
A truck pulls the head of the toppled statue of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad through the streets of the west-central city of Hama on Dec. 6, 2024. (Credit: Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP)
In Syria, demonstrators toppled the statue of former president Hafez al-Assad, who died in 2000 and is the father of current president Bashar al-Assad, on the outskirts of Damascus, witnesses report.
In Syria, demonstrators toppled the statue of former president Hafez al-Assad, who died in 2000 and is the father of current president Bashar al-Assad, on the outskirts of Damascus, witnesses report.