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Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, dies, sources say

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Jan 21 (Reuters) – Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad accused of orchestrating mass killings during a 1982 uprising in Syria, has died, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

(Reporting by Timour AzhariEditing by Peter Graff)

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