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 ...

Anisa Makhlouf – the widow of former president Hafez al-Assad – also retained influence. “Decisions are made collectively in the family’s inner circle, but Anisa has the last say,” said ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On Sunday morning, as gaunt detainees flooded out of Syrian regime prisons and jubilant Damascenes streamed ...

Tells the story of Anisa and Shukri were good friends in the village. Anisa has big dreams in life when dreams of becoming a lawyer and ask Shukri become 'teachers' and booster spirit. However ...