Syrian leader Ahmed al Sharaa has asked Russia to hand over former regime leader Bashar al Assad. A Syrian source familiar with the talks with Moscow told Reuters on Wednesday that Syria’s leader Ahmed al Sharaa had requested that Russia hand over Assad and his close aides during the discussions with Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov. The ousted Syrian president, a key Russian ally in the Middle East, fled to Moscow last year after being ousted, which ended five decades of rule by the Assad family.
