Earlier today, rebel fighters torched the tomb of Hafez al-Assad, the father of deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The BBC has now seen more footage of the events in Qardaha, northwestern Syria, where three-starred flags – the symbol of Syria’s opposition – were displayed next to the smouldering coffin.
One man, Tarek Nassif, tells AFP’s cameras that they came to the graves of Hafez, his wife Anisa, and his eldest son Basel “to take a look at these filthy people, because they oppressed the entire Syrian people.”
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Another Latakia resident, Mohammad Nassif, adds: “We came and saw it be burnt and destroyed by the people of his village because he starved them, because they hated him, and because he destroyed us, he displaced them and displaced us.
