A contingent of the rebel force that recently took power in Syria has destroyed the tomb of the founder of the Assad ruling family.
According to the BBC, the tomb of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad — whose son, Bashar al-Assad, fled the country to Russia after rebels overran his forces — was wrecked.
The BBC said the tomb was set on fire as armed men chanted around it.
Hafez al-Assad ruled Syria ruthlessly from 1971 until 2000. In 2011, his son responded to pro-democracy protesters by cracking down on freedom, an act that led to a long-simmering civil war that has ended in the past weeks with rebels taking control of the nation.
Amid celebrations from Syrian citizens that the Assad regime has ended, questions remain over how the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham will govern.
Charles Lister, the director of the Syria Program at the Middle East Institute think tank…
