Assad arrives in Moscow, is granted asylum by Russia

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has arrived in Moscow and was granted asylum by the Russian government, a longtime ally of the Syrian leader in the nearly 14-year-long civil war.

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Assad was forced to flee the country after a coalition of largely radical Islamist groups led a sweeping offensive across Syria, culminating in the capture of the country's capital city and the fall of Assad's regime, which had seen his family rule Syria for over 50 years.

The offensive was the latest development in a bloody civil war that has ravaged Syria for almost 14 years, a war that also led to the rise of the Islamic State terrorist organization a yearlong interventions by countries such as the United States, Russia, Iran, and Turkey.