On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending the Syrian capital, to the presidential palace facing it. The tunnels ...

The tunnels, seen by an AFP correspondent, are among the secrets of President Bashar al-Assad's rule exposed since rebels toppled him on December 8. "We entered this enormous barracks of the ...

The palace also featured a home gym and a secret underground tunnel, further highlighting the extravagant privileges enjoyed by the Al-Assad regime, which ruled Syria with an iron fist for over ...