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Syria latest: Russian state news agencies report Assad has arrived in Moscow and been granted asylum

Muhamad Yehia Syrians poured into streets in celebration on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule. Russian state news agencies were reporting that President Bashar Assad and his family had arrived in Moscow and were given asylum. Russia said Assad left the …

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