Bréking. Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow

Deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow – reports

Reuters reports that ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is in Russia, according to a Kremlin source.

The Interfax news agency quoted 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.”

Russia has requested a closed-door UN security council meeting on Monday to discuss the UN peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights, according to diplomats.