MOSCOW — Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Dec 8, and a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria, Dec 11, 2017.MOSCOW — Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Dec 8, and a deal has been done to ensure the safety of Russian military bases.
It cited the same source as saying Russia favoured a political solution to the crisis in Syria, where Moscow supported Assad during the country's long civil war.Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's ambassador to international organisations in Vienna, said on his Telegram messaging channel: "Breaking news! Bashar al-Assad and his family in Moscow. Russia does not betray friends in difficult situations.
A deal to secure Russia's Hmeimim air base in Syria's Latakia province and its naval facility at Tartous on the coast would come as a relief to Moscow after Russian war bloggers, some of whom are close to the Russian Defence Ministry, warned that the bases were dangerously exposed.
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