Bashar al-Assad's regime had been funneling assets and Syrian funds to Moscow prior to his escape from Damascus on Dec. 8, 2024. (Photo: designed by Kurdistan24)
Freed Syrian detainees gather in front of posters showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and his father Hafez Assad after they were released from Adra Prison on the north-east outskirts of Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 15, 2013. (Photo: A