Footage shows people looting expensive items after ‘butcher of Damascus’ fled to Moscow with family
As prisoners were set free from their subterranean jail cells around Damascus, shocked crowds roamed the ousted former president Bashar al-Assad’s mansions to grab what they could carry – and marvel at the trappings of his wealth.
Video showed one man running through one of Assad’s houses in the al-Maliki neighbourhood, over its plush red carpets, shiny marble floors and past a rack of clothes including a Dior garment bag. The halls and opulent bedrooms of Assad’s mansions appeared eerily empty, save for looters and spectators, after the former leader often referred to as “the butcher of Damascus” fled to Moscow with his family. The whereabouts of many other notable figures from the inner circle of the Assad regime remained unknown, amid rumours they had also fled the country as insurgent forces closed in, their mansions also left empty.the net wealth of the Assad family at up to £1.
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