Meanwhile old photographs purportedly found during the ransacking of his homes show a young Assad in his underwear – images he would have never expected the eyes of the world to look upon but which have since been circulating on social media. Unearthed family pictures belonging to the tyrant include one of him apparently on a hike, happily stood next to a cousin who is wearing a T-shirt depicting Adolf Hitler. Another image, seemingly of a fancy dress party, show the former eye doctor wearing blackface dressed as a huntsman, toting a rifle as he grins for the camera.
