Syrian Dictator Bashar Al-Assad’s Abandoned Car Collection Found With Ferrari F50, SL65 Black Series

This morning, the government of Syria collapsed after rebel fighters captured the capital city of Damascus. 

The country’s longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad managed to flee after 24 years in charge, whereabouts unknown, and was granted political asylum in Russia.

And among the many things he left behind is his extensive car collection, which was discovered and filmed for the first time today when fighters broke into his abandoned presidential palace.

Videos posted to social media and extensively reuploaded show a group of men exploring a large warehouse containing dozens of vehicles, from classics to supercars to an extremely rare six-wheel camper.

Highlights include a Lamborghini Diablo, a Mercedez-Benz SLS AMG and SL65 Black Series, a Ferrari F50, an Audi R8, loads of Toyota FJ Cruisers and Land Cruisers, and a new Land Rover Defender.

Then there are two Middle East dictator-specials: a Lamborghini LM002 SUV, and a Mercedes 600 Grosser limo. 

Finally, the weirdest sight: a Revcon Trailblazer, an obscure six-wheel RV from the 1990s built on an OBS Ford F-350. 

In retrospect, although the video is a fun watch for car enthusiasts, it also serves as a glaring reminder of how Assad lived in luxury while his regime presided over a horrific 13-year civil war. 

During his 24-year authoritarian reign, while al-Assad was gathering prized possessions with one hand, the other was ruthlessly ruling over citizens, making gassing children, mass murder, and starvation the norm. Sadly, as more details about his lavish lifestyle are revealed, so will more atrocities.

Gleeful Syrians ransacked Bashar al-Assad's presidential palace in Damascus today of Louis Vuitton items after rebel soldiers stormed the capital.

(Gleeful Syrians ransacked Bashar al-Assad's presidential palace in Damascus)

(One person can be seen holding an orange Louis Vuitton box as they walk up a flight of stairs)

(Hoards of people can be seen in one video within the palace's walls raiding cupboards of the president's expensive possessions)

(Dozens of al-Assad's luxury vehicles have also been seized after rebels broke into his supercar garage)

(The garage is filled with Mercedes, Ferraris, and Audis with many of the motors seen with their doors opened)

(One of the supercars parked in al-Assad's garage that has now been seized by opposition fighters who have taken Damascus)

(Some vehicles among the sea of luxury cars in al-Assad's garage had their bonnets popped opened)

(People were seen loading their arms with stacks of crockery during the looting rampage)

(One looter was seen grabbing a piece of artwork that was still resting on an easel )

(A Syrian woman smiles as she carries out a stack of plates from al-Assad's presidential residence)

(A Syrian loads up a suitcases as one of al-Assad's homes is ransacked by looters)

(A bag stuff full of items taken from one of al-Assad's homes)

(A woman carries out a box full of clothes after looting the presidential residence)

(Delighted Syrians have been going form room to room in al-Assad's presidential residence to take his prized possessions)

Ref: Syrian Dictator Bashar Al-Assad’s Abandoned Car Collection Found With Ferrari F50, SL65 Black Series (dailymail)

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