Images claiming to show Assad's ouster and asylum in Russia are misleading
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Syrian President Bashar Assad was reportedly overthrown on December 8, 2024, and fled to Russia, where he received political asylum. However, images claiming to show his arrival in Russia are actually from February 2023, taken during a hospital visit in Syria. A video circulating as evidence of Assad's plane crash is unrelated to recent events. It depicts an Indian Air Force plane crash from September 2024, confirmed by the Indian military, and does not involve Assad. Additionally, an image claiming to show torture under Assad's regime is misidentified. It is a wax exhibit from a museum in Iran, not a real scene from Syria.