Bashar Assad and his family arrived in Moscow — a source in the Kremlin

Bashar Assad and his family members arrived in Moscow. This was reported by TASS with reference to a source in the Kremlin.

Russia has granted them asylum.

It is noted that the leaders of the armed Syrian opposition guaranteed the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic institutions.

According to the interlocutor of the agency, the Russian Federation considers it necessary to resume negotiations on a settlement in Syria under the auspices of the UN.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Assad, after negotiations with the Islamists who seized Damascus, resigned and left the country. After that, nothing was known about the whereabouts of the politician. Reuters sources did not rule out that he could have died in a plane crash.