What the papers say – December 9
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Daily Telegraph reports the Syrian president has been granted asylum in Moscow on “humanitarian grounds”, according to Russian state media. There is celebration in Syria after rebel groups ended Assad’s “24-year reign of terror”, according to the Daily Express. But the Daily Mail writes Western leaders have warned of “risk and uncertainty” across the region as rebel groups have a “grim record of terrorism”. In royal news, a mother has praised the Princess of Wales for making her terminally ill daughter’s “dreams come true”, the Daily Mirror reports.