Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "რიფათ ალ-ასადი" in Georgian language version.
every report from the period clearly puts Rifat at the center of the Hama operation
At that time, he had arranged relations with Rifaat Al-Assad
President Reagan publicly thanked him when, through contacts in the Iranian regime of Ayatullah Khomeini, Rifaat secured the release of David Dodge.
The closeness between Rifaat and Abdullah is more than just kinship: They worked together in the early 1980s when Rifaat was leading the Defense Companies
