Watch Syrian rebels storm Assad’s palace and rifle through dictator’s bedroom drawers after seizing second city Aleppo

INCREDIBLE footage shows Syrian rebels storming Bashar al-Assad’s palace and rifle through his bedroom drawers.

The humiliating footage for the ruthless dictator comes as Islamist troops seized the country’s second city of Aleppo last week.

The soldiers recorded what they found inside the home
The soldiers recorded what they found inside the homeCredit: AP
A fighter checks inside a wardrobe
A fighter checks inside a wardrobeCredit: AP

After his home was seized, Assad promised to fight back, declaring “terror only understands the language of power, and we will break it with it.”

Footage shows insurgents entering what appears to be Assad’s palace and explore the stately home.

Masked fighters carrying AK-47 rifles move through luxurious bedrooms and a private bathroom, collecting objects from dressers and inspecting cupboards.

They do not trash the home and respectfully place items back where they found them.

Their surprise offensive launched only days before caught Assad off guard and has since captured hundreds of miles of land and dozens of towns.

The attack is posing a direct threat to Assad’s rule as the Syrian Salvation Government’s (HTS) troops make President look weak.

Over the weekend, a video captured a large group of people surrounding the Bassel al-Assad statue in Basel Square in Aleppo. The crowd eventually pulled down the statue of the deceased former Syrian presidential heir from his horse.

The moment mirrors the symbolic toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue during the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Rampaging rebels have also torn down a Russian flag, stamped on it, and burned the white, blue and red tricolour, declaring it was “Allah’s will”.

The recent unexpected attack has now moved towards the southern region, where rebel forces dominated by Islamists are clashing with Assad’s military. Reports from a war monitoring group indicate that the rebels are pushing towards the city of Hama in central Syria.

Watch as Syrian Islamist rebels tear down Assad statue in ‘Saddam moment’

HTS and its allies fought some of the “most violent” clashes with troops in the area since launching the lightning offensive last week, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said: “Clashes have erupted in the northern Hama countryside, where rebel factions managed to seize several cities and towns in the last few hours.

“Syrian and Russian air forces carried out dozens of strikes on the area.”

Hama is a strategic city linking Aleppo to the capital Damascus and will be a top priority for Assad to hold.

The insurgents gently picked up items on the dresser
The insurgents gently picked up items on the dresserCredit: AP
The home appeared to be abandoned
The home appeared to be abandonedCredit: AP

But an AFP journalist in the northern Hama countryside saw dozens of Syrian army tanks and military vehicles abandoned by the side of the road.

The city was a bastion of opposition to the Assad government early on in the civil war and the site of frequent mass protests.

A rebel takeover of Hama would “pose a threat to the regime’s popular base”, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said.

Russia first intervened directly in Syria’s war in 2015 with strikes on rebel-held area and has pledged continued support with the latest fighting.

Fighters roamed around the house and looked through the bedrooms
Fighters roamed around the house and looked through the bedroomsCredit: AP
The troops were heavily armed with body armour and rifles as they walked around the home
The troops were heavily armed with body armour and rifles as they walked around the homeCredit: AP

State news agency SANA also reported air strikes on Hama province and rebel bastion Idlib in the northwest.

“We want to advance on Hama after combing” towns that have been captured, a rebel fighter who identified himself as Abu al-Huda al-Sourani told AFP.

The province’s western countryside is home to the Alawite community from which Assad hails.

Syria has been at war since Assad cracked down on democracy protests in 2011.

Syria’s military – backed by Russian air attacks – are expected to form a “defensive line” to block off any further push at some point.

Putin meets with Assad at the Kremlin in 2013
Putin meets with Assad at the Kremlin in 2013Credit: AFP
A Syrian opposition fighter tears up a painting depicting Assad and his late father Hazef Assad
A Syrian opposition fighter tears up a painting depicting Assad and his late father Hazef AssadCredit: AP
Insurgents take selfies at the Nayrab military airport, in Aleppo, during the offensive
Insurgents take selfies at the Nayrab military airport, in Aleppo, during the offensiveCredit: EPA
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