BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war crimes over the bloody suppression of a revolt in 1982, has flown from Beirut ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad ’s cousins were arrested Friday at the Beirut airport, where they attempted to fly out with allegedly forged ...

A Paris court will give its verdict Wednesday in a trial on money laundering charges for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's uncle, who amassed a fortune in France over several decades. A TV grab shows ...

France's national finance prosecutor called Monday for a four-year prison sentence and a 10 million euro fine for Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of the Syrian president, accused of money laundering related to ...

Hayan Hadid (centre) survived the 1982 Hama massacre - Copyright AFP - Hayan Hadid (centre) survived the 1982 Hama massacre - Copyright AFP - Tony Gamal-Gabriel Hayan ...

When Bashar al-Assad's 2011 crackdown on pro-democracy protests sparked war, Qattan joined an armed group, eventually seeking exile in Turkey. He returned home after Assad's ouster last month. What ...