Former Syrian president Bashar Assad 'is hospitalised by poisoning assassination attempt', respected rights group says

07:05 EDT 02 Oct 2025, updated 08:37 EDT 02 Oct 2025 By WILL STEWART

Reports have emerged of an attempted assassination of ex-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Moscow.

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The former dictator was granted political asylum in Russia after he was deposed ten months ago.

Respected rights group, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, claimed - citing a 'private source' - that Assad was released from hospital on the outskirts of Moscow on Monday.

The source claimed that Assad 'had been poisoned' and that the motive behind the assassination operation was 'to embarrass the Russian government and accuse it of being complicit' in his death.

The report said Assad’s condition was now 'stable'.

Only his brother Maher Assad was allowed to visit him in hospital amid a major security operation, it was claimed.

The Russian government has not to date commented on the claims.

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Unconfirmed reports earlier suggested he was admitted to hospital in a 'critical condition following poisoning'.

Reports have emerged of an attempted assassination of ex-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Moscow

Reports have emerged of an attempted assassination of ex-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in Moscow

The new authorities in Syria have demanded Assad’s extradition which Russia has until now refused.

Putin personally granted asylum to Assad along with members of his family and regime associates.

Assad, 60, has not been seen in public since arriving in Russia and is assumed to be kept under close guard by Russian secret services.

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