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PARIS: A Paris court on Wednesday found Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s uncle guilty of misappropriating public funds in Syria, laundering the spoils and building a vast property portfolio in France with ill-gotten gains. The court imposed a four-year prison sentence on 82-year-old Rifaat al-Assad, which he is unlikely to serve given his advanced age. For now, Assad remains a free …

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