The tomb of Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, was set on fire in his hometown of Qardaha. Rebel fighters were seen in the area as the mausoleum burned. The tomb of Hafez was destroyed, along with other parts of the mausoleum. Hafez al-Assad seized power in Syria in 1970 and established a single-party police state. His son Bashar was forced to flee Damascus on Sunday, ending more than 50 years of the Assad family's rule.
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