Videos on social media reportedly show Maher al-Assad, the younger brother of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a Moscow cafe, although the video’s authenticity remains unverified. Maher, who is wanted for war crimes related to the Syrian civil war, including a 2013 chemical attack, fled to Russia after the conflict ended, while also being implicated in Syria’s Captagon drug trade.
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