Syrian rebels have torched the tomb of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s father days after the stunning fall of the family’s 50 year dictatorship.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said rebels had set fire to the mausoleum of Hafez al-Assad, in the family’s hometown of Qardaha, in the Latakia region.
Footage shows parts of the mausoleum ablaze and damaged, with the tomb of Hafez destroyed.
Rebel fighters were seen holding up the three starred flag of the revolution as they stood atop the charred gravesite.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said rebels had set fire to the mausoleum of Hafez al-Assad, in the family’s hometown of Qardaha, in the Latakia region.
Footage shows parts of the mausoleum ablaze and damaged, with the tomb of Hafez destroyed.
Rebel fighters were seen holding up the three starred flag of the revolution as they stood atop the charred gravesite.
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