January 22nd, 2026 - 06:40 GMT
ALBAWABA - Rifaat Assad, uncle of Syria's ousted President Bashar Assad, who is well known as the "Butcher of Hama", died at the age of 88 in the UAE. Rifaat Assad, a former Syrian vice president, was convicted of money laundering in France and accused of war crimes in Switzerland. Rifaat was the brother of Hafez Assad, former president of Syria and the former commander of the paramilitary 'Defence Companies' ...
![Trump announced last week he would take Sudan, which the US designated as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1993, off the list once it had deposited $335m it had pledged to pay in compensation for the Kenya and Tanzania bombings [File: Sudan's Foreign Media Council/AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/2020-12/sadada.PNG?h=78975078&itok=SOo3BXzK "Trump announced last week he would take Sudan, which the US designated as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1993, off the list once it had deposited $335m it had pledged to pay in compensation for the Kenya and Tanzania bombings [File: Sudan's Foreign Media Council/AFP]")
