Syrian rioters set tomb of Hafez al-Assad ablaze in Qardaha
According to an initial report from AFP, rebel groups and bystanders torched the mausoleum of the ousted Syrian president's father in the Latakia region.
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 December 11, 2024, after it was stormed by opposition factions.(photo credit: AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERSUpdated: