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 al-Assad became infamous for violently...

Rifaat al-Assad became infamous for violently...

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...

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

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...

A person gestures next to a burning picture of President Bashar al-Assad, after rebels seized the capital and ousted the president, in Qamishli,...