Rifaat al-Assad

June 28, 2016

Middle East

Paris court charges Assad uncle with corruption

Prosecutors in Paris charged Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with corruption earlier this month, an anti-corruption group said Tuesday.

© AFP | A TV grab shows a photo of Rifaat al-Assad, the exiled brother of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad, as he appeared on 12 June, 2000, on the London-based Arab News Network (ANN) television station, which belongs to his son Sumer.

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