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رفعت الأسد

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TypePerson[sources]
Nameرفعت الأسد[sources]
Other nameرفعت علي سليمان الأسد[sources]
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NationalitySyria[sources]
KeywordsBusiness and Trade · Regular armed forces · القوات المسلحة النظامية · قطاع الأعمال والتجارة[sources]
SummaryA former security official and the leader of Saraya defense. Failed to try to coup on his brother Hafez al-Assad. He participated in the establishment of Al-Shabiha in the 1980s accompanied by Namir al-Assad (the cousin of President Hafez al-Assad). Spanish judiciary accused him of the management of a family corruption network · مسؤول أمني سابق وقائد سرايا الدفاع. فشل في محاولة الانقلاب على شقيقه حافظ الأسد. شارك في تأسيس الشبيحة في الثمانينيات برفقة نمير الأسد (ابن عم الرئيس حافظ الأسد). اتهمه القضاء الاسباني بإدارة شبكة فساد عائلية[sources]
Positionmajor General · لواء[sources]
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He participated in the establishment of al-Shabiha in the 1980s with Namir al-Assad (cousin). A former security official and the leader of Saraya defense, who was responsible for Hama massacre in 1982. After a military coup attempt in 1987, he went to exile in France and lived in London. He is currently raising in Spain and moved to it in 2001 from Paris. He is married to four women

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

شارك بتأسيس الشبيحة في الثمانينيات مع نمير الأسد (ابن عمه). مسؤول أمني سابق قوي وقائد سرايا الدفاع، والذي كان مسؤولا عن مجزرة حماة عام 1982. بعد محاولة انقلاب عسكري في عام 1987، ذهب إلى المنفى في فرنسا وعاش فترة في لندن. يقيم رفعت حاليًا في إسبانيا، وانتقل إليها عام 2001 قادمًا من باريس. وهو متزوج من أربع نساء

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

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Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks1,079

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