Syria's former President Bashar al Assad is in Moscow and has been granted asylum, confirms Russian state media

Syria’s former President Bashar al Assad is in Moscow and has been granted asylum, confirms Russian state media

MOSCOW: Russia’s state news agencies have reported that former Syrian President Bashar Al Assad is in Moscow and has received asylum.

Citing a source in the Kremlin, Assad and his family were granted asylum based on “humanitarian considerations”.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier that al-Assad had left Syria.