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Assad’s family ‘flees’ to Russia – but Kremlin won’t come to Syrian leader’s rescue

Story by James Kilner, Daniel Hardaker

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Bashar al-Assad’s family fled to Russia in the days after rebel forces launched a shock offensive that captured swathes of territory across northern Syria, it has been revealed.

 

It comes after a source close to the Kremlin told Bloomberg News that Moscow had no plans to rescue the Syrian president, with Vladimir Putin said to be disgusted by reports of regime troops fleeing their positions.

 

“Russia doesn’t have a plan to save Assad and doesn’t see one emerging as long as the Syrian president’s army continues to abandon its positions,” said the source.

 

Asma al-Assad, the Syrian president’s British-born wife, fled with their three children last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing Syrian security officials and Arab officials.

 

Assad’s two brothers-in-law have also left Syria and travelled to the United Arab Emirates, the newspaper said.

 

It is unclear whether the Syrian president has remained in his country.

 

A pro-Assad TV news channel said on Friday that he had travelled to Iran, but later denied its own report.

 

Egyptian and Jordanian officials are understood to have urged the Syrian president to leave the country and form a government-in-exile.

 

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