CNN gets first-hand look at ousted Syrian president's palace

CNN's Clarissa Ward gets a first-hand look at the luxurious life the Assad family lived while touring the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad's palace, taken over by rebel forces after the former president fled to Russia. #CNN #News

[madison]

CNN better be paying Clarissa very well because yall are putting her through it again and again

[cskvision]

Clarissa speaks so many languages, Arabic and Ukrainian. What a legend.

[ariella]

The palace is so soulless and cold like a mausoleum

[otto]

The question to put on the scarf, pretty much preditcts the future of this country

[Potaters]

I swear CNN is so lucky to have Clarissa Ward, everytime she shows up her reporting is leagues ahead of everyone else on the network

[washingtonjames]

"Cover your head woman." Could Not Wait!!! Good luck ladies.

[rdsyafriyar]

Hopefully it can become a museum soon enough. I still recall Yanukovych's lavish palace complex from Ukraine and considering that both leaders have fled to Moscow, this presidential palace should become a public testimony showcasing the relics of corruption, embezzlement, and dictatorship for the Syrian people to visit.

[farahalshoofi]

In Syria we have covered women and non covered women. That man needs to understand that ruling Syria through a religion will not work, most Syrians won’t accept another extremist government.

[Sam-I-am]

“Cover your head” 😂 that’s the freedom they want.

[mynameiseve.]

This too will go array sadly. I am thrilled for the Syrian people. Lets hope i am wrong and nothing worse or equally bad comes next!

[GrapefruitSoundLab]

In my half century on earth I don't think I have ever seen our brothers and sisters in Syria laughing and smiling.

[evelinakuchuk]

So she was asked to cover her hair for the first time….sounds like Syria is moving in a very clear direction!!

[sadiqali]

Every dictator has to go through this situation or sooner or later they’re going face similar destiny

[blee]

Clarissa is ICONIC. She could be my documentary narrator of the year.

[DavidFekke]

So much for women's rights under the new leadership.

[joselizarraga]

Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea are shaking their boots off that they could be next by seeing this news in Syria.

[justvincent]

Its Syrian People's Palace not Bashar Al-Assad's Palace

[RendererEP]

Bit concerned he forced her to cover in what is suposed to be a secular country. If she was in a Mosque, church or a relgious neighbourbood it would make sense, but in Assad's palace? Many Syrian women themselves, muslim, christian and athiest choose not to cover their hair. Let alone a foreigner.

[IvanSinger]

Ward is a master correspondent in the middle east, her book "On all Fronts" is amazing on so many levels

[Khaled-qwyf]

Clarification: I am from Syria. In Syria, you can wear whatever you want, but the fighter asked her to wear the hijab because he is very religious and cannot look at her and talk to her on camera. They have so far emphasized the freedom of every person and have not and will not force women to wear the hijab.