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Coverage dated October 8, 2021

Syria's Assad allows exiled uncle to return to avoid prison

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BEIRUT (AP) — President Bashar Assad allowed his exiled uncle back into Syria to avoid serving a four-year prison term in France, where he had spent more than 30 years,

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  1. KOB 4

    Syria's Assad allows exiled uncle to return to avoid prison (opens KOB 4)

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    A Syrian pro-government newspaper reports that President Bashar Assad has allowed his exiled uncle back into Syria to avoid a four-year prison term in France, where he spent more than 30 years…

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Syria's Assad allowed exiled uncle to return to avoid French jail term | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Rifaat al-Assad, dubbed the butcher of Hama, was exiled by the Syrian president's late father. He was facing four years behind bars in France for laundering embezzled funds.

  3. France 24

    Uncle of Syrian president returns from decades-long exile to avoid French prison (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    The uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has returned home from 36 years of exile to dodge arrest in France, the pro-government al-Watan newspaper reported Friday.

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