Syria’s deposed president Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia with his family after a rebel coalition invaded Damascus and overthrew his government, but clips circulating on social media do not show him and his wife arriving in Moscow on December 8 . was taken when the couple attended the 2023 Asian Games in Eastern China.
“On the afternoon of December 8, Moscow local time, former Syrian President Bashar and his wife arrived safely at the Four Seasons Hotel in Moscow, Russia, to start their new lives,” said a simplified Chinese Weibo post on December 9. , 2024.
The eight-second clip shows Assad’s wife, Asma al-Assad, putting a pin on his collar and the couple drinking tea at a wooden table.