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No going back as post-Assad Syria enters a new era after five decades of terror
During a visit to Syria, after Assad's fall, Shahira Salloum, managing editor of Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reflects on Syria's ...
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How Assad's inner circle fled Syria after his fall
Their elder sibling, Rami Makhlouf, once considered Syria's richest man and a symbol of the regime's corruption, managed to survive. Rami, who fell out of favour with the Assad regime years ago ...
Egypt Independent21d
Sawiris alleges investment seizure by Assad regime
Sawiris had said in earlier television statements that “Bashar al-Assad’s cousin seized my investments in Syria, forced me to partner with Rami Makhlouf, removed me from the company, fired our ...
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Fodder, cheap labour: How the Assad regime exploited impoverished Alawites
Charities like "Al-Bustan," tied to regime insider Rami Makhlouf, recruit poor Alawites for militias, deepening their entanglement in the conflict. These militias, known for their brutality, have ...
The Economist28d
Syria’s new rulers have inherited an economic disaster
In 2011 America slapped sanctions on Syriatel, the main mobile-phone operator, because it was owned by Rami Makhlouf, the regime’s key financier (and Mr Assad’s cousin). Two years later it ...
The Economist28d
Young customers in developing countries propel a boom in plastic surgery
Like many other members of the Lebanese community in the suburb of Boston where he grew up, Peter Makhlouf goes to Beirut every summer to visit family. Recently the annual trip has acquired an ...