Syrian dictator Bashar Assad fled the country on Saturday when rebels reached the border capital of Damascushas arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum by the Russian government, according to Russian news agency TASS.
Speculation about where Assad might land has been rife since the longtime dictator fled the country with allies including Iran and Russia are at the top of the list.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit Hmeymim air base in Latakia province, Syria, December 11, 2017. (RUSSIA FLIGHTS/ Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/ via REUTERS/File Photo)
Assad was forced to flee the country after a coalition of largely radical Islamist groups led a massive offensive across Syria, culminating in the capture of the country’s capital and the fall of the Assad regime, which his family ruled over for more than fifty years. had seen Syria rule.
The offensive was the latest development in a bloody civil war that has ravaged Syria for almost fourteen years, a war that also led to the rise of the terrorist organization Islamic State, which for years carried out interventions by countries such as the United States, Russia, Iran and Iran. Turkey.
Rebels in northwest Syria seized regime military vehicles along the route to Kweris Airport in Aleppo’s eastern countryside on December 2, 2024. (Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via APRami Alsayed/NurPhoto via AP)
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Assad has been a long-time ally of the country Russian President Vladimir Putinwho had devoted military resources to the defense of the Assad regime and its government forces for more than a decade.
Assad is now arriving in Russia with his family, according to a report by Interfax news agency, citing a Kremlin source.
Fighters enter the Rashidin district on the outskirts of Aleppo on their motorcycles, with smoke in the background during fighting on November 29, 2024, as jihadists from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions continue their offensive in Aleppo province against government forces continue . (Photo by BAKR ALKASEM/AFP via Getty Images)
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“President Assad of Syria has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (him and his family) asylum on humanitarian grounds,” the source told the newspaper.
