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Fall of the Assad dynasty (en.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He has been held in power by the Russians since 2010 or so. Guess they are occupied elsewhere these days.

[โ€“] ButtKiss@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

The UK born wife and kids are in Russia, presumably je will head there via... somewhere and has a stash of cash available