Reports claimed that former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was hospitalized after being poisoned while in Russia.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a human rights watchdog, said al-Assad went to an emergency room in critical condition on September 20th.
“He was poisoned while at home in a villa near Moscow that the report claims is heavily guarded by Russian authorities,” the New York Post stated.
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al-Assad was granted political asylum in Russia after being deposed last year.
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His movements are restricted, but al-Assad has had many visitors to the villa.
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