A rider competes at the Al-Nasr Equestrian Show Jumping Championship in Dimas, northwest of Damascus
Since the overthrow of Assad, equestrian events in Syria have seen faces and growing interest in the sport
A statue of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's late brother, Bassel, still stands outside the Dimas equestrian club near Damascus
For weeks, Ziad Abu al-Dahab has been training for gold at an equestrian tournament near Damascus -- in a sport once dominated by Syria's Assa…
Mountain lair: a soldier looks into a hidden exit from from Maher al-Assad's private office built into a hilltop overlooking Damascus
A satellite view of Maher al-Assad's private office with its underground vaults above Damascus
Syria security force members guard a tunnel in the complex from which ousted president Bashar al-Assad's feared younger brother Maher controll…
A member of the new Syrian security forces at a Fourth Division compound in the capital
Piles of ransacked papers in a room in Maher al-Assad's private office in the hills above Damascus
Maher al-Assad's enormous villa on the outskirts of Damascus which was looted as soon as the regime fell