English: Syrian President Hafez al-Assad alongside his brother Rifaat al-Assad at a military ceremony in Damascus, 1984. In that year, Rifaat al-Assad plotted a failed coup to oust his brother from power, resulting in his exile from Syria
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Hafez al-Assad with his brother Rifaat al-Assad at a Damascene military ceremony in 1984 ,
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