EX-SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has been rushed to hospital after an alleged assassination attempt. 4 Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power ten months ago Credit: Alamy4 Assad is living under Putin's protection in Moscow Credit: APThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed Assad was released from hospital on the outskirts of Moscow on Monday. The tyrant has been living under Putin’s protection in Moscow since December 8 last year. Late last year, online account General SVR — supposedly run by a former top spy in Russia — claimed Assad was taken ill after being poisoned. 44 Bashar al-Assad was granted political asylum in Russia after he was deposed Credit: Reuters