Luxury cars, selfies and guns: Bashar al Assad's palace, home looted in Syria
Looters, opposition fighters, and selfie-snapping civilians descended on the Presidential Palace in Damascus after the sudden flight of President Bashar al Assad overnight.
One video posted to X showed Assad's massive collection of luxury cars in a presidential garage.
The palace was left unguarded and wide open after the sudden success of Syrian rebel groups in ousting Assad and his regime.
Assad ruled Syria as president from July 2000, having spent many years engaged in a protracted civil war, during the course of which he has been accused of war crimes.
Syrian opposition fighters take selfies at the damaged entrance of the Iranian embassy in Damascus.
A man tries to take a lamp as people search for belongings in the ransacked private residence of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Malkeh district of Damascus.
Civilians joined armed fighters inside the Syrian presidential palace as the Assad regime fell.
A Syrian opposition fighter sits inside an office at the Presidential Palace.
A man holds an AK-47 and flashes the victory sign as he poses for a photo in the palace hall.
Assad reportedly has fled to Russia.
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