"A meaningful gift for the war pilot who has been held captive for years for opposing Assad's orders."

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The Syrian pilot Ragid Tatari, who defied the "order to bomb civilians" of the Baath regime, was released following the collapse of the Assad regime. The Syrian pilot, who had been held captive for 43 years, was gifted a sword with gold inlays.

SWORD WITH GOLD INLAYS

Syrian activists shared footage of the mosque imam gifting the sword with gold inlays to pilot Tatari on behalf of the people of the city after Friday prayers at a mosque in Hama.

Sheikh Muaz Reydan, the mosque imam, stated that the gift he presented to Tatari was "a symbolic gift for having spent more than half of his life in the regime's dungeons."

HE HAD BEEN IN PRISON FOR 43 YEARS

Tatari had been imprisoned for 43 years for defying the order to bomb civilians in the city of Hama when he was 27 years old during the era of Hafez al-Assad. The Syrian pilot was released after the fall of the Baath regime.