Images show the fighters standing next to the burning gravesite of Hafez al-Assad in the former president's hometown.

Sharaa's Islamist group is stamping its authority on Syria's state with the same lightning speed that it seized the country, deploying police, installing an interim government and meeting foreign envoys - raising concerns over how inclusive Damascus' new rulers intend to be.

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani also said he would dissolve the former regime's security forces, in a statement seen by Reuters.

Syrian rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa - better known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani - told Reuters in a written statement on Wednesday that he would dissolve the security forces of the toppled regime of Bashar al-Assad.

Syria is heading towards stability and Western fears of future chaos and violence are unfounded, the leader of the rebel group who ousted Bashar Al-Assad ’s regime has claimed.

Rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said they took control of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria. Israel said its extensive strikes were to prevent a future attack.

Now covered in ashes and empty bullet casings, the grand mausoleum of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's family stood in the eyes of rebels as a symbol of the injustice Syrians endured under their long rule.

Video shows Syrian rebel fighters destroying tomb of the late president Hafez al-Assad, the father of the ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The tomb also houses the graves of Hafez al-Assad's wife and eldest son.