NBC News gained exclusive access to the marble atrium and wood-lined library of the deposed president's former residence.

Hours before rebel forces seized Damascus and toppled his government on Sunday, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was already ...

The symbol of power, perched on a hill near Damascus, offers a stark view of the final days of a brutal dictator.

As NBC News recently explored the squat, modernist palace nestled in the heights above Damascus, an eerie calm prevailed, ...

Assad, was driven from power and the country, NBC News' Richard Engel got an inside look at the palace where Assad lived in ...

People walk around a palace in Damascus after Syrian rebels took the capital. Video credit: Social Media Rock ‘n’ roll icon ...