Jamil al-Assad and Jaber Shalish forced al-Khayyir to sell the land for less than $200, and initially, they refused it.

After a state funeral in Damascus, his body was airlifted to the Naissa Mosque and buried in the center of the mausoleum.

Since then, the mausoleum of Assad and his son had been guarded and maintained by the Syrian security forces and was open to tourists.

[7] Bashar al-Assad, the second son of Hafez and the younger brother of Bassel, became the President of Syria after his father's death.

[8][9] After the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the mausoleum was stormed and looted by Syrian rebel fighters.