The presidential press secretary Emad Sid Ahmed said that the new palace “is a source of pride ... It was offered to Sudan during a visit by then Chinese president Hu Jintao in 2007.
Abu Oweis, a rebel fighter, in the office of a longtime senior adviser to Bashar al-Assad at the abandoned presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday.Credit... Supported by By Ben Hubbard ...
Videos show fighters and civilians entering sprawling New Shaab Palace and combing through rooms and grounds Syrians have stormed Bashar al-Assad’s abandoned presidential palace in Damascus ...
Video obtained by Reuters showed people entering the Al-Rawda Presidential Palace, as children ran through the grand, formal rooms and men slid a large trunk across the ornate patterned floor.
Syrians have stormed Bashar al-Assad’s abandoned presidential palace in Damascus, looting the dictator’s belongings, posing behind his desk and uncovering his large collection of luxury cars.