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Syria's Islamic rebels marched into Damascus on Sunday and discovered a large fleet of luxury cars, including Mercedes, Porsches, Audis and Ferraris, as they stormed Bashar al-Assad's palace.
Videos shared on social media show looters gleefully patrolling the presidential palace's huge garage, filled with luxury roadsters from the deposed dictator's personal property.
One astute observer's comment pointed to the Mercedes-Benz with its coveted gullwing doors.
SUVs, motorcycles, ATVs, and even armored trucks await the rebels, who roam the sprawling mansion, taking selfies, firing guns into the air, and bolting. A video shared on the X Show says that whatever is not escaped.
The palace is a vast stone and marble block fortress perched on a hill outside Damascus. once a guardian explained as a “resounding monument of the dictator's decorations”.
Rebel soldiers found the building abandoned after President Assad fled by plane to an unknown location. Reuters reported. It ended 24 years of brutal rule in which the dictator and his family lived like emperors and left the people in poverty.
A video shared by X shows women in full hijabs scavenging for dishes and bed linen while men carry away furniture and art.
In one video, armory We have dozens of submachine guns in stock.
“Imagining him and the people around him, [Assad] …Thought: “We have enough ammunition!” We are invincible! Nothing can shake us! Poster TOKO quipped:
In another video, looters found bunker network Hidden deep underground in the main structure, the concrete floor was littered with what appeared to be empty cigar boxes and gun cases.
“Those who are afraid of people dig hundreds of feet underground,” the poster, Abdullah Almousa, wrote in Arabic.
The palace was not the only government building looted as soldiers took off their uniforms and abandoned their duties.
One user posted: video He claims people are shown carrying bags containing “money and valuables” from the central bank.
“Smart people did not go to Assad Palace for chandeliers, but to banks for cash and gold!” he wrote.
