Syrian rebel fighters set fire to tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father

BBC Summary

Syrian rebels have set fire to the tomb of ex-President Bashar al-Assad's father in his former hometown.

Images show the fighters standing next to the burning gravesite of Hafez al-Assad in the western Syrian Latakia province.

Meanwhile shops are reopening and people are returning to work in Damascus as day-to-day life gradually resumes.

BBC reporters in the city speak to workers who say they're "hoping for better days", as they adapt to life after the fall of the Assad regime.

Elsewhere Syrian rebel forces say they have taken control of the oil-rich eastern city of Deir al-Zour from Kurdish forces as they try to secure the country's resources.

It comes as Israel confirmed it carried out attacks on Syria's naval fleet and conducted 350 air strikes as part of its efforts to neutralise military assets in the country.