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Nicholas Cecil

Bashar al-Assad to see 'precipitous fall in living circumstances' after fleeing Syria into exile in Moscow

Bashar al-Assad and his family are set to see a “precipitous fall in living circumstances” after fleeing Syria into exile in Moscow, says a former spy chief.

Sir Alex Younger, who headed MI6 from 2014 to 2020, believes the deposed Syrian tyrant will discover “the deep shallowness and superficiality” of his relationship with Russia which kept him in power for years.

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