The grave of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's father has been torched by rebel fighters after they attacked his mausoleum today.
The photos show fighters standing near the burnt grave of Hafez al-Assad in the family's ancestral village of Qardaha in the western province of Latakia, foreign media reported.
Other footage shows the burnt tomb then being dragged out of the mausoleum and left there by armed rebels.
Hafez al-Assad, who was the father and predecessor of the ousted president, died in 2000, writes A2 CNN.
He took power in 1970 and was the architect of modern Syria, creating a system of 'divide and rule' to maintain his power.
The burning of Hafez's grave comes after his son fled Syria following a lightning offensive led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its allies.
Syrians across the country and around the world have erupted in celebration after enduring five decades of rule by his clan that saw anyone suspected of dissent jailed or killed. (A2 Televizion)
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