Rifaat Ali al-Assad is the younger brother of the late President of Syria, Hafez al-Assad, and Jamil al-Assad, and the uncle of the incumbent President Bashar al-Assad. He was the commanding officer of the ground operations of the 1982 Hama... Wikipedia
Born: 1937 (age 86 years), Al Qardahah, Syria
Children: Ribal al-Assad and Siwar Al-Assad
Organization founded: Shabiha
Niece: Bushra al-Assad
Siblings: Hafez al-Assad and Jamil al-Assad
Full name: Rifaat Ali al-Assad
Grandparent: Sulayman al-Assad