacation spot in Norilsk

  10. My money was on him going to Tehran; guess I was wrong.

  11. So will the official opposition take over and end the civil war or will the rebels take over?? I would rather the Syrian democratic forces.

  15. I guess if the price for Russia to keep their bases is delivering Assad on a silver plate, well…

  16. Stay away from tall windows, Assad…Putin’s not gonna like losing his Mediterranean port.

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