Syrians topple and trample on statues of Assad's father
Hafez al-Assad took power in a 1970 coup, and set up a paranoid and brutal regime under which anyone suspected of dissent could be jailed or killed.
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Syrian Kurds celebrate next to the destroyed statue of late President Hafez al-Assad, father of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, as they celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters, in the city of Qamishli on December 8, 2024. (Credit: AFP)
By NewVision Reporter
Journalists @NewVision
DAMASCUS - Syrians around the country on Sunday toppled and trampled on statues of President Bashar al-Assad's late father Hafez, who founded the brutal system of government that