A Lebanese security source said Saturday that Bashar al-Assad's uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, left the country via Beirut airport around a week ago, after rebels overthrew his nephew. Rifaat al-Assad ...

Rifaat al-Assad led forces that crushed Syrian revolt in 1982 Switzerland charged him with crimes against humanity BEIRUT, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader ...

In 1963, the Arab world witnessed a significant Political shift when the Baath Party, through its military faction, staged a ...

The case against Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of ousted President Bashar al-Assad who is due to be tried by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, could be ...

The government has also frozen the assets of Assad’s uncle, Rifaat al-Assad’s, which includes a six-storey Mayfair townhouse estimated to be worth at least £26m. Rifaat al-Assad has been ...

Russia’s deputy foreign minister and a special presidential envoy for Syria arrived in Damascus on Tuesday, according to ...

Two of Bashar al-Assad’s relatives were arrested in Lebanon, trying to reach Egypt Credit: Amanda Mouawad/Getty Assad’s uncle, Rifaat Assad, who is Duraid’s father, is also believed to have ...

The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.

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 to Dubai in ...