[The Guardian] Bashar al-Assad’s palace burned and ransacked – in pictures

Bashar al-Assad’s palace burned and ransacked – in pictures

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow. Islamist-led rebels declared they had taken the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. The presidential palace in Damascus has been overrun by rebel forces and now people are taking selfies in the grand reception rooms

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