Syria's Assad and his family are in Moscow after Russia granted them asylum, say Russian news agencies

FILE PHOTO: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma, plant trees in city of Draykish, near Tartous, Syria December 30, 2020. Picture taken December 30, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria's Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source.

The Interfax news agency quoted the unnamed source as saying: "President Assad of Syria has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (him and his family) asylum on humanitarian grounds."

(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Felix Light; Editing by Andrew Osborn)