The Presidential Palace (Arabic: قصر الشعب, lit. 'the People's Palace') is the chief official residence of the President of Syria. It is located in the west of Damascus, on Mount Mezzeh, north of Mezzeh neighborhood, next to Mount Qasioun, and overlooks the city.

Dec 9, 2024 · President Bashar al-Assad has left Syria behind, fleeing to Russia with his family and leaving his once-impenetrable Damascus mansion to be ransacked by militants and rebels.

Guarded by bulletproof doors several inches thick, this was the master bedroom in one of the palaces owned by Syria's former president, Bashar al-Assad, and his wife, Asma, until they …

Dec 10, 2024 · But since Bashar al-Assad, who ruled Syria for more than two decades, fled the country on Sunday, the armed rebels who burst out of the country’s north and stormed days later into the capital...

The Presidential Palace (Arabic: قصر الشعب, lit. 'the People's Palace') is the chief official residence of the President of Syria. It is located in the west of Damascus, on Mount Mezzeh, north of Mezzeh neighborhood, next to Mount Qasioun, and overlooks the city.

The Citadel of Damascus (Arabic: قلعة دمشق, romanized: Qalʿat Dimašq) is a large medieval fortified palace and citadel in Damascus, Syria. It is part of the Ancient City of Damascus, which was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

Over the weekend, Syrian rebels toppled the Assad regime in a swift and stunning upheaval of power. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer is on the ground in the Syrian capital...

Al-Azm Palace (Arabic: قصر العظم Qaṣr al-ʿAẓm) is a palace in Damascus, Syria, built in 1749. [1][2] Located north of Al-Buzuriyah Souq in the Ancient City of Damascus, the palace was built in 1749 to be the private residence for As'ad Pasha al-Azm, the governor of Damascus; during the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon, it ...

Dec 8, 2024 · Syrians strolled through the palaces of President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday following his sudden ouster, wandering from room to room, posing for photographs, and with some taking away items...

Dec 11, 2024 · Days after Syria's longtime president, Bashar al-Assad, was driven from power and the country, NBC News' Richard Engel got an inside look at the palace where Assad lived in luxury.