Bashar al-Assad

Deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family reached Moscow, Russia granted political asylum.

Russian sources and British media have said that former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family are in Russia. The Russian news agency has reported with reference to the Kremlin that Russia has granted political asylum to Bashar al-Assad and his family.

The rebels closed the airport after the takeover, leaving 250 Pakistani pilgrims stranded in Syria

Earlier, conflicting news about Bashar al-Assad’s death in a plane crash was coming out. According to foreign media reports, Bashar al-Assad left for an unknown location in a plane before the rebels entered Damascus, the capital of Syria.

The American newspaper New York Times reported with reference to unconfirmed reports that Bashar al-Assad escaped from Damascus by IL-76 (YK-ATA) in the early morning of December 8, but nothing was known about his location.

Bashar al-Assad was last contacted yesterday evening, I don’t know where he went? Syrian Prime Minister

According to Bashar al-Assad’s plane radar data, Bashar al-Assad’s plane was seen continuously descending from an altitude of 8725 feet, however, all the news about his plane crash proved to be rumors and Bashar al-Assad along with his family reached Russia.