Fri 10 September 2021: The Paris Court of Appeals affirmed a four-year prison term for Syria’s Bashar al-uncle Assad’s for “misappropriating public funds and money laundering” on Thursday. Rifaat al-Assad, 84, was condemned last year by the Paris Criminal Court for offences committed between 1996 and 2016. He did not attend the hearing.   The … Continue reading FRANCE UPHOLDS 4-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR BASHAR AL-ASSAD’S UNCLE