BASHAR al-Assad packed planes with two tonnes of cash worth £200m and sent them to Russia.
The tyrant cowardly escaped the country just hours before rebels captured his palace in their lightning blitz that ousted his regime.
APAn opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of Bashar al-Assad’s father Hafez[/caption] AFPSyrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia after rebels overthrew his regime[/caption]But in the years before, Assad flew banknotes out of the country to Russia.