Syria's Assad and family arrive in Moscow, says Russian media report

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Russian state news agencies have reported that former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow and has received asylum.

Citing a source in the Kremlin, al-Assad and his family were granted asylum based on "humanitarian considerations".

The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier that al-Assad had left Syria.

Al Jazeera's Yulia Shapovalova joins us on the phone from Moscow to discuss the latest development.

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