Syrian Embassy In Moscow Raises Opposition Flag

Members of the Syrian community in Moscow gathered outside the Syrian embassy on Monday to celebrate the toppling of President Bashar Assad and to hoist the opposition flag over the building. It comes as the Kremlin says Russia has given political asylum to Assad. A Syrian aerospace engineer who fled Damascus seven years ago said that he is proud of his country and happy to see the embassy without the old flag that symbolised Assad’s regime. Russian media reported Assad fled to Moscow on Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control of Damascus and ended his family’s 50 years of iron rule. Russia requested an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council to discuss Syria, according to Dmitry Polyansky, its deputy ambassador to the U.N., in a post on Telegram.