Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of former president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, in a symbolic move marking the end of the Assad family’s 54-year rule.

Hafez al-Assad's Syria: Forging a dynasty, at any price By Gilles Paris Published on February 7, 2025, at 4:00 am (Paris), updated on February 7, 2025, at 9:40 am. 7 min read Lire en français.

Syrian rebels have desecrated the tomb of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s father, former Syrian President Hafez al Assad.. Hafez al Assad ruled Syria with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000 ...

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Rebel fighters stand next to the burning gravesite of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad at his mausoleum in the family's ancestral village of Qardaha in the western Latakia province on ...

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