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Assad is in Moscow after fleeing Syria and will be given asylum, Russian state media report.
Russia was a key ally of Assad’s regime – the former president and his family will now reportedly get asylum there
Assad fled when rebel group HTS swept into the capital this weekend – earlier, rebel leader Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani addressed cheering crowds in a Damascus mosque.
The Assad family ruled Syria for more than 50 years with an iron fist and now that has come to an end.
Bashar al-Assad became president after the death in 2000 of his father Hafez, who had ruled for almost three decades. END