{"id":135956,"date":"2024-12-11T22:22:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135956"},"modified":"2024-12-11T22:22:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:22:13","slug":"syria-latest-syrian-rebel-fighters-set-fire-to-tomb-of-bashar-al-assads-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135956","title":{"rendered":"Syria latest: Syrian rebel fighters set fire to tomb of Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s father"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"asset:d1ad14cb-8246-4b6b-957f-2c161c270a14\">\n<header class=\"ssrcss-j2egdy-Header e14e9ror5\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1de7kuz-HeadingContainer e14e9ror1\"><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\" class=\"ssrcss-ad2rmd-Heading e10rt3ze0\"><span role=\"text\" class=\"ssrcss-189b1h2-HeadlineWrap e14e9ror2\"><span>HTS fighter gives &#8216;brotherly advice&#8217;, asking me to wear headscarf<\/span><span class=\"ssrcss-etauer-ServerSideTime e14e9ror0\"><span data-testid=\"timestamp\" class=\"ssrcss-umer6k-Timestamp ekpio9q4\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\" class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">published at 11:46 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ssrcss-crgz56-Time ekpio9q2\">11:46 GMT<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1srjmpl-ImageWrapper etflsgg1\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1105681-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/\/vivo\/live\/images\/2024\/9\/25\/8c812e42-1a05-4c99-bcc6-2ad0d69190b3.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><strong>Nafiseh Kohnavard<\/strong><br \/>Middle East correspondent, reporting from Damascus<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1vfya96-StyledFigure e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-198v5dx-Placeholder etlorgc0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Abul Hammam and his cousin look towards the camera and smile\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2024\/12\/11\/a123d993-018a-41e6-b444-57994e533469.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/240\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2024\/12\/11\/a123d993-018a-41e6-b444-57994e533469.jpg.webp 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/320\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2024\/12\/11\/a123d993-018a-41e6-b444-57994e533469.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/480\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2024\/12\/11\/a123d993-018a-41e6-b444-57994e533469.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/624\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2024\/12\/11\/a123d993-018a-41e6-b444-57994e533469.jpg.webp 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/800\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2024\/12\/11\/a123d993-018a-41e6-b444-57994e533469.jpg.webp 800w\" width=\"4025\" height=\"2264\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On our way to Damascus\u2019 main Umayyad Square, I meet Abul Hammam, a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighter, and his cousin Mohammad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They hug each other tightly, meeting after 15 years apart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Abul Hammam, 30, originally from Damascus, says he was<br \/>\nfighting in Aleppo for years at the beginning of the Syrian revolution where he<br \/>\njoined HTS. He has been in Azerbaijan for some years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">I speak to him in Azeri a little. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Your name is Arabic but you are not Arab. Where are you<br \/>\nfrom?&#8221; he asks me. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">I cautiously tell him that I am originally from Iran\u2019s West<br \/>\nAzerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He smiles, saying: &#8220;Many of our ancestors are from Balkan<br \/>\nand old Soviet Union countries near Iran. I like Iranian people but not the<br \/>\nregime. We fought with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He goes on to ask me whether I am a Christian \u2013 I smile, trying to<br \/>\navoid talking about religion. He continues: &#8220;May I give you a brotherly nice advice? Do<br \/>\nyou have headscarf?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">I say yes I have it with me. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I think you will be nicer if you wear it as a Muslim<br \/>\nwoman,&#8221; he says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Out of respect and for security reasons I take my headscarf<br \/>\nand cover a part of my hair similar to how I would wear it in Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If you bring it further and cover all, it will [be] much<br \/>\nbetter,&#8221; Hammam adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><i class=\"ssrcss-v0hwvi-AlternateVoice e1geeobk0\">We&#8217;ll have more on Nafiseh&#8217;s reaction to the exchange shortly.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/c8781yyqddrt\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HTS fighter gives &#8216;brotherly advice&#8217;, asking me to wear headscarfpublished at 11:46 Greenwich Mean Time 11:46 GMT Nafiseh KohnavardMiddle East correspondent, reporting from Damascus On our way to Damascus\u2019 main &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135956\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}