Hama’s massacre leader Rifaat al Assad, uncle of removed leader Bashar al Assad, has passed away.
Rifaat al-Assad, brother of the former President Hafez al-Assad and notorious among critics as the “Butcher of Hama” for his brutal suppression of a 1982 Islamist uprising, passed away on Tuesday. He was 88 years old at the time of his death, which took place in the United Arab Emirates, as confirmed by two sources […]