Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the “butcher of Hama” for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully ...

This is the second time that President Vladimir V. Putin has hosted President Ahmed al-Sharaa since the fall of the Russia-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. By Paul Sonne and Christina Goldbaum ...

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before ...

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. By Adam Nossiter Rifaat al-Assad, who as a paramilitary ...

Rifaat al-Assad, the younger brother of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and widely known as the “butcher of Hama,” has died at the age of 88. According to a Reuters report, Assad died in the ...

DUBAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Syrian authorities have asked Lebanese security forces to hand over more than 200 senior officers who fled to Lebanon after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, following a Reuters ...

A compound in Lebanon housing people who fled Syria after Bashar Assad's fall has faced allegations of harboring Assad ...

Syrian security officials meet Lebanese counterparts over exiled Assad-era officers Rival camps finance potential Alawite militant groups in Lebanon Lebanese officials say there are no arrest warrants ...

France's highest court upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar al-Assad's personal immunity as a head of state on Friday while green-lighting possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from ...

Syria’s former vice president Rifaat Al Assad has died, two friends close to the family that lost power in the country just over a year ago told The National on Wednesday. “He died this morning of ...

Syria’s interim leader has arrived in Moscow for his second time in less than four months for talks, which are expected to ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 16 (UPI) --Lebanon and Syria have been working to turn the page on decades of mistrust and tense ties since the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad in December 2024. But the ...