With 90% of Syrians living below the poverty line, Islamic rebels who stormed Bashar al-Assad’s palace discovered a collection of luxury cars, including Mercedes, Porsches, Audis and Ferraris. Social media is full of videos showing rebels exploring a vast abandoned garage believed to belong to Assad.
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“90% of Syrians are below the poverty line. Meanwhile, this is just a small part of Assad’s garage,” one netizen wrote in a post on X.
One user said: What good is all the progress and progress we have made if people are still suffering? Why accumulate wealth when the people can manage to eat a decent meal?”
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Another user said, “Greed has no pockets.”
Another user said, “When is the auto auction?”
“Reminds me of Romania. The Romanian Revolution of 1989, the fall of the Ceausescu regime. He had expensive cars and all Western things while oppressing the people,” another user wrote.
In early 2023, the United Nations humanitarian chief warned that 12 years of conflict in Syria had pushed 90% of the population into poverty.
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Assad’s resignation comes less than two weeks after the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a swift offensive against the rebels, ending more than 50 years of Assad family rule. challenge and broke the front lines of Syria’s long-running civil war. On Sunday, they claimed to have captured Damascus and announced that Assad had fled, leading to nationwide celebrations and the ransacking of Assad’s luxurious mansion.
Kremlin officials confirmed to Russian news agencies that the ousted leader and his family are currently in Moscow.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken echoed President Biden’s optimism, saying, “After 14 years of conflict, the Syrian people finally have a reason to hope.”
90% of Syrians are below the poverty line. On the other hand, this is a small section of Asad’s garage.
(Information provided by agency)
