- Russia Pushed Assad to Flee Syria After Concluding He’d Lost War Bloomberg
- A Tour of Assad’s Monumental Palace, With a Scruffy Rebel as a Guide The New York Times
- Video Inside Assad’s abandoned palace in Syria ABC News
- Inside Assad’s Ransacked Palace: Anxiety Pills, Graffiti and Shredded Posters The Wall Street Journal
- ‘A dream come true’: Syrian refugees who fled to Utah as kids hold hope, concern for home country after fall of Assad regime Salt Lake Tribune