Among the three friends, Abdullah is the most eager to return to his hometown, the infamous city of Hama, the site of a brutal massacre by Hafez al-Assad in 1982. Amjad, who works for a local ...

Jailed for rejecting Assad’s orders during Hama’s massacre, Al-Tatari's release after 43 years marks the resilience of human ...

Moral evangelists in power preaching about democracy and human rights resemble dowdy advocates of family values .

On Friday, the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins were apprehended at Beirut airport for attempting to leave with allegedly forged passports, according to ...

Swiss prosecutors had indicted Rifaat Assad earlier in the year for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to his role in the Hama massacre, where thousands of Syrians were killed under his ...

The massacre earned Rifaat the nickname the “Butcher of Hama” and he is the brother of Assad’s father, former president Hafez al-Assad. He is the brother of Assad’s father, former ...

His part in the notorious February 1982 massacre in the western city of Hama, in which between 10,000 and 40,000 people were killed, earned him the nickname "the Butcher of Hama". Rifaat al-Assad ...

Analysis by BBC Verify of videos showing fighters boasting of a massacre and later mocking survivors has identified those responsible as apparently belonging to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support ...

Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of Bashar al-Assad and key figure in a notorious crackdown during Syria's 1982 Hama uprising, faces legal challenges in Switzerland for war crimes. His recent travel from ...

A Lebanese security source said Saturday that Bashar al-Assad's uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, left the country via Beirut airport around a week ago, after rebels overthrew his nephew. Rifaat al-Assad ...

But after the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, many Israelis began to see personal firearms as a necessary safeguard in a new and more dangerous reality. "As there weren’t enough medical teams on Oct ...

Alongside King Charles III was his wife, Camilla, as was Prince William, his wife Kate and their three children. Princess Anne and Prince Edward were also present. The monarch then delivered his ...