Overview

• The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing a private source, alleges an assassination attempt by poisoning against the deposed Syrian leader in Moscow.
• The group reports Assad was treated at a hospital on the outskirts of the city and discharged on Monday with his condition described as stable.
• Access to him was heavily restricted, with only his brother Maher permitted to visit during a major security operation.
• The Russian government has not commented on the claims, and there is no independent evidence verifying a poisoning.
• Assad has lived under Putin-granted asylum since his ouster ten months ago, while Syria’s new authorities seek his extradition and Russia has refused.