Rifaat al-Assad akaberekerwa muDhamasiko, ari wechi13 pavana 16. Ndiye mwanakomana waRifaat al-Assad nemukadzi wake wechitatu Line Al-Khayer, hanzvadzi yemurume waMambo weSaudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, uye saka inhengo yemhuri yaal-Assad. Baba vake, Rifaat al-Assad, munin'ina waMutungamiri Hafez Al-Assad, aive mukuru wezvekuchengetedza ane simba uye mutungamiri weDziviriro Makambani, aive nemhosva ye 1982 Hama massacre. Mushure mekuyedza kupidigura hurumende, iye nemhuri yake vakaenda kuFrance, ndokuzoenda kuUK.
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