Wednesday, 11 December 2024 Rebels set ablaze the tomb of Hafez al-Assad, the former Syrian president and father of Bashar al-Assad, in Qardaha, Latakia province. The mausoleum, also containing the remains of other Assad family members, was destroyed following the rebels' swift capture of key cities and Assad's subsequent departure from power, ending the family's five-decade rule.
Rebel fighters joyously observe as the tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez burns in his hometown of Qardaha. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor told AFP the rebels had set fire to the mausoleum, located in the Latakia heartland of Assad's Alawite community.
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