The Tishreen presidential palace of Syria’s ousted president Bashar al-Assad in Damascus’ al-Muhajirin area on 8 December 2024.
Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
A youth walks past a fire burning in a room of the palace. Just hours earlier, it was announced that Assad had fled the capital in a private plane and that his regime had fallen.
Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
Opposition fighters pose in the hallway of the Syrian palace.
Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
Scattered documents in an office in the palace.
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A Syrian opposition fighter poses inside an palace office.
Photograph: Omar Sanadiki/AP
A man carrying furniture inside the presidential palace. 90% of Syria’s population lives below the poverty line.
Photograph: Mohammed Al Rifai/EPA
People walk through the halls of the presidential palace.
Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP
Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
A man sits in an armchair outside of the palace. Syrians appeared dazed by the speed of the day’s events.
Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
A family takes a group selfie in a hall of the palace.
Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP
A general view of the empty palace.
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A man holds an AK-47 and flashes a victory sign as in a hall the presidential palace.
Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP
A giant picture of Syria’s former president Bashar Assad lies on the ground inside the palace.
Photograph: Omar Sanadiki/AP
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