Rifaat al-Assad, the Syrian leader known as the 'butcher of Hama,' dies at 88

Rifaat al-Assad, a former vice president of Syria and uncle of the current leader Bashar al-Assad, has died at the age of 88. He was widely known by the nickname 'the butcher of Hama' for his role in a brutal military crackdown on the city of Hama in 1982.