Rifaat Assad, uncle of the deposed Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, died on Wednesday at the age of 87, according to reports from news agencies. In his...

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

Rifaat had became a powerful figure in his brother Hafez al Assad's regime after the 1970 coup.

Rifaat had became a powerful figure in his brother Hafez al Assad's regime after the 1970 coup.

President Vladimir V. Putin and President Ahmed al-Sharaa are looking to build ties after the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar...

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk near an armored vehicle, following clashes between SDF and Syrian government forces, in Hasakah, Syria,...

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters walk near an armored vehicle, following clashes between SDF and Syrian government forces, in Hasakah, Syria,...

Rifaat al-Assad became infamous for violently suppressing an Islamist uprising in 1982, an operation in which the Syrian Network for Human Rights...

Rifaat al-Assad became infamous for violently suppressing an Islamist uprising in 1982, an operation in which the Syrian Network for Human Rights...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Hani Al Sawah recently walked the streets of Damascus, Syria's capital, with wide-eyed excitement. It had been 13 years since...