Presidential Palace on flames: looters celebrate the fall of Assad!

Presidential Palace on flames: looters celebrate the fall of Assad!

Damaskus, Syrien - After the fall of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, an unprecedented looting and destructive frenzy in Damascus occurred on Sunday. The looter penetrated into the presidential palace and the nearby residence of the fallen ruler, whereby the reception hall of the palace was set on fire. The pictures of these chaotic scenes, which are now circulating on social media, show prisoners from underground prisons, who, freshly liberated, show everything you can find with you. According to reports from Today.at the villa was largely emptied, and there were only a few furniture and scattered files in the rooms, and there was also a portrait of the uprooted president.

The Assad family, which has been controlled by Israel for decades, has an assets that are estimated at several billion euros. Estimates by the US State Department indicate that Bashar al-Assad alone has one billion euros, with some reports even speaking of a fortune of around 20 billion euros. This wealth is distributed via a complicated network of offshore accounts and real estate, which makes it difficult to traceability. Der Tagesspiegel reports that the Assad family was even involved in the drug and weapon smuggling shops, with which they achieved millions of profits, while 90 percent of the Syrian population lived below the poverty line. The drug trafficking with Captagon, a stimulant drug for which Assad’s younger brother was responsible, is particularly worth mentioning

angry citizens take what they are entitled to

Another surprising aspect are the remains of a former luxury life. The Assads fleet with over 40 high -priced cars, including a Ferrari worth three million euros, is now the focus of the looters. Videos document that some of these luxury bodies have already been stolen, while the Assad family, who has now withdrawn to Russia, has invested in a large number of houses in the past. The Iranian message was also heavily devastated during the unrest.

The abysses of corruption and abuse of power under the Assad regime come to light, while the Syrian citizens get rid of their modest life in a country characterized by war and oppression in order to at least catch justice in this chaotic period. The assets of the Assad family are frozen by numerous countries, including Great Britain and Switzerland, but the question remains: How will citizens come to their right in a system that has suppressed their own population?