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January 22nd, 2026 - 06:40 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Rifaat Assad, Butcher of Hama, dies aged 88

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' ...

Agency for Palestinian Refugees in Jerusalem, Israel. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

June 24th, 2020 - 08:41 GMT

Jordan, Sweden Secure $130 Million in Aid For UNRWA

Rafik Hariri University Hospital confirmed the first death of a baby. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

June 24th, 2020 - 07:26 GMT

Lebanon Hospital Confirms The First Infant Death to Covid-19

Hezbollah's supporters at Liberation Day. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

June 24th, 2020 - 07:21 GMT

Will The US Impose Further Sanctions Against Hezbollah?

Workers at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia on 26 December 2019 [EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images]

June 24th, 2020 - 06:57 GMT

Arab FMs Urge Ethiopia to Reach an Accord Before Filling Huge Dam

In this file photo taken on June 16, 2020, smoke billows following an airstrike by Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. On top of war and the coronavirus pandemic, Yemen faces looming economic disaster as a crisis gripping its main benefactor Saudi Arabia dents remittances and leaves state coffers running dry. MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP

June 24th, 2020 - 06:49 GMT

Yemeni Govt Forces, Southern Separatists Clashes Intensify Despite Truce

An aerial view shows Libyan experts searching for human remains during the exhumation of mass graves in Tarhuna, southeast of the capital Tripoli, on June 23, 2020. (AFP)

June 24th, 2020 - 06:14 GMT

The Libya Army Discovers The Bodies of 3 People South of Tripoli

A Syrian fighter from the Turkish-backed Al Hamza division takes a selfie with his mobile telephone as fellow fighters fire a missile from Syria's rebel-held Aleppo province toward regime-held areas. AFP

June 23rd, 2020 - 07:13 GMT

A Turkish Funded War Economy is Enticing Syrian Mercenaries to Libya

The charity mainly organizes university students and other volunteers to help the poor and others in times of natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. (AFP/File Photo)

June 22nd, 2020 - 11:36 GMT

Iranian Security Arrest Founder of Student Charity Organization

Hezbollah's supporters at Liberation Day. (Shutterstock/ File Photo)

June 22nd, 2020 - 10:06 GMT

Video: Hezbollah Has Guided Missiles That Can Hit Any Israeli Targets

A libyan youth checks a damaged building entrance in the Salaheddin district south of the capital Tripoli, on June 21, 2020, as some residents return to the area after it has been demined. Since 2015, a power struggle has pitted the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) against strongman Khalifa Haftar. (Mahmud TURKIA / AFP)

June 22nd, 2020 - 09:42 GMT

US Says it Has Proof Russia Sent Fighter Jets to Warlord Khalifa Haftar

French President Emmanuel Macron attends an European Council meeting by videoconference on economic rescue plan from the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on June 19, 2020 as the EU eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus. Eliot BLONDET / POOL / AFP

June 22nd, 2020 - 09:38 GMT

Tunisian, French Leaders Meet With Libya on Top Agenda

This file photo taken on December 26, 2019 shows a general view of the construction works at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia. Sudan has proposed upgrading negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia on a Nile mega-dam to prime ministerial level after the latest round of talks failed to break the deadlock. EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP

June 22nd, 2020 - 08:40 GMT

Egypt Doesn't Want UN Punitive Measures on Ethiopia But Reach a Negotiated Deal on Dam Nile