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Place of Birth: Qardaha, Syria
About Rifaat al-Assad
- Rifaat Ali al-Assad (Arabic: ???? ??? ??????; born 22 August 1937) is the younger brother of the former President of Syria, Hafez Assad and Jamil Assad, and the uncle of the incumbent President Bashar al-Assad.
- He is alleged by some sources to be the commanding officer responsible for the Hama massacre of 1982.
- Recently declassified material back his claims that his brother Hafez al-Assad was responsible, as do a number of commentators.
- Despite accusations, Rifaat has always denied culpability.
- He currently lives in France.
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