Assad's Presidential Palace in Damascus - in pictures
Abu Al Mughwar, a fighter from the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham rebel group, patrols Syria’s oldest presidential palace in the Al Muhajireen district of Damascus. All photos: Danny Makki for The National
The finest carpenters in Damascus worked on the interior of the Muhajireen palace
The elite HTS unit guard the palace
Messages scrawled on the palace walls by Syrians who entered as former president Bashar Al Assad fled a rebel advance on Damascus
The palace windows are made of thick, bulletproof glass
The interior of the palace
The Muhajreen presidential palace has a gym and sauna in a separate building and barracks for 300 soldiers
The sauna
A charging station for electric cars in the palace garage, which is now empty
The palace, built in 1910, boasts some of the finest woodwork in Syria
Abu Al Mughwar points out the views of Damascus from the palace roof
