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Rifaat Ali al-Assad (Arabic: رفعت علي الأسد‎; born 22 August 1937) is the younger brother of the former President of Syria Hafez Assad and Jamil Assad and the uncle of the incumbent President Bashar al-Assad. He is alleged by some sources to be the commanding officer responsible for the Hama massacre of 1982. Recently declassified material back his claims that his brother Hafez al-Assad was responsible as do a number of commentators. He himself has always denied responsibility.

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active years end date
1998-02-08
active years start date
1975-04-15, 1984-03-11
battle
1982 Hama massacre, Corrective Movement (Syria), Islamist uprising in Syria
birth date
1937-08-22
birth place
Qardaha, Qardaha District, Syria
country
United Arab Republic, Syria
military branch
Defense Companies (Syria), Syrian Army
military command
Defense Companies
military rank
Major general
office
Member of the Regional Command of the Syrian Regional Branch
order in office
Vice President of Syria
party
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
president
Hafez al-Assad
religion
Alawites
service start year
1958-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

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