Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before ...

The brother and uncle of Syrian tyrants, he commanded a unit that killed up to 40,000 civilians in a 1982 uprising against his family’s rule.

Rifaat al-Assad lived in exile in Europe for nearly 40 years and only returned to Syria in 2021 to avoid being arrested in France on charges of embezzlement.

Assad, the brother of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and a central figure in the 1982 Hama crackdown, has died at 88 in the United Arab Emirates ...

Officials hope to strike an agreement this year to send funds to Damascus ...

Rifaat al-Assad, the younger brother of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad who was once a very powerful figure in the ...

Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the “butcher of Hama” for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully ...

ONE of southern Spain’s most infamous expats has died at the age of 88 in Dubai.  The uncle of exiled Syrian dictator, Bashar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of ...

Davos: Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and dubbed the "Butcher of Hama" for suppressing an uprising in the 1980s, has died aged 88, two sources close to the family said ...

Rifaat al-Assad, the younger brother of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and widely known as the “butcher of Hama,” has died at the age of 88. According to a Reuters report, Assad died in the ...

FILE PHOTO: Former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Al-Assad, disgraced younger brother of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, appears in an undated file photograph. REUTERS/File Photo — Reuters Photographer ...