Bashar al-Assad's family left Syria for Russia amid rebel offensive-mass media
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Asma Assad and her three children went to Russia while the Syrian President himself remains in the country. The rebels have captured large areas and are approaching Homs, where thousands of people are being evacuated.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's wife, Asma, and their three children traveled to Russia last week. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal and Bild, reports UNN.
According to media reports, Asma Asad was born in London and is a British citizen. She married Assad in 2000.
Another relative of Assad's sister's line is said to have fled to the United Arab Emirates.
Samosad is reportedly still in Syria. The Telegraph claims that Egyptian and Jordanian officials have also called on Assad to leave the country and form a government in exile. However, the Jordanian embassy in Washington denied this information in a comment to the Wall Street Journal.
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Meanwhile, the rebels, led by the Islamist alliance Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (KHTS), continue their offensive. In a short period of time, this group occupied significant territories, most often without a fight. Now they are located near Homs, the third largest city in Syria. Syrian government forces have already left the million-plus city, according to the Syrian monitoring center for Human Rights. However, there are still pro-government militias in Homs. Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city on Friday.
The United States and Jordan have called on their citizens to leave Syria. The US government has recommended that its citizens leave the country immediately while they can use commercial airline flights from Damascus.
A warning was issued on the website of the American embassy in Syria, which has been suspended on the ground since 2012, noting that the security situation in Syria remains unpredictable.
