Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on ...

Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source. The Interfax ...

Ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad has fled to Russia after Islamist rebels rolled into the capital Damascus and ended his despotic family’s 50-year reign of ...

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control of ...