Bashar al-Assad is mocked as rebels unearth photo of Syrian president in a tiny pair of Speedos after seizing family palace in Aleppo – as officials say government could fall ‘in the next week’

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

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.