Video: Syria Rebels Inside Presidential Palace, Tear Assad Family Portraits”

Islamist-led rebels declared they had taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on Sunday, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.

A video circulating on social media shows rebels roaming inside the presidential palace in the capital Damascus. They were seen smashing Assad’s family portraits in the presidential palace.
Residents in the Syrian capital were seen cheering in the streets, as the rebel factions heralded the departure of “tyrant” Assad, saying: “We declare the city of Damascus free.”

AFPTV images from Damascus showed rebels firing into the air at sunrise, with some flashing the victory sign and crying “Allahu akbar”, or God is greatest.

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