Inside Damascus as rebels seize power and Assad flees | BBC News

BBC journalist Barbara Plett Usher entered Damascus as rebel forces seized the Syrian capital and President Bashar Al Assad fled the country. Later, Russia confirmed that Syria’s leader had arrived in Moscow and being given asylum. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Barbara Plett Usher and Feras Kilani in Damascus and Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, on a momentous day in the Middle East. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #BBCNews