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

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

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

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

Assad, died at 88 in UAE. Notorious for his role in the 1982 Hama massacre, Rifaat spent years in exile after a failed challenge for Syrian leadership. Despite wealth and political maneuvering, his ...

Assad, uncle of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and dubbed the "Butcher of Hama" for suppressing an uprising in the ...

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

Doctors on the ground estimate at least 16,500 protesters were slaughtered in total, most of them on the nights of January 8 ...

Khaberni- Today, Wednesday, two sources reported the death of Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of the deposed Syrian President ...

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 ...