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The unveiled secrets of Rifaat al-Assad's castle in France

After orchestrating a bloody crackdown in Hama in 1982, the brother of Hafez al-Assad enjoyed a lavish exile in France.

The unveiled secrets of Rifaat al-Assad's castle in France

Archive photo of the Saint-Jacques estate from the 1990s. (Credit: L'Orient-Le Jour)

In Val-d'Oise, on the edge of the Montmorency forest, stands the Saint-Jacques estate with its 45 hectares, 37 of which are forests and meadows. Rifaat al-Assad's former property, located at the gates of Paris, is engulfed by unruly...
In Val-d'Oise, on the edge of the Montmorency forest, stands the Saint-Jacques estate with its 45 hectares, 37 of which are forests and meadows. Rifaat al-Assad's former property, located at the gates of Paris, is engulfed by unruly...