Former Syrian president returns home after 36 years in exile

Published November 11th, 2003 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Former Syrian president, General Amin al-Hafez has returned to Syria after a 36-year exile spent largely in Iraq, a former top aide said Monday. Syrian president from July 1963 to February 1966, al-Hafez, 83, is once again living in his northern hometown of Aleppo, his former chief of staff Munzer Musli told AFP.  

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