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    Rifaat Ali al-Assad (Arabic: رِفْعَتُ عَلِيِّ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Rifʿat al-ʾAsad; born 22 August 1937) is the younger brother of the late President...
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    proteges: Rifaat al-Assad (Hafez's brother and a high-ranking military commander) and Jundi. The reason for the violence was Rifaat al-Assad's suspicion...
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    The al-Assad family, also known as the Assad dynasty, is a Syrian political family that has ruled Syria since Hafez al-Assad became president of Syria...
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  • military. Jamil al-Assad was put under house arrest in 1981 after an unsuccessful challenge to his brother, Hafez al-Assad. When Rifaat Assad attempted in...
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    Alawite militias under commanding General Rifaat al-Assad. Prior to the start of operations, Hafez al-Assad issued orders to seal off Hama from the outside...
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    was later headed by Bashar. Originally Assad's uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, was Hafez's chosen successor but Rifaat attempted to usurp power from Hafez while...
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    reported that she helped convince her father that jailing her uncle, Rifaat al-Assad, after his failed 1984 coup attempt would disgrace the family. Bushra...
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    Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th and current president of Syria since 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief...
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    Major General Maher al-Assad (Arabic: مَاهِرُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Māhir al-ʾAsad, born 8 December 1967) is a Syrian military officer and commander of...
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    Foundation. Ribal al-Assad was born in Damascus, the 13th of 16 siblings. He is the son of Rifaat al-Assad and his third wife Line Al-Khayer, sister-in-law...
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    paramilitary force commanded by Rifaat al-Assad. Their task was to safeguard and defend the government of Hafez al-Assad, and the capital Damascus, from...
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  • Asad (redirect from Assad)
    Hafez al-Assad, former President of Syria 1970–2000 Bashar al-Assad, current President of Syria Other family members include: Bassel al-Assad Rifaat al-Assad...
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  • feud between Hafez al-Assad and his younger brother Rifaat. Two people were killed in fire exchanges of Syrian police and Rifaat's supporters during police...
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  • Haydar opposed the 1984 coup d'état attempt led by Rifaat al-Assad, instead remaining loyal to Hafez al-Assad. After suffering an aneurysm and leaving his post...
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    lead to unification between the two countries. Syrian President Hafiz al-Assad would become deputy leader in a union, and this would drive Saddam to obscurity...
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  • Ribal is the son of Rifaat al-Assad, brother of former Syrian President Hafiz al-Assad. According to France 24, Rifaat al-Assad personally oversaw the...
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  • On 14 September 2024, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree assigning Dr. Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali to form the government in Syria. List of...
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    Field Marshal Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fourth president of Iraq, from 17 July 1968...
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    Hasan al-Khatib (Arabic: أحمد حسن الخطيب; 1933–1982) was a Syrian politician. He was a ceremonial head of state of Syria, appointed by Hafez al-Assad to...
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    As-Sa'iqa (redirect from Al-Saiqa)
    Hafez al-Assad. When al-Assad seized power in the November 1970 "Corrective Revolution", as-Sa'iqa was purged and its leaders replaced with al-Assad loyalists...
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    Assef Shawkat (category Al-Assad family)
    Rifaat al-Assad was not among them. Hafez al-Assad's prolonged absence caused supporters of Rifaat al-Assad to rally around him, and in 1984 Rifaat launched...
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    Academy. Tlass joined the Ba'ath Party at the age of 15, and met Hafez al-Assad when studying at the military academy in Homs. The two officers became...
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    telegram cable, al-Douri and the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council were rumoured to have developed deep relations with Hafez al-Assad and the Syrian...
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    al-Assad objected these demands and was strongly opposed to the idea of a unified military command.: 282  On 11 July 1979, an ailing Ahmed Hussein al-Bakr...
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  • Bashar al-Assad, 21st century president of Syria Maher al-Assad, Syrian general and commander of the Syrian Republican Guard Rifaat al-Assad, Syrian major...
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    Latakia (redirect from Al Ladhiqiyah)
    leader in the city. The following day 2,000 paratroopers, commanded by Rifaat al-Assad, were sent to restore order. In the violence that followed around forty...
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    31 May 2012. "Salah Jadid, 63, Leader of Syria Deposed and Imprisoned by Assad". The New York Times. Associated Press. 24 August 1993. Retrieved 31 May...
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    Ali Hassan Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: علي حسن مجيد التكريت, romanized: ʿAlī Ḥasan Majīd al-Tikrītī; c. 1941 – 25 January 2010), was an Iraqi military officer...
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  • businessman Hafez al-Assad Bashar al-Assad Salah Jadid Zaki al-Arsuzi Ali Sulayman al-Assad Rifaat al-Assad Jamil al-Assad Bushra al-Assad Vahap Seçer, Mayor...
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    the Naqshbandi Order (Arabic: جيش رجال الطريقة النقشبندية Jaysh Rijāl al-Ṭarīqah al-Naqshbandiyya; JRTN), also known as the Naqshbandi Army, is one of a...
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