When Bashar succeeded his father as leader in 2000, Makhlouf passed the business empire to his own son, Rami. The Makhloufs were expected to make money on the behalf of the president and bankroll ...
The list includes Bashar Assad, his wife Asma Assad, his brother and head of the Republican Guard Maher Assad, businessman Rami Makhlouf, and Ali Mamluk, the head of Syria's National Security ...