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Rifaat al-Assad

Syrian former military officer and politician

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born: 1937
died: 2026
age at death: 88
known for: politician, military personnel

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who rifaat al-assad is

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.

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