The head of a broken statue of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad was seen under a square in the city of Hama on Friday, December 6, after opposition forces took over the city.
Pictures taken by Obada Jbara show two boys holding Syrian protest flags, one of them stomping on a statue of Hafez al-Assad – the father of the current Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad – in Hama’s Assi Square.
Pictures shared by several media outlets on Thursday are said to show people pulling down a statue of Al-Assad in Hama. Credit: Obada Jbara via Story