Rifaat al-Assad, Syria’s ‘butcher of Hama’, dies at 88, family says

Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of deposed Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad and infamous for his brutal suppression of a Muslim Brotherhood uprising that earned him the nickname “the butcher of Hama”, has died at 88 in the United Arab Emirates, a family member said Wednesday. Once one of the most powerful figure...

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