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' ...
![Fire blazes from the Aden oil refinery following a reported shelling attack by Houthi rebels in the embattled southern Yemeni city of Aden on July 13, 2015 [SALEH AL-OBEIDI/AFP/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/2020-06/GettyImages-480638884-1-e1547307746394.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=tXxKtZFw "Fire blazes from the Aden oil refinery following a reported shelling attack by Houthi rebels in the embattled southern Yemeni city of Aden on July 13, 2015 [SALEH AL-OBEIDI/AFP/Getty Images]")
