Amin-al-Hafez, former Syrian president, dies at 88

Former Syrian president Amin al-Hafez died Thursday at 88 in the Syrian city of Aleppo, his wife Zainab confirmed. Amin-al-Hafez passed away in the military hospital in Aleppo, where he lived since he came back to Syria in 2003, after living in exile for almost 36 years.
Amin-al-Hafez became president when he led a 1963 military coup and installed a Baathist cabinet. He was overthrown three years later in another coup, and left for Lebanon, where he lived for two years before settling in Iraq. Amin's funeral will be held in Aleppo, his hometown, on Friday.