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Bashar al-Assad, the former President of Syria, was overthrown in December 2024 after an opposition offensive captured Damascus, after which he fled to Russia with his family. A Syrian court issued a death sentence in absentia in August 2024 for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 14-year civil war. Russia stated it granted him political asylum for humanitarian reasons, not political motives, and has reaffirmed its decision not to reconsider the asylum status.
Events
- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenkov stated that Syrian…
- A boy born on board a plane at Novy Urengoy Airport named
- Russia grants asylum to Assad over humanitarian grounds
- Syria sentences cousin of Bashar al-Assad to death
- First passenger flight from Damascus to Moscow in 1.5 years arrives
- Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia
- BBC journalists checked all numbers in the notepad, and one of the…
- Syrian Airlines has resumed flights from Damascus to Moscow since…
Recent coverage
- Russian Foreign Ministry rules out reviewing decision on granting asylum to Assad — Ведомости
- Moscow declares Damascus understands the unshakeability of the decision on Asad's asylum — Интерфакс
- FT: Syrian authorities transferred Assad's assets to a $50 billion secret fund — Коммерсантъ
- New Pharaohs. How Egypt combines a record tourist flow with leadership in the number of political prisoners — The Insider
- Woman began giving birth on board an airplane: baby appeared in business class — Холод
- Boy born on board a plane in Novy Urengoy named Assad — Вечерняя Москва
- Woman from Novy Urengoy, born on a plane, gave her son an unusual name — Вести
- Russians made a bad bet on Assad, but then quite skillfully played their cards, and their Syrian opponents proved... — Радио Свобода
- Zakhrova: there was no political background in the decision on admitting Assad to Russia — Коммерсантъ
- Zakharova told why Bashar al-Assad was welcomed in Russia — Вести
- Cousin of Assad sentenced to death — Ведомости
- For the first time since the fall of the Assad regime, a passenger flight has departed from Moscow to Damascus — Фонтанка
- Portrait of the day: Bashar al-Assad — a dictator sentenced to death, living in Moscow — ЭХО / Новости
- What happened in a day: Tuesday, August 11 — Интерфакс
- Politologist called the court's decision on Bashar al-Assad's death penalty expected — Вести
- Court in Syria sentenced former president Assad to death in absentia — Коммерсантъ
- Syrian court sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia — РИАМО
- Conflict in the 'Volchechka' bakery and the death sentence for Assad. What is happening in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the world — Бумага
- Fugitive Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in Syria — The Moscow Times
- Syrian court sentenced Bashar al-Assad to death — Дождь