Jamil Hassan, referred to as "the butcher" by people who lived on his street, is among the senior regime figures who have ...
An uncle of the recently ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has fled, via Lebanon, to the United Arab Emirates, according to Lebanese officials. Rifaat al-Assad, known as the “Butcher of ...
The Syrian tyrant was ousted from power last weekend ... have been able to enter after guards fled. One room dubbed the "butcher room" saw bodies sliced up and broken down in acid.
The file of individuals implicated in war crimes and human rights violations under the deposed Syrian regime remains one of ...
Rifaat Assad, the brother of Bashar Assad's father Hafez Assad, Syria's former ruler, led the artillery unit that shelled the ...
The Syrian dictator had survived more than a decade of attempts by opposition forces to oust his murderous regime. Their failure to dislodge the “butcher of Damascus” had created a sense of ...
Rifaat gained the nickname "butcher of Hama" by a US journalist following the 1982 Hama massacre which saw a reported 10,000 to 40,000 people killed. Credit: ITN The uncle of Syria's former ...
With the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the Butcher of Damascus ... This involves neutralizing advanced Syrian military capabilities before they fall into jihadist hands and creating a territorial ...