Fwiw
Here is an elaborate claim, citing anonymous sources, indicating that Assad and his family might have gone to Moscow indefinitely:
“Bashar al-Assad and his wife and children are in Russia. That's for sure. Asma al-Assad's brothers and their families are outside Syria: Iyad is originally abroad, but Firas and his family are now in the Emirates, and her parents are in London.
In fact, Asma was not always in Russia for treatment, but rather moved from time to time, but they all left Damascus on Wednesday night, and she took with her her personal service team, unusually, including "Milad" (don't ask me about him, but there is a close circle in Damascus who knows this name and who he is very well).
I don't usually circulate this kind of news, but I confirmed it from a source close to the very close circle of the family in Damascus. Is it a coincidence? Of course not, and the days will reveal everything...”
Ik heb Hem niet uit vrees voor de hel noch uit liefde voor het paradijs gediend, want dan zou ik als de slechte huurling zijn geweest; ik heb hem veeleer gediend in liefde tot Hem en in verlangen naar Hem.
-Rabia Al-Basri