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Bashar al-Assad and his family are said to have reached Moscow, where they were given a place to stay “because of human kindness,” according to people close to the Kremlin.
This information from Russian state TV shows where he is now, after rebel groups took over Damascus.
The Russian foreign ministry had earlier mentioned that Assad “chose to step down” and went away for a peaceful handover of power. Russia, which has important military bases in Syria and is a strong ally, got involved in the civil war to help government.
