Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father set alight after Syrian rebel victory The tomb of the former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad has ...

Syrian rebels have desecrated the tomb of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad’s father, former Syrian President Hafez al Assad. Hafez al Assad ruled Syria with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000, ...

The funeral of Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez al-Assad. His "departure" was much more stately and calm than his son’s retreat this past week. For some 30 years, he had ruled Syria with an iron grip.

Rebel fighters joyously observe as the tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez burns in his hometown of Qardaha. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor told AFP the ...

The tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez was set ablaze in Qardaha, according to a report from the news agency AFP. The footage captured the scene showing armed rebels and ...

For decades, the Syrian army ruled over parts of neighboring Lebanon. One place that Syrians controlled was a village in northern Lebanon. And that is where NPR Diaa Hadid begins this story in 1984 in ...

DAMASCUS — Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the family's hometown. Videos verified by the BBC showed armed men ...

Syrian refugees in El Cajon danced in the streets upon hearing about the Dec. 7 collapse of the Assad dynasty, which hailed from the Shi’a Alawite minority and ruled the majority Arab Sunni population ...

Syria was home to one of the first civilizations on earth. Today, the country is picking up the pieces from the ruins of humanity's oldest sin. Half a century of dictatorship between Bashar al-Assad ...