Bashar al-Assad · Full chronicle and history

According to Clash Report, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Borisenko explicitly stated that Russia refuses to extradite former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Assad was previously sentenced to death in absentia by a Syrian court in August this year on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and Russia has now decided to grant him political asylum.

The Fourth Criminal Court of Damascus in Syria has sentenced the ousted former president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher al-Assad to death in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes.