Secret underground tunnels found under Assad mansion

Secret escape tunnels used by the Assad family have been discovered after their tyrannical regime was overthrown by Syrian rebel forces over the weekend.

- HOLLY EVANS

A video allegedly shows an underground network under Major General Maher al-Assad's mansion in Damascus, shows a large staircase leading downwards into a large complex with sitting rooms, metal doors and bedrooms.

Reportedly filmed by a rebel who helped storm the capital, the footage shows a number of rooms and a network of passages. It was captioned: “Massive tunnel complex beneath Maher Assad’s mansion, wide enough for trucks carrying Captagon and gold to drive through.”

Maher al-Assad is the deposed president Bashar al-Assad’s brother, and led a unit of the Syrian army and served as a major general during his family’s autocratic regime.