Tensions Rise as Assad's Father's Tomb Burned Amid Syrian Conflict
TL;DR
Syrian rebel fighters, led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, have destroyed the tomb of the late president Hafez al-Assad, father of the ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, in Qardaha, Latakia. The mausoleum also contained the graves of Hafez al-Assad's wife and eldest son.
- Syria rebels burn tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father BBC.com
- Israel hits Syria port, depots; Fighting displaces 100,000 in northeast Al Jazeera English
- France urges Israel to leave Syria buffer zone as tomb of Assad’s father set on fire – Middle East crisis as it happened The Guardian
- Assad’s Baath party suspends work indefinitely in Syria FRANCE 24 English
- Tomb of Assad’s father set on fire in Syria hometown The Times of Israel
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