VIENNA, December 9. /TASS/. Russia stood by Syrian President Bashar Assad who has stepped down in a trying time, said Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s envoy to international organizations in Vienna.
Russia was a key ally of Assad's regime - the former president and his family will now reportedly get asylum there.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad oversaw a merciless crackdown on a pro-democracy revolt that morphed into one of the bloodiest wars of the century.
Satellite imagery shows crowds around Aleppo's Martyrs Memorial and Citadel following the rebels' overthrow of the regime, including before-and-after views of an equestrian statue of Bassel al-Assad.
A coalition of Syrian rebels say they have toppled the government of President Bashar al-Assad and captured the Syrian ...