Wed 17 June 2020: Rifaat al-Assad, known as ‘Butcher of Hama,’ gets 4-year jail sentence for property fraud PARIS (AA) – A French court on Wednesday found Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, guilty of property fraud and sentenced him to four years in prison. The ruling states that the 82-year-old former military … Continue reading FRANCE: SYRIAN ASSAD RELATIVE FOUND GUILTY OF FRAUD