Russia on Monday said it has granted political asylum to exiled former Syrian president Bashar al Assad. Russia on Monday said it has granted political asylum to exiled former Syrian president Bashar al Assad.
Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russian president Vladimir Putin decided to offer asylum to Assad, who resigned and fled Syria on Sunday after rebels ended his rule. Peskov did not comment on Assad’s specific whereabouts. He said that Putin wasn’t planning to meet with Assad.
