- Title: Syrians topple statue of Assad's father, Hafez
- Date: 15th December 2024
- Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (DECEMBER 15, 2024) (REUTERS) STUDENTS STANDING ON LATE SYRIAN PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD’S STATUE IN DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY VARIOUS OF STUDENTS STANDING ON ASSAD’S STATUE AT UNIVERSITY GATE / CHANTING VARIOUS OF STUDENTS CHANTING VARIOUS OF STUDENTS DRAGGING ASSAD’S STATUE IN STREET HEADING TO UMDAYYADE SQUARE
- Embargoed: 29th December 2024 11:59
- Keywords: Assad Damascus Syria statue
- Location: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
- City: DAMASCUS, SYRIA
- Country: Syria
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001728815122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A number of Syrian students toppled on Sunday (December 15) a statue of late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad at Damascus University cheering and riding on top of it.
The students dragged the statue, that was installed in the university for decades, to the main Umayyade square in the capital Damascus.
Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez seized power in Syria in a 1970 coup.
Both Assad and his father Hafez, who preceded him as president and died in 2000, have been accused by rights groups and governments of widespread extrajudicial killings, including mass executions within the country's notorious prison system.
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