Last time Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with President Vladimir Putin. The former Syrian President has been granted asylum by the Russian leader after rebel groups forced the dictator to flee.
READ MORE:President Assad, his British wife and their three adult children have left behind their Syria n palaces and will begin a new life in Russia after being granted asylum by Vladimir Putin.
The Syrian dictator's extended family bought up at least 20 Moscow apartments worth more than £30 million in recent years, illustrating Russia's status as a safe haven for the clan. Meanwhile reports have suggested that Assad could have fled via Russia's Khmeimim airbase, with flight trackers reportedly showing a Russian plane taking off from near the north-eastern city of Latakia just hours before he was reported to be in Moscow.
It has also been deeply embarrassing for Putin, after Moscow pumped military and financial aid into his government and bombed Syria for years to help prop up the Assad regime. In 2012, Wikileaks disclosed Mrs Assad's private correspondence, which showed that she spent $350,000 on the palace's furnishings and $7,000 on crystal-encrusted shoes.
Pictured: A luxury apartment in the City of Capitals complex in Moscow. The two-towered skyscraper is Russia's eighth-tallest building The Assad family have strong personal ties to the Russian capital, with the ousted president's eldest son a PhD candidate at Moscow State University. Mrs Assad previously attended her son's graduation in June 2023, with pictures showing her hugging him in front of MSU's main building and meeting with university officials.
The Assad family's secret escape tunnels have been revealed after Syrian rebels were left stunned by the huge luxury underground network Russian news agencies last night cited an unidentified Kremlin source on Sunday as saying Assad was in Moscow with his family. 'Indeed, Syria is going to have a very difficult period now, due to instability. And, of course, it is very important to maintain a dialogue with all regional countries here. We are determined to do this.'
'It's premature to talk about it yet,' Peskov said. 'This is all a subject for discussion with those who will be in power in Syria.'
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