Switzerland charged the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with war crimes on Tuesday, becoming the second European country to take such action against the former army officer.. Rifaat al-Assad ...

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2011, file photo, Rifaat Assad poses for a photographer in Paris. Swiss federal prosecutors say they have referred former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Assad, the uncle of ...

Switzerland to try Syria’s Rifaat al-Assad for war crimes. Rifaat al-Assad is accused of ordering crimes as a commander in Hama in February 1982, Swiss attorney general says.

Rifaat Assad’s mansion in London. Rifaat Assad also referred to as the 'Butcher of Hama,' owns and resides in a mansion in London, UK. The property is equipped with high-security measures ...

The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) indicted former Syrian Vice President Rifaat al-Assad on Tuesday, referring him to the Federal Criminal Court for trial. The OAG accused ...

Rifaat al-Assad returned to Syria in 2021 after several decades in exile. Two years ago, the Swiss judiciary issued a wanted notice, but kept it secret until 2023 so that Rifaat al-Assad could not ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad ’s cousins were arrested Friday at the Beirut airport, where they attempted to fly out with allegedly forged ...

Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war crimes over the bloody suppression of a revolt in 1982, has flown from Beirut to Dubai in ...

Swiss federal prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted former Syrian Vice President Rifaat Assad, the uncle of the war-battered country's current president, on charges of war crimes and crimes ...

Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the Syrian president, will stand trial in Switzerland for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity that decades ago earned him the nickname "The Butcher of Hama".The ...