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Syria’s leaders vow to secure chemical weapons; Hafez al-Assad tomb torched
11 December 2024
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- Syrian fighters burned the tomb of Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the town of Qardaha in northern Latakia.
- Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the rebel forces that overthrew al-Assad, pledges to close the former regime’s notorious prisons and secure potential chemical weapons sites with the help of international partners.
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