Bashar al-Assad is mocked as rebels unearth photo of Syrian president in a tiny pair of Speedos – as militants take Homs and officials say government could fall ‘in the next week’ [Video]

17:14 EST 07 Dec 2024, updated 05:22 EST 08 Dec 2024

Bashar al-Assad has been mocked after rebels unearthed a photo of the Syrian president wearing nothing but a tiny pair of Speedos.

Following a lightning rebel advance in Syria last week, Jihadi rebels came across a photo of the Syrian leader scantily clad as a young man.

The image shows the dictator posing alongside three other people in swimsuits as they are perched on the side of a boat in the night.

The picture quickly gained attention on social media, with one person writing: ‘A picture found in the palace of the idiot and criminal Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo.’

The funny reaction online comes amid reports from Western officials that Assad’s government could fall within the next week.

It has now been revealed that Syrian government forces have abandoned the key city of Homs after less than a day of fighting, leaving Assad’s 24-year rule dangling by a thread with …