US EditionSyria’s Assad Shunned by Kremlin in Isolated but Luxurious Moscow Exile – Guardian
- On December 8, 2024, former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus as rebels advanced and now lives secluded in Moscow's Rublyovka, relearning ophthalmology and studying Russian.
- A rapid rebel advance forced the family into a disorderly evacuation where Russian soldiers escorted them to Hmeimim air base amid confusion, and only after intervention could they leave for Oman.
- Relatives say Asma al-Assad received treatment in Moscow while family members shop, visit salons, and frequently travel to the United Arab Emirates; their only public appearance was Zein al-Assad's June 30 graduation at MGIMO University.
- Russia allows him refuge but bars Assad from political activity, the ambassador said, while Kremlin sources say he is irrelevant to Vladimir Putin and awaits approval from Russian authorities for interviews.
- Reports say Moscow's wealthy elite could become Assad's clients as he revives medical work, but the family stays cut off from elite circles and faces relocation limits after the United Arab Emirates declined to host them.
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One year after his escape from Syria, his former dictator Bashar al-Assad lives in exile in Russia. Public appearances are forbidden to him, he now found out a research by the "Guardian". Instead, he works on a comeback – in his learned profession.
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has been living in Moscow for more than a year, has returned to medicine. This is reported by The Guardian, citing sources in Russia and Syria.
Exiled in Moscow following the fall of the Syrian regime, the former dictator lives with his family in anonymity, with the ban on appearing publicly. ...
New revelations about the life of the former president of the Arab country point to living “a lonely life” in an elite neighborhood of the Russian capital
Protected by Putin, the former Syrian dictator must keep a low profile (the Kremlin wants good relations with Syria). And he would be trying to specialize as an ophthalmologist.
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