Ka taƙaita labarin:  Rifaat al-Assad, mai shekaru 77, yana fuskantar bincike daga 'yan sandan Faransa game da dukiyarsa na £ 64million. Kawun shugaban kasar Syria Bashar al-Assad na fuskantar binciken aikata laifi a Faransa bayan ya tara dukiyar fam miliyan 64 duk da cewa an kore shi daga Syria 'ba tare da komai ba' shekaru 30 da suka gabata. Masu gabatar da kara a Paris sun bayyana cikakkun bayanai game da binciken shekara guda a cikin kudaden Rifaat al-Assad. Mista al-Assad, mai shekaru 77, ya yi gudun hijira a Turai bayan da ya yi juyin mulkin da ya gaza a kan dan uwansa Hafez al Assad, wanda shi ne shugaban kasar Siriya a lokacin kuma shi ne mahaifin Bashar. Tun daga wannan lokacin ya kwashe sama da shekaru 30 yana rayuwa cikin rayuwa mai kyau yana motsawa tsakanin gidaje a Paris, London da kuma kudancin birnin Marbella na Spain. Binciken da aka gudanar kan harkokin kudi na tsohon mataimakin shugaban kasar Siriya ya samo asali ne daga kungiyar Sherpa, wata kungiya mai fafutuka da ke wakiltar wadanda ke fama da aikata laifukan kudi, wacce ke ikirarin cewa an sace dukiyarsa a lokacin da yake a zuciyar gwamnatin Siriya. Dukiyar danginsa, wanda kwastam na Faransa ya bayyana a cikin rahoton Mayu 2014, yana da daraja kusan £ 64million - yawancinsa ana gudanar da shi ta hanyar yanar gizo na kasuwancin da ke Luxembourg. Mista al-Assad ya musanta samun kadarori a Faransa ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba. Ya kuma gaya wa masu binciken cewa 'ba shi da komai' lokacin da ya bar Siriya, koyaushe yana ba da albashinsa ga talakawa, a cewar wata majiya da ke kusa da binciken. 'Shi ne (Shugaban Faransa a lokacin) Francois Mitterrand wanda ya nemi in zo Faransa... yana da kirki sosai,' in ji shi, a cewar majiyar. A ranar Juma'a, daya daga cikin lauyoyin Mista al-Assad ya ce: "Shin akwai ko kadan shakka game da dukiyar abokin ciniki na... shin Shugaba Francois Mitterrand zai ba shi lambar Legion d'Honneur (mafi girman daraja ta Faransa) a 1986?" Ya gaya wa kamfanin dillancin labarai na Reuters cewa mallakar dukiyar da abokin cinikinsa ya mallaka ya koma 1984-1986 kuma ya kasance a bayyane kuma bisa doka. Zuciyar mulkin: Rifaat al-Assad (a hagu) an zana shi tare da ɗan'uwansa, marigayi shugaban Siriya Hafez al-Assad, a 1984 kafin gudun hijira daga kasar. 'Yan gwagwarmaya sun ce Rifaat al-Assad...
Rifaat al Assad na fuskantar binciken aikata laifuka kan yadda ya tara dukiya mai yawa. Masu fafutuka sun ce an sace shi ne daga Siriya lokacin da yake cikin zuciyar mulkinta. Rifaat, mai shekaru 77, dan uwan marigayi Hafez al Assad ne - shugaban kasar Siriya na tsawon shekaru 29. Ya jagoranci rundunar tsaro ta cikin gida a lokacin kisan kiyashin Hama na 1982. Kuma daga baya aka kore shi zuwa Turai bayan yunkurin kwace mulki daga hannun dan uwansa.