The lavish lifestyle and taste of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are on display in a video that shows the abandoned garage of the presidential palace in Damascus filled with luxury cars.

Ward walked through just one of Assad’s garages, of which there are dozens, many of which were stacked with armored cars. “I don’t know how anyone would need so many armored cars,” she said.

In retrospect, although the video is a fun watch for car enthusiasts, it also serves as a glaring reminder of how Assad lived ...

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