Syrian rebels have set on fire the tomb of the country’s former President Hafez al-Assad in his hometown in the northwest, a war monitor said on Wednesday. Assad ruled Syria for 30 years until ...

According to PAP, the first rebels who entered the mausoleum of Assad senior placed shoes on the tomb, which in Arab culture symbolises the deepest contempt. Hafez al-Assad passed away in 2000.

SYRIA: The tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez was torched in his hometown of Qardaha, AFP footage taken Wednesday showed, with rebel fighters in fatigues and young men ...