Unflattering Photos of Bashar Assad Go Viral After His Overthrow

Syria: Personal candid photos of ex-President Assad leak from his Damascus palace

Damascus: Personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians who until days ago were persecuted for criticising his carefully crafted public image. The intimate and candid photos, reportedly discovered in albums from Assad’s mansions in the hills of Damascus and Aleppo, offer a stark contrast to the polished, glamorous image that Assad and his father projected as t…

Syria: Bashar Assad's Shirtless Pics Go Viral After Rebels Storm His Mansions

Several photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - some of them even semi-naked - have gone viral, offering a stark contrast for a family that once ruled over a country with an iron fist. Assad, who ruled Syria for 25 years, fled to Russia as rebels took over several Syrian cities and the capital Damascus a week ago. The images were found in Assad's albums discovered by rebels who breached his palatial houses in Damascus and Aleppo. One…

Syrians discover the inner workings of power: 'We lived in the land of the Assads, everything belonged to them'

In the villa and presidential palaces left behind by the fleeing al-Assads, Damascenes were able to see the opulent life of the deposed dictator's family in a country plunged into poverty after 13 years of war.

Life of Syria’s Assad revealed in private photos found in abandoned mansions

Candid photos reveal a stark contrast to the ousted Syrian leader’s public image.

Assad's candid photos emerge after ouster, invite ridicule from Syrians

Syrians have been fascinated by the background glimpses of a seemingly normal family that held the country in an iron grip and bombed some of their fellow citizens regarded as a threat.

13 photos as families celebrate after devastating decade

Syrian families living in in Liverpool came together following the fall of Bashar al-Assad