内容摘要："These are vulnerable adults who are unable to protect themselves from danger or harm," adds Tanya.

"These are vulnerable adults who are unable to protect themselves from danger or harm," adds Tanya.

On 8 December, as the rebels entered Damascus after routing the army and sweeping down from the north in the space of only 12 days, Assad resigned the presidency and fled to Russia.An interim government led by Mohammed al-Bashir, the former head of the rebel administration in the north-west, has been tasked with running the country until March.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Syrian government called on Russia to address "past mistakes" by paying war reparations, during the first visit by a top Kremlin delegation since the fall of Assad, its staunch ally.Sharaa and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov discussed "rebuilding trust with the Syrian people through concrete measures such as compensation, reconstruction and recovery", Sana reported.The Russian foreign ministry said its delegation expressed "unwavering support" for Syria's unity and readiness to assist its recovery from the civil war.

The Russian military carried out tens of thousands of air strikes on rebel-held areas after intervening in the conflict in support of Assad in 2015. A UK-based monitoring group says more than 21,000 people, including 8,700 civilians, were killed by those strikes and other Russian operations.Since the fall of the Assad regime, Russia has been withdrawing troops and weapons from its two bases on Syria's Mediterranean coast - Hmeimim airbase near Latakia and the naval base in Tartous

Recent satellite photos analysed by BBC Verify showed that two Russian warships were docked at Tartous, which experts said suggested an evacuation of the facility had begun.

However, Russia is believed to be seeking to retain both bases, which give it a strategically important foothold in the eastern Mediterranean.When he pointed out to police the direction in which the two men had fled, he was restrained by four officers who sat on him, worsening some existing injuries, he said.

Mr Richards and his mother later complained to the IOPC, claiming false arrest and racial profiling.The IOPC's director Amanda Rowe acknowledged that the incident would have had an impact on the actor.

"He was an innocent bystander and this would have been a frightening experience," she said. "Mr Richards' complaint detailed his understandable belief that he was detained and arrested because he was black, although the suspects were white."We found that officers were responding to a fast-moving incident and - given the only description of the suspects was that one was wearing dark clothing and their location - it was reasonable that the officer who saw Mr Richards and detained him thought he was a suspect.