Syrian rebel force deploys to village near Damascus to stop looters

Syrian fighters aim their weapons in direction of suspected looters at a residential complex of former Bashar Assad’s military officers at the village of Husseiniyeh, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria (Leo Correa/AP)

A rebel force deployed to a village in south-eastern Damascus to stop looters who swarmed a residential complex and set some apartments on fire.

The raid by the rebel force comes a week after the fighters marched on the Syrian capital in their lightning offensive that forced Syrian President Bashar Assad to flee, ending five decades of his family rule.