Luxury brands, Ferrari, silverware… images of the looting of the immense presidential palace after the flight of Bashar al-Assad

After the flight and fall of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian populations and rebels have been discovering for a few days the sumptuous residential palace of the former Syrian President and his family, who has reigned over the country since 1971.

After the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, the rebels and the population are attacking all representations of the regime as well as the al-Assad family, which has reigned since 1971, Hafez al-Assad between 1971 and 2000, then his son Bashar until his overthrow a few days ago.

Among the symbols of their reign, a sumptuous presidential palace built by Hafez al-Assad, opened in 1990, and which is said to have cost 1 billion dollars while being forbidden to Syrian populations. It was also the palace where Bashar al-Assad received heads of state and his guests.

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The palace taken by looting

The cameras of TF1/LCIwere thus able to enter the presidential palace during these lootings. Luxury brands, silverware and other signs of luxury were stolen by the population, taking photos of themselves in front of empty places of the former regime. Once the looting was over, it was the rebel forces who regained control of the place.

Inside, soldiers from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel forces, led by leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, prowl, armed, in the palace, now empty after the passage of the looters. Behind the desk, our colleagues still describe documents and bottles of water, “the sign of a departure in a hurry” .

Arthur Sarradin, special correspondent, specifies that some Syrians returned for the first time to this place that was usually completely forbidden to the inhabitants. A hangar was also found in which the former President housed his collection of luxury cars, including Ferraris and a Lamborghini, according to a video published by the Huffington Post.

A bunker was also found in the basement of the house of Bashar al-Assad's brother, military leader of the regime. At present, it is difficult to know precisely where the al-Assad family is, probably in Russia, according to Russian news agencies.