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Watch: BBC sees looting at Bashar al-Assad’s residence


BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab witnessed people looting a residence belonging to Bashar al-Assad, in chaotic scenes after he fled the country.

“I’ve never been into this street… I can see people rushing into this place in revenge and also with lots of happiness that they’ve managed to break in,” she reported.

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