The wife and daughter of Doureid al-Assad, son of Rifaat al-Assad, were arrested at Beirut International Airport (BIA) for possession of fake passports. They were brought before the Cassation Public Prosecutor’s Office, which ordered their arrest for forgery.
According to Al-Markazia news agency, Doureid al-Assad, who had a genuine Syrian passport, was accompanying his wife and daughter who were getting ready to take a plane to Cairo.
Rifaat al-Assad is the younger brother of the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad. He established the Defense Brigades, which he oversaw during the 1982 Hama massacre, which claimed almost 40,000 lives. After a dispute with his brother, he fled Syria, earning the nickname “Butcher of Hama.” He returned in 2021 after 36 years of exile. In France, an arrest order has been issued for him.
Alongside the regime, Doureid al-Assad took the lead in the struggle against the opposition in all of its manifestations. To unite the Alawite community behind the government of Bashar al-Assad, the former president and Hafez's son, he employed sectarian agitation.
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