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About Rifaat al-Assad
Rifaat Ali Suleiman al-Assad was a Syrian military officer and politician. He was the younger brother of Hafez al-Assad and the uncle of Bashar al-Assad, who served successively as President of Syria. He is most famous for being the commanding officer of the ground operations of the 1982 Hama massacre.
Everything about Rifaat al-Assad →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel
- Position held
- Vice President of Syria
- Citizenship
- First Syrian Republic, United Arab Republic, Ba'athist Syria
- Born
- August 22, 1937
- Died
- January 20, 2026