The dated photos, seemingly from when the 59-year-old was a young man in the 80s and 90s, also show him posing in denim jean shorts and sunglasses. In another picture he appears to be on a balcony overlooking the sea, teasing a girl who is sat on his shoulders who is clinging on to him as she tips backwards. The pictures, along with the opulent houses they were found in, show the privileged lives the Assad family led in Syria, where many citizens live on around one dollar a day.
