DeSad Disfigured: Syrians Destroy the Icons of a Dictator

When the rebels swept across Syria, symbols that had once seemed omnipresent collapsed. In Aleppo, a statue of one of Mr. Al-Assad’s brothers, Bassel al-Assad, was shot down on a horse. The horse remained. In a village north of Damascus, the capital, a giant statue of the father of the expelled leader, former President Hafez al-Assad, was shot down. The statues were taken, possibly for scrap. The post DeSad disfigured: Syrians destroy the icons …