ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and a central figure in one of the most violent episodes of modern Syrian history, has died at the age of ...

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

Known for his role in the 1982 Hama massacre, the late member of Syria’s former ruling family oversaw the killing of tens of ...

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 Wednesday. Once a ...

The ‘Butcher of Hama’ and former Syrian vice president dies in exile at age 89.

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.

Known for role in brutal suppression in the 1980s, the former Defence Brigades head has died after a brief illness ...

The former army officer - branded the 'butcher of Hama' for his role in crushing an Islamist uprising in 1982 - died on ...

Syria’s former vice president Rifaat Al Assad has died, two friends close to the family that lost power in the country just ...

According to the Swiss prosecutors' indictment, between 3,000 and 60,000 people, the majority civilians, died in the Hama ...