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Hama, which has deep scars from the 1982 massacres committed by Hafez al-Assad and his brother Rifaat al-Assad against its people, is returning to the forefront today, carrying a new glimmer of hope.

A Paris court in 2019 froze 90 million euros worth of property—equivalent to $95 million—held in France by Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of Bashar al-Assad who oversaw a brutal opposition ...

The real Rifaat al-Assad (left) is pictured here with Hafez al-Assad (AFP) Like Bashar, Furat – young, insecure, and inexperienced – appears reluctant to take the throne, and only agrees when ...

Rifaat al-Assad is accused by Swiss prosecutors of a long list of crimes, including having ordered "murders, acts of torture, inhumane treatment and illegal detentions" while an officer in the ...

Syrian researcher Bashar al-Shamtiya has documented the historical sites and buildings destroyed by the Baath regime during ...

In 1983, Hafez al-Assad had a medical crisis — a heart attack and other problems. Rifaat saw his chance. Maybe he could become No. 1 even while Hafez was still alive? He attempted a coup ...

In December, during a lightning offensive by Syrian rebels that ousted President Bashar Assad, the tables were turned again as Turkish-backed rebels seized Tel Rifaat from the Kurdish-led Syrian ...

Exclusive: Bashar al-Assad's uncle Rifaat flew from Beirut to Dubai, Lebanese officials say Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war ...

Then, in 1964, one year after the Baath party – which Hafez al-Assad would later take over ... led by Hafez’s younger brother Rifaat, had killed thousands, the exact number unknown but ...