Assad in Russia

Former Syrian President has reached Russia. Ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and family have landed in Moscow and have been granted asylum, Russia state media reported today, hours after Islamist-ledrebels took control of his country.

“Assad and members of his family have arrived in Moscow,” a Kremlin source told Ria Novosti news agencies. “Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds,” he added.

There was buzz on social media with flight trackers speculating the mysterious whereabouts of Assad for most part of Sunday.

A Syrian Air plane took off from Damascus airport around the time the capital was taken by rebels, according to data from the Flightradar website.