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...

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

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

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.

Rifaat al-Assad became infamous for violently...

Rifaat al-Assad became infamous for violently...

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...

Syrian internal security forces have arrested a relative of former president Bashar al-Assad in connection with recent...