Syrias ousted president Bashar al-Assad and his household remain in Moscow, Russian news agencies revealed Sunday evening mentioning a Kremlin source, hours after he fled the nation as Islamist-led rebels got in Damascus.The statement comes as Russia, an essential Assad ally, required an emergency situation conference of the UN security council on the fast-changing scenario on the ground in the war-torn nation.
Assad and members of his household have arrived in Moscow, the source informed the TASS and Ria Novosti news companies.
Russia gave them asylum on humanitarian premises, he added.Asked whether Assad was verified to be in Moscow, a Western official stated they believed that was likely the case and had no reason to question Moscows claim.The Kremlin source likewise said the rebels who ousted Assad in a lightning offensive guaranteed the security of Russian army bases and diplomatic institutions on Syrias territory .
Russia, Assads greatest backer along with Iran, holds a naval base in Tartus and a military airfield in Khmeimim.Moscows forces ended up being militarily associated with the Syrian dispute in 2015, supplying support for Assads forces to squash the opposition in the bloody civil war.
Russia has constantly remained in favour of a political service to the Syrian crisis.
Our beginning point is the requirement to resume negotiations under the auspices of the UN, the Kremlin source added.A Russian agent to the United Nations revealed that Moscow had actually requested an emergency closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Syria for Monday afternoon.
The effects [of the occasions in Syria] for this nation and the whole area have not yet been measured, the official stated on Telegram.