Assad’s palace is exactly the pompous monstrosity in marble which we expected, while the rest of the country primarily lived with one dollar a day.

Always the way. Same for putin's mega palaces while most of russia lacks basic amenities.

Civilians, casually looking around, taking the odd memento but not trashing the place, and behaving well despite the lavishness they can see there. That is a good sign for the future I feel. Let's hope so. (It's not like Gaddafi's end of days exactly, is it?)

and there'll be a golden bread inside Like Yanukovych

I've such a "Deja vu" feeling watching this. No ?

Pretty much standard for everyone more wealthy in the middle east I would assume.

Exactly the same happend with Yanukovych in Ukraine. I’ve been among first people to visit his “palace”.

To be fair the palace is the work of his father not him

Can't wait to see Putin's palace

Just like many of Putin's palaces🤮🤮🤮

like many of Putin's palaces