Al Assad in Moscow, Granted Asylum With Family

Former President of Syria Bashar Al Assad is now a Moscow resident and ends much speculation to his whereabouts.

⚡️BREAKING:

Syria’s former president Bashar Al-Assad has landed in Moscow with his family. He has been granted asylum by Russia, TASS reports. pic.twitter.com/By4e5YGsb3

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After at least 10 hours of media rumors, Sunday, a Kremlin source confirmed to TASS, the state-owned news agency that Al Assad has arrived in Russia with his family and has been granted political asylum.

🚨BREAKING: Deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad and family are in Moscow, Russia – they’ve been granted asylum – TASS, citing Kremlin sources

(It appears that the Homs plane crash story may have been a red herring/smokescreen to facilitate their egress) pic.twitter.com/amoIzr9Akg

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The news confirmed on Sunday night is trending on the social media with photos and images of him and his family.  

🇸🇾🇷🇺‼️🚨 BREAKING: Assad and his family members arrived in Moscow, Russia granted them asylum, a source in the Kremlin told TASS.

"Assad and members of his family arrived in Moscow. Russia, based on humanitarian considerations, granted them asylum” pic.twitter.com/R3MQLyurdb

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The source said that “President Assad of Syria has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (him and his family) asylum on humanitarian grounds”.

The confirmation puts an end to the mystery of his whereabouts. News reports suggested earlier a plane took him early Sunday morning over Homs, took an eastern turn and disappeared off the radar screen.

It added fuel to the theory that it may have been shot by rebel groups who where taking over the country.