EX-SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has been rushed to hospital after an alleged assassination attempt.
The toppled Syrian tyrant, 60, was granted political asylum in Russia after he was ousted ten months ago.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed Assad was released from hospital on the outskirts of Moscow on Monday.
It claimed Assad was “poisoned” in a bid to “embarrass the Russian government and accuse it of being complicit” in his death.
The report said Assad’s condition was now “stable”.
His brother Maher Assad was allowed to visit him in hospital amid a major security operation, it was claimed.
The Russian government has not commented on the reports.
Unconfirmed reports earlier suggested he was admitted to hospital in a “critical condition” following an alleged poisoning.
New authorities in Syria have demanded Assad’s extradition – which Russia has until now refused.
The tyrant has been living under Putin’s protection in Moscow since December 8 last year.
He personally granted asylum along with members of his families and regime associates.
Assad has not been seen in public since arriving in Russia – and is assumed to be kept under close guard by Russian secret services.
An earlier report said Assad “complained to his security about feeling unwell and having trouble breathing” after he had been in Russia for less than a month.
It’s the second alleged assassination attempt in just ten months.
Late last year, online account General SVR — supposedly run by a former top spy in Russia — claimed Assad was taken ill after being poisoned.
It claims Assad asked for medical help and immediately began to “cough violently and choke”.
The source said: “There is every reason to believe an assassination attempt was made.”
Assad was said to have been treated in his apartment.
Tests were reported to show he had poison in his system.
The former tyrant and his wife Asma fled the collapse of Syria as Assad’s two decades in power were wiped away in a matter of days by rampaging rebels.
Russian despot Putin – a friend of the family – offered them refuge as they desperately escaped in the Middle East.
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