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Assad Survives Assassination Attempt Amid Moscow Tensions

10/3/2025

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Reports indicate an assassination attempt on Bashar al-Assad in Moscow, where he has political asylum.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Assad was poisoned and is stable after a Moscow hospital release.
The motive is believed to be embarrassment to the Russian government.
Assad has not been seen publicly in ten months.

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Reports indicate an assassination attempt on Bashar al-Assad in Moscow, where he has political asylum.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Assad was poisoned and is stable after a Moscow hospital release.
The motive is believed to be embarrassment to the Russian government.
Assad has not been seen publicly in ten months.