Rebels storm embassy in Damascus

An AFP photographer saw ransacked offices, with shattered glass on the floor and broken furniture in the building in Damascus’s upscale Mazzeh area, also home to other embassies and United Nations offices. An AFP photographer saw ransacked offices, with shattered glass on the floor and broken furniture in the building in  People loaded looted items onto trucks outside, the photographer said. Filing cabinets and drawers sat open while papers, files and other contents including  Syrian flags were strewn around the premises.