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Assad and family arrive in Moscow after Russia grants them asylum, Russian media reports
In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, casts his vote as Syrian first lady Asma Assad, right, stands next to him at a polling station, in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Moscow and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies report, citing a Kremlin source.
The Interfax news agency quotes the unnamed source as saying: “President Assad of Syria has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (him and his family) asylum on humanitarian grounds.”
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