Background
Assad, Rif'at al- was born in 1937 in Qardah, Lattakia, Syria, WORLD0.
Assad, Rif'at al- was born in 1937 in Qardah, Lattakia, Syria, WORLD0.
Student, Damacsus (Syria) University. Student, Soviet Academy of Sciences. Doctor of Philosophy in Politics.
Commander Siraya al-Difa Defense Regiment. Elected to Baathist Regional Command, 1975. Head Department Higher Educational and Science Studies, Damascus.
Commander Special Defense Council. Vice president military and national security affairs Government of Syrian Arab Republic, Damascus, since 1984.