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Syria rebels burn tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez

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73% Informative

Videos show armed men chanting as they walk around the burning mausoleum in Qardaha .

The rebels led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham swept across Syria in a lightning offensive.

Bashar al-Assad has fled to Russia where he and his family have been given asylum.

HTS and allied rebel factions seized control of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday .

VR Score

73

Informative language

72

Neutral language

43

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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